Making of the West, Value Edition, Volume 1

Please note:
The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-17. Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-29.

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Preface
Versions and Supplements
Contents
Maps and Figures
LaunchPad Features
1. EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION, 400,000–1000 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
From the Stone Age to Mesopotamian Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E.
Life and Change in the Stone Age
The Emergence of Cities in Mesopotamia, 4000–2350 B.C.E.
Metals and Empire Making: The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty, c. 2350–c. 2000 B.C.E.
The Achievements of the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Canaanites, 2000–1000 B.C.E.
Egypt, the First Unified Country, 3050–1000 B.C.E.
From the Unification of Egypt to the Old Kingdom, 3050–2190 B.C.E.
The Middle and New Kingdoms in Egypt, 2061–1081 B.C.E.
The Hittites, the Minoans, and the Mycenaeans, 2200–1000 B.C.E.
The Hittites, 1750–1200 B.C.E.
The Minoans, 2200–1400 B.C.E.
The Mycenaeans, 1800–1000 B.C.E.
The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1000 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1000 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 1 Review
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Chapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

1. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 1 LaunchPad
Document 1.1: Hammurabi’s Laws for Physicians
Document 1.2: Declaring Innocence on Judgment Day in Ancient Egypt
Seeing History: Remembering the Dead in Ancient Egypt
CONTRASTING VIEWS: The Gains and the Losses of Life in Civilization vs. Life in Nature
TAKING MEASURE: The Rate of Population Growth to 1000 B.C.E.
Terms of History: Civilization
Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 1

1. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 1 LaunchPad
Document 1-1 Defining Humanity: Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2000 b.c.e.)
Document 1-2 Establishing Law and Justice: King Hammurabi, The Code of Hammurabi (Early Eighteenth Century B.C.E.)
Document 1-3 Praising the One God: Hymn to the Aten (Fourteenth Century B.C.E.)
Document 1-4 Writing Experiences: Egyptian Scribal Exercise Book (Twelfth Century B.C.E.)
Document 1-5 Allying for Peace: The "Eternal Treaty" between the Egyptians and Hittites (c. 1259 B.C.E.)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 1

2. Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000–500 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
From Dark Age to Empire in the Near East, 1000–500 B.C.E.
The New Empire of Assyria, 900–600 B.C.E.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire, 600–539 B.C.E.
The Persian Empire, 557–500 B.C.E.
The Israelites, Origins to 539 B.C.E.
The Reemergence of Greek Civilization, 1000–750 B.C.E.
The Greek Dark Age
The Values of the Olympic Games
Homer, Hesiod, and Divine Justice in Greek Myth
The Creation of the Greek City-State, 750–500 B.C.E.
The Physical Environment of the Greek City-State
Trade and "Colonization," 800–580 B.C.E.
Citizenship and Freedom in the Greek City-State
New Directions for the Greek City-State, 750–500 B.C.E.
Oligarchy in the City-State of Sparta, 700–500 B.C.E.
Tyranny in the City-State of Corinth, 657–585 B.C.E.
Democracy in the City-State of Athens, 632–500 B.C.E.
New Ways of Thought and Expression in Greece, 630–500 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Mediterranean Civilizations, c. 500 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 2 Review
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Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

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Document 2.1: Excerpt from a Gatha
Document 2.2: Zaleucus’s Law Code for a Greek City-State in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Italy
Seeing History: The Shift in Sculptural Style from Egypt to Greece
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Persians Debate Democracy, Oligarchy, and Monarchy
TAKING MEASURE: Greek Family Size and Agricultural Labor in the Archaic Age
2. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 2 LaunchPad
Document 2-1 Empires and Divine Right: Inscription Honoring Cyrus, King of Persia (r. c. 557–530 B.C.E.)
Document 2-2 Monotheism and Mosaic Law: The Book of Exodus, Chapters 19–20 (c. Tenth–Sixth Centuries B.C.E.)
Document 2-3 The Quest for Individual Excellence (Arête): Homer, The Odyssey (Eighth Century B.C.E.)
Document 2-4 Two Visions of the City- State: Tyrtaeus of Sparta and Solon of Athens, Poems (Seventh–Sixth Centuries B.C.E.)
Document 2-5 Economics and the Expansion of Slavery: Xenophon, Revenues (Fourth Century B.C.E.)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 2

