本書涵蓋了從近東文明到二戰后西方社會幾千年的西方文明發展歷程。每一章節都力求以歷史為綱, 以文化信息點為目; 從面上總覽一個時代, 從點上洞悉其文化精髓。編者設計了相關的名人名言, 明確了學習目標, 提供了中文導讀、專家評論、專有名詞索引和圖文并茂的文化鏈接等欄目, 并在腳注和專有名詞部分注重文化知識的補充。本書在介紹西方文化的同時, 也注重對學習者語言實踐能力的培養。
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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