Screen LibraryWestern civilizations, their history & their culture.. Volume 1
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Norton,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 14th.ed. |
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| Item Description: | Western civilizations, their history and their culture. |
| Carrier Form: | 2 v.: ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Index Number: | K500 |
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K500.3 K103 |
| Call Number: | K103/W927/14th.ed. |
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Originally published: New York : Norton, c2002. 14th ed. One of two volumes. This book is part of the modular book, Western civilizations, their history & their culture / Judith G. Coffin ... [et al.]. New York : Norton, c2002. 14th ed. Volume 2 begins with Chapter 12, Commerce, conquest, and colonization, 1300-1600. "Based on the original Western Civilizations by Edward McNall Burns." Rev. ed. of: Western civilizations, their history and their culture / Robert E. Lerner, Standish Meacham, Edward McNall Burns. 13th ed. 1998. Distribution is restricted to RFB & D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability. Includes bibliographical references. Ancient Near East: Origins of Western civilizations in the ancient Near East; Growth of empires in the ancient Near East; Gods and empires, the Iron Age Near East -- Greek and Roman worlds: Greek experiment; Expansion of Greece; Roman civilization; Christianity and the transformation of the Roman world -- Middle Ages: Rome's three heirs, the Byzantine, Islamic, and early medieval worlds; Expansion of Europe, economy, society, and politics in the high Middle Ages, 1000-1300; High Middle Ages, religious and intellectual developments, 1000-1300; Later Middle Ages, 1300-1500 -- From medieval to modern: Commerce, conquest, and colonization, 1300-1600; Civilization of the Renaissance, c.1350-1550; Protestant Reformation; Religious wars and state building, 1540-1660 -- Early modern Europe: Economy and society of early modern Europe; Age of absolutism, 1660-1789. In this book, [the authors] will treat "western" as a geographical designator, to refer to the major civilizations that developed in and around the Mediterranean Sea between 3500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. [They] will also treat as "western" civilizations that developed out of the Mediterranean world in the centuries after 500 C.E., as the Greco-Roman world of antiquity divided into Islamic, Byzantine, and Latin Christian realms. The interdependence and mutual influence of these three western civilizations upon each other will be a recurring theme of this book. From the twelfth century C.E. onward, [the authors] focus more intensely upon the evolving culture of the European continent.-Pref. |