3. The Greek Golden Age, c. 500–c. 400 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Wars between Persia and Greece, 499–479 B.C.E.
From the Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon, 499–490 B.C.E.
The Great Persian Invasion, 480–479 B.C.E.
Athenian Confidence in the Golden Age, 478–431 B.C.E.
The Establishment of the Athenian Empire
Radical Democracy and Pericles’ Leadership, 461–431 B.C.E.
The Urban Landscape in Athens
Tradition and Innovation in Athens’s Golden Age
Religious Tradition in a Period of Change
Women, Slaves, and Metics
Innovative Ideas in Education, Philosophy, History, and Medicine
The Development of Greek Tragedy
The Development of Greek Comedy
The End of Athens’s Golden Age, 431–403 B.C.E.
The Peloponnesian War, 431–404 B.C.E.
Athens Defeated: Tyranny and Civil War, 404–403 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Greece, Europe, and the Mediterranean, 400 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 3 Review
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Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

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Document 3.1: Athenian Regulations for a Rebellious Ally
Document 3.2: Sophists Argue Both Sides of a Case
SEEING HISTORY: How to Look Like a Man in Ancient Greece
CONTRASTING VIEWS: The Nature of Women and Marriage
TAKING MEASURE: Military Forces of Athens and Sparta at the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.E.)
3. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 3 LaunchPad
Document 3-1 The Golden Age of Athens: Thucydides, The Funeral Oration of Pericles (429 B.C.E.)
Document 3-2 Movement in Stone: Myron of Eleutherai, Discus Thrower (c. 450 B.C.E.)
Document 3-3 The Emergence of Philosophy: Plato, The Apology of Socrates (399 B.C.E.)
Document 3-4 The Advance of Science: Hippocrates of Cos, On the Sacred Disease (400 B.C.E.)
Document 3-5 Domestic Boundaries: Euphiletus, A Husband Speaks in His Own Defense (c. 400 B.C.E.) and Overhead Views of a House on the Slopes of the Areopagus (Fifth Century B.C.E.)
Document 3-6 Protesting War, Performing Satire: Aristophanes, Lysistrata (411 B.C.E.)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 3

4. From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400–30 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Classical Greece after the Peloponnesian War, 400–350 B.C.E.
Athens’s Recovery after the Peloponnesian War
The Execution of Socrates, 399 B.C.E.
The Philosophy of Plato
Aristotle, Scientist and Philosopher
Greek Political Disunity
The Rise of Macedonia, 359–323 B.C.E.
Macedonian Power and Philip II, 359–336 B.C.E.
The Rule of Alexander the Great, 336–323 B.C.E.
The Hellenistic Kingdoms, 323–30 B.C.E.
Creating New Kingdoms
The Layers of Hellenistic Society
The End of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Hellenistic Culture
The Arts under Royal Support
Philosophy for a New Age
Scientific Innovation
Cultural and Religious Transformations
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Roman Takeover of the Hellenistic World, to 30 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 4 Review
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Chapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

4. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 4 LaunchPad
Document 4.1: Aristotle on the Nature of the Greek Polis
Document 4.2: Epigrams by Women Poets
SEEING HISTORY: Showing Struggle and Pain in Hellenistic Sculpture
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Roman Attitudes Toward Cleopatra VII, The Last Hellenistic Queen
TAKING MEASURE: The March of Alexander the Great’s Army
4. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 4 LaunchPad
Document 4-1 The Conquest of New Lands: Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (Fourth Century B.C.E.)
Document 4-2 Imperial Bureaucracy: Zeno, Egyptian Official, Records (259–250 B.C.E.)
Document 4-3 Everyday Life: Funerary Inscriptions and Epitaphs (Fifth–First Centuries B.C.E.)
Document 4-4 In Pursuit of Happiness: Epicurus, Letter to a Friend (Late Third Century B.C.E.)
Document 4-5 Exacting Science: Archimedes, Letter to Eratosthenes (Third Century B.C.E.) and Archimedes’s "Eureka!" Moment, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 30-20 B.C.E.)
QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 4

