本书涵盖了从近东文明到二战后西方社会几千年的西方文明发展历程。每一章节都力求以历史为纲, 以文化信息点为目; 从面上总览一个时代, 从点上洞悉其文化精髓。编者设计了相关的名人名言, 明确了学习目标, 提供了中文导读、专家评论、专有名词索引和图文并茂的文化链接等栏目, 并在脚注和专有名词部分注重文化知识的补充。本书在介绍西方文化的同时, 也注重对学习者语言实践能力的培养。
Chapter One The Ancient Near East: The Cradle of Civilisation (c. 4000 B. C. --70 A. D. ) Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation Chapter One The Ancient Near East: The Cradle of Civilisation (c. 4000 B. C. --70 A. D. ) Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation (c. 4000--539 B. C. ) Section Two Egyptian Civilisation (c. 3100--c. 332 B. C. ) Section Three Other Early Civilisations (c. 3000--c. 147 B.C. ) Section Four The Hebrew Civilization (c. 2000 B. C. --c. 70A. D. ) Section Five The Assyrian Empire (c. 1000--612 B. C. ) Section Six The Persian Empire (550--330 B. C. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Two Greek Civilisation (e. 2000--30 B. C. ) Section One The Emergence of Greece (c. 2000--1100 B. C. ) Section Two Dark Age and Homer's World (1100--750 B. C. ) Section Three Sparta and Athens: Greek City-States (750--500B. C. ) Section Four Greece in Classical Period (c. 500--330 B. C. ) Section Five The Hellenistic Era (330--30 B. C. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested readingChapter Three Roman Civilisation (753 B. C. --476 A.D. ) Section One The Rise of Rome (753--509 B. C. ) Section Two The Roman Republic (509--30 B. C. ) Section Three The Eclipse of the Roman Republic (133--30 B.C. ) Section Four The Roman Empire (30 B. C. --476 A. D. ) Section Five Christianity in Rome (c. 50 B. C. --313 A. D. ) Section Six The Roman Culture (753 B. C. --476 A. D. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Four Medieval Civilisation {476--c. 1500} Section One The Emergence of the Medieval Civilisati0n(476--c. 750) Section Two The Development of the Early Middle Ages (c.750--c. 1000) Section Three Significant Changes of the High Middle Ages(c. 1001--c. 1300) Section Four The Decline of the Middle Ages (c. 1300--c.1500) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Five The Age of the Renaissance (14th--17th Century) Section One The Rise of the Renaissance (14th--15th Century) Section Two Arts and Literature in the Italian Renaissance(Mid-1400s --Late 1500s) Section Three The Pattern of Politics in the Renaissance(1494--Early 1600s) Section Four The Natural Science in the Renaissance(15th--17th Century) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Six Protestant Reformation (1517--Late 16th Century) Section One The Launch of the Reformation (Second Half ofthe 15th Century--1516) Section Two German Protestant Reformation (1517--Early 16thCentury) Section Three Reformation outside Germany (1520s--Late 16thCentury) Section Four The Counter-Reformation (Mid-16th Century) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Seven Early Modern Times (c. 1419--1800} Section One Expansion of European Powers (c. 1419--1800) Section Two Social Disturbance (Early 17th--Early 18thCentury) and the Age of Absolutism (c. 1550--1800) Section Three The Scientific Revolution (1543--1700) and theEnlightenment (c. 1650--1800) Section Four The Last Phase of the Old Order (1715--1789) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Eight The Age of the Revolution and Industrialisation(1775--1860) Section One The Revolutionary Era (1775--1815) Section Two The Era of the First Industrial Revolution(1750--1860) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Nine Modernity in Europe ( 1815-- 1914) Section One Suppression， Revolution， and Romanticism(1815--1850) Section Two Nationalism and Realism (1850--1871) Section Three The Age of Progress (1871--1894) Section Four Anxiety and Tension(1894--1914) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Ten World Wars and Post-war Era (1914--2000) Section One Wars and Revolutions (1914--1945) Section Two The Cold War and the New Era o{ the WesternWorld (1945--2000) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingCulture LinkProper NamesKey to ExercisesBibliography
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