The Western Experience 7e Chambers/Hanawalt/Rabb/Woloch/Grew
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For list of chapters click on arrow Chapter 1: The First Civilizations Chapter 2: The Forming of Greek Civilization Chapter 3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece Chapter 4: The Roman Republic Chapter 5: The Empire and Christianity Chapter 6: The Making of Western Europe Chapter 7: The Empire of the Early Middle Ages Chapter 8: Restoration of an Ordered Society Chapter 9: The Flowering of Medieval Civilization Chapter 10: The Urban Economy and the Consolidation of States Chapter 11: Breakdown and Renewal in an Age of Plague Chapter 12: Tradition and Change in European Culture, 1300-1500 Chapter 13: Reformations in Religion Chapter 14: Economic Expansion and a New Politics Chapter 15: War and Crisis Chapter 16: Culture and Society in the Age of the Scientific Revolution Chapter 17: The Emergence of the European State System Chapter 18: The Wealth of Nations Chapter 19: The Age of Enlightenment Chapter 20: The French Revolution Chapter 21: The Age of Napoleon Chapter 22: Foundations of the Nineteenth Century: Politics and Social Change Chapter 23: Learning to Live with Change Chapter 24: National States and National Cultures Chapter 25: European Power: Wealth, Knowledge and Imperialism Chapter 26: The Age of Progress Chapter 27: World War and Democracy Chapter 28: The Great Twentieth-Century Crisis Chapter 29: The Nightmare: World War II Chapter 30: The New Europe

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PROBLEMS FOR ANALYSIS

1. The Earliest Humans
   1. Why was the development of agriculture so crucial for the establishment of civilization? What advantages do food producers have over food gatherers?
      
   2. What is known about gender roles during the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, and what is speculation?
      
2. The First Civilizations in Mesopotamia
   1. In what ways was the rise of Sumerian cities a significant development in Western history? Describe the characteristics of Sumerian civilization.
      
   2. How has analysis of cuneiform inscriptions and codes revealed much about Babylonian politics, society, and culture?
      
3. Egypt
   1. Compare Egyptian civilization with Mesopotamia. What role did geography play in the different development of the two civilizations?
      
   2. What do Egyptian attitudes toward life after death reveal about the Egyptian religion and attitudes toward life in general?
      
4. The Early Indo-Europeans
   1. Why was the introduction of iron so important?
      
5. Palestine
   1. What explains the extraordinary influence of the Canaanites and Phoenicians?
      
   2. w useful is the Old Testament as a historical document? Explain.
      
   3. What were the major innovations of the Hebrew religion? How did older civilizations contribute to them? Why did they exert such a lasting impact on Western Civilization?
      
6. The Near Eastern Empires
   1. Using examples from the Assyrians and Persians, explain how Near Eastern kings were able to hold their vast empires together.
      
   2. What were the tenets of Zoroastrianism? What did it contribute to the Christian religion?
      

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