目录 PREFACE Chapter 1 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS What Is Civilization Prehistory of Civilization Oriental Origins Egypt: The Gift of the Nile The Fertile Crescent Nineveh and Babylon Chapter 2 EARLY GREECE, 2500-500 B.C.E. Greece in the Bronze Age to 700 B.C.E. Archaic Greece, 700-500 B.C.E. Corinth, Sparta and Athens The End of the Archaic Age Chapter 3 CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC GREECE, 500-100 B.C.E. War and Politics in the 5th Century B.C.E. Athenian Culture in the Hellenic Age Hellenistic Age, 404-323 B.C.E. The Hellenistic World Chapter 4 ROME AND ROMAN EMPIRE The Western Mediterranean to 509 B.C.E. From City to Empire, 509-146 B.C.E. Social and Cultural Life in Republican Rome The Crisis of the Republic The End of the Republic The Augustan Age and the Pax Romana The Rise of Christianity Chapter 5 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD AND ITS LEGACY IN THE EAST The Crisis of the 3rd Century The Empire Restored The Collapse of the Western Roman Empire The Byzantines The Byzantine Apogee and Decline, 1000-1453 The Rise of Islam Chapter 6 THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGES, 500-1300 Barbarian Kingdoms and the Beginning of Feudalism Life in the New Europe The Carolingian Achievement Europe in the 8th and 9th Centuries From Empire to Lordships Feudalism Medieval Towns The Emergence of State Power Chapter 7 THE LATE MIDDLE AGES, 1300-1500 The Emergence of Centralized Monarchs and Nationalism Life and Death in the Late Middle Ages The Decline of the Church and Revival of Vernacular Spirit Chapter 8 THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, 1350-1550 Renaissance Society Renaissance Art Renaissance and Liberal Arts The Politics of the Italian City-States Chapter 9 THE EUROPEAN EMPIRES European Expansion The Formation of States The Dynastic Struggles Chapter 10 THE REFORM OF RELIGION The Intellectual Reformation The Lutheran Reformation The Protestant Reformation The Catholic Reformation Chapter 11 EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1500-1650 The Crisis of the Western States The Struggle in Eastern Europe The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648 Economic Life Private and Community Life Popular Beliefs and the Persecution of Witches Chapter 12 THE AGE OF ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE Absolute Monarchies The Crisis of the Royal State The Zenith of the Royal State Chapter 13 THE RISE OF NATION STATES The New Science Expanding Markets The Wars for Dominance The Balance of Power in 18th Century Europe The Rise of Russia The Two Germanys Chapter 14 REVOLUTIONS IN THE ANGLOPHONE WORLD The English Revolution The American Revolution Chapter 15 CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE 18TH CENTURY EUROPE The 18th-Century Culture The 18th-Century Society Chapter 16 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE NAPOLEONIC ERA The Crisis of the Old Regime in France, 1715-1788 The First Stage of the French Revolution, 1789-1792 From the Republic to the Reign of Terror, 1792-1794 The Thermidorean Reaction and the Directory The Era of Napoleon, 1799-1815 The First Empire and Domestic Reforms Chapter 17 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION The Traditional Western Economy The Industrial Revolution in Britain In Continental Europe In the United States Chapter 18 SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE NEW REVOLUTIONS The Congress of Vienna and Reshaping of Europe The New Ideologies Unfinished Task: The Last Bourgeois Revolutions in Europe Chapter 19 NATION-BUILDING AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE WEST, 1850-1871 Nation-building and Social Change Reforming European Society Changing Values and the Force of New Ideas Chapter 20 THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE IN THE WEST, 1871-1914 Economy and Politics of Mass Society Modern Cultural Responses The New World of Science Chapter 21 THE WESTERN DRIVE FOR DOMINANCE, 1870-1914 The Conflicts and Balance of Power in Europe The Capitalist Empires and the New imperialism The European Search for Territories and Markets Results of the Global Dominance of the West Chapter 22 THE FIRST WORLD WAR The Alliances and Conflicts From the European War to the Word War Revolution in Russia, 1917-1920 Chapter 23 THE CRISES, 1920-1939 Europe After World War I Crisis and Collapse in the World Economy The Soviet Union The Rise of Fascist Dictatorship in Italy Hitler and the Third Reich Democracies in Crisis Chapter 24 WORLD WAR II The Coming of World War II Racism and Holocaust The Ultimate Victory The Aftermath of the War Chapter 25 FROM THE POSTWAR TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM Economic Recovery in Europe Decolonization and Rise of the Third World New Challenges Rights ReVolutions New Trends SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 后记
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