5. The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753–44 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Roman Social and Religious Traditions
Roman Moral Values
The Patron-Client System
The Roman Family
Education for Public Life
Public and Private Religion
From Monarchy to Republic
Roman Society under the Kings, 753–509 B.C.E.
The Early Roman Republic, 509–287 B.C.E.
Roman Imperialism and Its Consequences
Expansion in Italy, 500–220 B.C.E.
Wars with Carthage and in the East, 264–121 B.C.E.
Greek Influence on Roman Literature and the Arts
Stresses on Society from Imperialism
Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic
The Gracchus Brothers and Violence in Politics, 133–121 B.C.E.
Marius and the Origin of Client Armies, 107–100 B.C.E.
Sulla and Civil War, 91–78 B.C.E.
Julius Caesar and the Collapse of the Republic, 83–44 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Roman World at the End of the Republic, 44 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 5 Review
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Chapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

5. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 5 LaunchPad
Document 5.1: The Rape and Suicide of Lucretia
Document 5.2: Polybius on Roman Military Discipline
SEEING HISTORY: Visualizing the Connection between War and Religion in the Roman Republic
CONTRASTING VIEWS: What Was Julius Caesar Like?
TAKING MEASURE: Census Records during the First and Second Punic Wars
5. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 5 LaunchPad
Document 5-1 Formalizing Roman Law: The Twelve Tables (451–449 B.C.E.)
Document 5-2 Artistic Influences: Etruscan Statuette of a Rider (c. 434–400 B.C.E.) and Roman Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus (c. 300 B.C.E.)
Document 5-3 Status and Discrimination: Roman Women Demonstrate against the Oppian Law (195 B.C.E.)
Document 5-4 "Cultivating Justice and Piety": Cicero, On the Commonwealth (54 B.C.E.)
Document 5-5 Failure and Factionalism: The Gracchan Reforms (133 B.C.E.)
Document 5-6 Toward Empire: Julius Caesar, The Gallic War (52 B.C.E.)
QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 5

6. The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E.–284 C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
From Republic to Empire, 44 B.C.E.–14 C.E.
Civil War, 44–27 B.C.E.
The Creation of the Principate, 27 B.C.E.–14 C.E.
Daily Life in the Rome of Augustus
Changes in Education, Literature, and Art in Augustus’s Rome
Politics and Society in the Early Roman Empire
The Perpetuation of the Principate after Augustus, 14–180 C.E.
Life in the Roman Golden Age, 96–180 C.E.
The Emergence of Christianity in the Early Roman Empire
Jesus and His Teachings
Growth of a New Religion
Competing Religious Beliefs
From Stability to Crisis in the Third Century C.E.
Threats to the Northern and Eastern Frontiers of the Early Roman Empire
Uncontrolled Spending, Natural Disasters, and Political Crisis, 193–284 C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Roman Empire in Crisis, 284 C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 6 Review
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Chapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

6. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 6 LaunchPad
Document 6.1: Augustus, Res Gestae (My Accomplishments)
Document 6.2: The Scene at a Roman Bath
Document 6.3: A Roman Stoic Philosopher on the Capabilities of Women
SEEING HISTORY: The Symbolism of Augustus as Ruler of the World
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Christians in the Empire: Conspirators or Faithful Subjects?
TAKING MEASURE: The Value of Roman Imperial Coinage, 27 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
6. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 6 LaunchPad
Document 6-1 An Empire Foretold: Virgil, The Aeneid (First Century B.C.E.)
Document 6-2 An Urban Empire: Notices and Graffiti Describe Life in Pompeii (First Century C.E.)
Document 6-3 New Influences to the North: Tacitus, Germania (c. 98 C.E.)
4. Document 6-4 The Making of a New Religion: Paul of Tarsus, Letter to the Galatians (First Century C.E.)
Document 6-5 The Cult of Isis: Apulieus, The Golden Ass (c. 170 C.E.)
QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 6

7. The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284–600 C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
From Principate to Dominate in the Late Roman Empire, 284–395
The Political Transformation and Division of the Roman Empire
The Social Consequences of Financial Pressures
From the Great Persecution to Religious Freedom
The Official Christianization of the Empire, 312–c. 540
Polytheism and Christianity in Competition
The Struggle for Clarification in Christian Belief
The Emergence of Christian Monks
Non-Roman Kingdoms in the Western Roman Empire, c. 370–550s
Non-Roman Migrations into the Western Roman Empire
Social and Cultural Transformation in the Western Roman Empire
The Roman Empire in the East, c. 500–565
Imperial Society in the Eastern Roman Empire
The Reign of Emperor Justinian, 527–565
The Preservation of Classical Traditions in the Late Roman Empire
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Western Europe and the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, c. 600 LaunchPad
Chapter 7 Review
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Chapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

7. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 7 LaunchPad
Document 7.1: Diocletian’s Edict on Maximum Prices and Wages
Document 7.2: The Edict of Milan on Religious Freedom
SEEING HISTORY: Changing Religious Beliefs: Pagan and Christian Sarcophagi
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Debate: Did Romans or Huns Better Protect Life, Law, and Freedom?
TAKING MEASURE: Peasants’ Use of Farm Produce in the Roman Empire
7. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 7 LaunchPad
Document 7-1 The Establishment of Roman Christian Doctrine: Arius, Letter to Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria (c. 320 C.E.) and The Nicene Creed (325 C.E.)
Document 7-2 The Struggle of Conversion: Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (c. 397)
Document 7-3 The Development of Monasticism: Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict (c. 540)
Document 7-4 Germanic Law in the Roman Empire: The Burgundian Code (c. 475–525 C.E.)
Document 7-5 Emergence of Byzantium: Procopius, Secret History (550 C.E.)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 7

8. The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600–750
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Islam: A New Religion and a New Empire
Nomads and City Dwellers
The Prophet Muhammad and the Faith of Islam
Growth of Islam, c. 610–632
The Caliphs, Muhammad’s Successors, 632–750
Peace and Prosperity in Islamic Lands
Byzantium Besieged
Wars on the Frontiers, c. 570–750
From an Urban to a Rural Way of Life
New Military and Cultural Forms
Religion, Politics, and Iconoclasm
Western Europe: A Medley of Kingdoms
Frankish Kingdoms with Roman Roots
Economic Activity in a Peasant Society
The Powerful in Merovingian Society
Christianity and Classical Culture in the British Isles
Unity in Spain, Division in Italy
Political Tensions and the Power of the Pope
Conclusion
Mapping The West: Rome’s Heirs, c. 750 LaunchPad
Chapter 8 Review
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Chapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

8. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 8 LaunchPad
Document 8.1: The Fatihah of the Qur’an
Document 8.2: The Pact of Umar
SEEING HISTORY: Who Conquered Whom? A Persian and an Arabic Coin Compared
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Icons: Idols or Aids to Worship
TAKING MEASURE: Papal Letters Sent from Rome to Northern Europe, c. 600–c. 700
Terms of History: Medieval
8. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 8 LaunchPad
Document 8-1 The Foundations of Islam: Qur’an, Suras 1, 53, 98 (c. 610–632)
Document 8-2 Jihad and Jizya: Islamic Terms of Peace (633–643)
Document 8-3 Byzantine Life: The Life of St. Theodore of Sykeon (Early Seventh Century)
Document 8-4 A Noblewoman’s Life: The Life of Lady Balthild, Queen of the Franks (Late Seventh Century)
Document 8-5 Roman Christian Missions: Pope Gregory the Great, Letters (598–601)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 8

9. From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750–1050
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Byzantine Emperor and Local Elites
Imperial Power
The Macedonian Renaissance, c. 870–c. 1025
The Dynatoi: A New Landowning Elite
The Formation of Eastern Europe and Kievan Rus
The Rise and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate, 750–936
Regional Diversity in Islamic Lands
Unity of Commerce and Language
The Islamic Renaissance, c. 790–c. 1050
The Carolingian Empire
The Rise of the Carolingians
Charlemagne and His Kingdom, 768–814
The Carolingian Renaissance, c. 790–c. 900
Land and Power
Viking, Muslim, and Magyar Invasions, c. 790–955
After the Carolingians: The Emergence of Local Rule
Public Power and Private Relationships
Warriors and Warfare
Efforts to Contain Violence
Political Communities in Italy, England, and France
Emperors and Kings in Central and Eastern Europe
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the Mediterranean, c. 1050 LaunchPad
Chapter 9 Review
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Chapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

9. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 9 LaunchPad
Document 9.1: A Portrait of Basil II
Document 9.2: When She Approached
SEEING HISTORY: The Many Styles of the Macedonian Renaissance
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Charlemagne: Roman Emperor, Father of Europe, or the Chief Bishop?
TAKING MEASURE: Sellers, Buyers, and Donors, 800–1000
Terms of History: Feudalism
9. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 9 LaunchPad
Document 9-1 The Rule of Charlemagne: General Capitulary for the Missi (802)
Document 9-2 Resistance from Constantinople: Liutprand of Cremona, Report to Otto I (968)
Document 9-3 The Macedonian Renaissance: Harbaville Triptych (c. 950)
Document 9-4 A New Islamic Dynasty: Ahmad al- Ya‘qu¯bı¯, Kita¯b al- buldan (Ninth Century)
Document 9-5 Advances in Medicine: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakarıyu Al- razi, A Treatise on the Small-Pox and Measles (c. 910)
Document 9-6 The Faithful Vassal: Fulbert of Chartres, Letter to William of Aquitaine (1020)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 9

10. Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050–1150
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The Commercial Revolution
Fairs, Towns, and Cities
Organizing Crafts and Commerce
Communes: Self-Government for the Towns
The Commercial Revolution in the Countryside
Church Reform
Beginnings of Reform
The Gregorian Reform and the Investiture Conflict, 1075–1122
The Sweep of Reform
New Monastic Orders of Poverty
The Crusades
Calling the Crusade
The First Crusade
The Crusader States
The Disastrous Second Crusade
The Long-Term Impact of the Crusades
The Revival of Monarchies
Reconstructing the Empire at Byzantium
England under Norman Rule
Praising the King of France
Surviving as Emperor
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the Mediterranean, c. 1150 LaunchPad
Chapter 10 Review
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Chapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

10. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 10 LaunchPad
Document 10.1: Peppercorns as Money
Document 10.2: Opposition to the Norman Conquest
SEEING HISTORY: Two Faces of Monasticism
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Henry IV
TAKING MEASURE: English Livestock in 1086
10. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 10 LaunchPad
Document 10-1 Medieval Business: Commenda Contracts (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)
Document 10-2 Sources of the Investiture Conflict: Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, Letter and Excommunication (1076)
Document 10-3 Calling the First Crusade: Fulcher of Chartres, Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont (1095)
Document 10-4 Arab Response to the First Crusade: Ibn al- Athı¯r, A Muslim Perspective (1097–1099)
Document 10-5 The Power of William I: The Anglo- Saxon Chronicle (1085–1086) and Domesday Book (1086-1087)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 10

11. The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150–1215
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
New Schools and Churches
The New Learning and the Rise of the University
Architectural Style: From Romanesque to Gothic
Governments as Institutions
England: Unity through Common Law
France: Consolidation and Conquest
Germany: The Revived Monarchy of Frederick Barbarossa
Eastern Europe and Byzantium: Fragmenting Realms
The Growth of a Vernacular High Culture
The Troubadours: Poets of Love and Play
The Birth of Epic and Romance Literature
Religious Fervor and Crusade
New Religious Orders in the Cities
Disastrous Crusades to the Holy Land
Victorious Crusades in Europe and on Its Frontiers
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and Byzantium, c. 1215 LaunchPad
Chapter 11 Review
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Chapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

11. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 11 LaunchPad
Document 11.1: Frederick I’s Reply to the Romans
Document 11.2: Bertran de Born, "I love the joyful time of Easter"
Document 11.3: A Byzantine View of the Fourth Crusade
SEEING HISTORY: Romanesque versus Gothic: The View Down the Nave
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Magna Carta
TAKING MEASURE: The Bureaucratization of the French Monarchy
11. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 11 LaunchPad
Document 11-1 New Learning: Peter Abelard, The Story of My Misfortunes (c. 1132)
Document 11-2 Scholarly Pursuits and Youthful Frolics: Medieval University Life (Twelfth–Early Thirteenth Centuries)
Document 11-3 Courtly Love: Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart (c. 1170s)
Document 11-4 Franciscan Piety: St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, Selected Writings (Thirteenth Century)
Document 11-5 The Sack of Constantinople: Annals of Niketas Choniate¯s (1204)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 11

12. The Medieval Synthesis—and Its Cracks, 1215–1340
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The Church’s Mission
Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council
The Inquisition
Lay Piety
Jews and Lepers as Outcasts
Reconciling This World and the Next
The Achievement of Scholasticism
New Syntheses in Writing and Music
Gothic Art
The Politics of Control
The Weakening of the Empire
Louis IX and a New Ideal of Kingship
The Birth of Representative Institutions
The Weakening of the Papacy
The Rise of the Signori
The Mongol Takeover
The Great Famine
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe, c. 1340 LaunchPad
Chapter 12 Review
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Chapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

12. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 12 LaunchPad
Document 12.1: Thomas Aquinas Writes about Sex
Document 12.2: The Debate between Reason and the Lover
SEEING HISTORY: The Agony and the Ecstasy
CONTRASTING VIEWS: The Mongols: Instruments of God or Cruel Invaders?
TAKING MEASURE: Grain Prices during the Great Famine
12. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 12 LaunchPad
Document 12-1 Reconciling Faith and Reason: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (1273)
Document 12-2 A Female Mystic: Hadewijch of Brabant, Letters and Poems (1220–1240)
Document 12-3 Defining Outsiders: Thomas of Monmouth, The Life and Martyrdom of St. William of Norwich (c. 1173)
Document 12-4 Imagining Hell: Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1313–1321)
Document 12-5 The New Power of Medieval States: Boniface VIII¸ Unam Sanctam (1302) and King Philip IV of France, General Assembly of Paris (1303)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 12

13. Crisis and Renaissance, 1340–1492
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Crisis: Disease, War, and Schism
The Black Death, 1347–1352
The Hundred Years’ War, 1337–1453
The Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople, 1453
The Great Schism, 1378–1417
The Renaissance: New Forms of Thought and Expression
Renaissance Humanism
The Arts
Consolidating Power
New Political Formations in Eastern Europe
Powerful States in Western Europe
Power in the Republics
The Tools of Power
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe, c. 1492 LaunchPad
Chapter 13 Review
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Chapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

13. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 13 LaunchPad
Document 13.1: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion (1381)
Document 13.2: The Ducal Entry into Ghent (1458)
SEEING HISTORY: Façades from Gothic to Renaissance
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Joan of Arc: Who Was "the Maid"?
TAKING MEASURE: Population Losses and the Black Death
Terms of History: Renaissance
13. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 13 LaunchPad
Document 13-1 Demographic Catastrophe: The Black Death (Fourteenth Century)
Document 13-2 Crisis and Change: Thomas Walsingham: Peasant Rebels in London (1381)
Document 13-3 Satirizing the Church: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Prologue (1387–1400)
Document 13-4 Preaching Reform: Jan Hus, Letters (1408-1415)
Document 13-5 Extolling Humanism: Giovanni Rucellai and Leonardo Bruni, Florence in the Quattrocento (1427 and 1457)
Document 13-6 Women’s Place in Renaissance Italy: Alessandra, Letters from a Widow and Matriarch of a Great Family (1450–1465)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 13

14. Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492–1560
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The Discovery of New Worlds
Portuguese Explorations
The Voyages of Columbus
A New Era in Slavery
Conquering the New World
The Columbian Exchange
The Protestant Reformation
The Invention of Printing
Popular Piety and Christian Humanism
Martin Luther’s Challenge
Protestantism Spreads and Divides
The Contested Church of England
Reshaping Society through Religion
Protestant Challenges to the Social Order
New Forms of Discipline
Catholic Renewal
Striving for Mastery
Courtiers and Princes
Dynastic Wars
Financing War
Divided Realms
Conclusion
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Chapter 14 Review
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Chapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

14. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Document 14.1: Columbus Describes His First Voyage (1493)
Document 14.2: Ordinances for Calvinist Churches (1547)
SEEING HISTORY: Expanding Geographic Knowledge: World Maps in an Age of Exploration
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Martin Luther: Holy Man or Heretic?
TAKING MEASURE: The Printing Press in Europe ca. 1500

14. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Document 14-1 Worlds Collide: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (c. 1567)
Document 14-2 Illustrating a Native Perspective: Lienzo de Tlaxcala (c. 1560)
Document 14-3 Defending Native Humanity: Bartolomé de Las Casas, In Defense of the Indians (c. 1548–1550)
Document 14-4 Scripture and Salvation: Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian (1520)
Document 14-5 Reforming Christianity: John Calvin, Articles Concerning Predestination (c. 1560) and The Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543)
Document 14-6 Responding to Reformation: St. Ignatius of Loyola, A New Kind of Catholicism (1546, 1549, 1553)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 14

15. Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560–1648
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Religious Conflicts Threaten State Power, 1560–1618
French Wars of Religion, 1562–1598
Dutch Revolt against Spain
Elizabeth I’s Defense of English Protestantism
The Clash of Faiths and Empires in Eastern Europe
The Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648
Origins and Course of the War
The Effects of Constant Fighting
The Peace of Westphalia, 1648
Economic Crisis and Realignment
From Growth to Recession
Consequences for Daily Life
The Economic Balance of Power
The Rise of Science and a Scientific Worldview
The Scientific Revolution
The Natural Laws of Politics
The Arts in an Age of Crisis
Magic and Witchcraft
Conclusion
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Chapter 15 Review
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Chapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

15. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Document 15.1: The Horrors of the Thirty Years’ War, 1626
Document 15.2: Sentence Pronounced against Galileo (1633)
SEEING HISTORY: Religious Differences in Painting of the Baroque Period: Rubens and Rembrandt
CONTRASTING VIEWS: Political Authority and Religion: What Happened When Subjects Held Different Beliefs?
TAKING MEASURE: Precious Metals and the Spanish Colonies, 1550–1800
15. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Document 15-1 Legislating Tolerance: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598)
Document 15-2 Barbarians All: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580s)
Document 15-3 Defending Religious Liberty: Apology of the Bohemian Estates (May 25, 1618)
Document 15-4 The Scientific Challenge: Galileo, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615)
Document 15-5 The Persecution of Witches: The Trial of Suzanne Gaudry (1652)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 15

16. Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640–1700
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Louis XIV: Absolutism and Its Limits
The Fronde, 1648–1653
Court Culture as an Element of Absolutism
Enforcing Religious Orthodoxy
Extending State Authority at Home and Abroad
Constitutionalism in England
England Turned Upside Down, 1642–1660
Restoration and Revolution Again
Social Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke
Outposts of Constitutionalism
The Dutch Republic
Freedom and Slavery in the New World
Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe
Poland-Lithuania Overwhelmed
Brandenburg-Prussia: Militaristic Absolutism
An Uneasy Balance: Austrian Habsburgs and Ottoman Turks
Russia: Setting the Foundations of Bureaucratic Absolutism
The Search for Order in Elite and Popular Culture
Freedom and Constraint in the Arts and Sciences
Women and Manners
Reforming Popular Culture
Conclusion
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Chapter 16 Review
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16. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Document 16.1: Marie de Sévigné, Letter Describing the French Court (1675)
Document 16.2: John Milton, Defense of Freedom of the Press (1644)
SEEING HISTORY: Symbols and Power in the Age of Louis XIV
CONTRASTING VIEWS: The English Civil War
TAKING MEASURE: The Seventeenth-Century Army
16. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Document 16-1 Mercantilism in the Colonies: Instructions from Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1667, 1668) and a Royal Ordinance (1669)
Document 16-2 Regime Change: The Trial of Charles I (January 1649)
Document 16-3 Civil War and Social Contract: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
Document 16-4 The Consent of the Governed: John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government (1690)
Document 16-5 Opposing Serfdom: Ludwig Fabritius, The Revolt of Stenka Razin (1670)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 16

17. The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700–1750
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
The Atlantic System and the World Economy
Slavery and the Atlantic System
World Trade and Settlement
The Birth of Consumer Society
New Social and Cultural Patterns
Agricultural Revolution
Social Life in the Cities
New Tastes in the Arts
Religious Revivals
Consolidation of the European State System
A New Power Alignment
British Rise and Dutch Decline
Russia’s Emergence as a European Power
Continuing Dynastic Struggles
The Power of Diplomacy and the Importance of Population
The Birth of the Enlightenment
Popularization of Science and Challenges to Religion
Travel Literature and the Challenge to Custom and Tradition
Raising the Woman Question
Conclusion
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Chapter 17 Review
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17. LaunchPad Features for Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Document 17.1: European Views of Indian Religious Practices (1731)
Document 17.2: Montesquieu, Persian Letters: Letter 37 (1721)
SEEING HISTORY: The "Invisibility" of Slavery
CONTRASTING VIEWS: The Consumer Revolution
TAKING MEASURE: Relationship of Crop Harvested to Seed Used, 1400–1800
Terms of History: Progress
17. Documents from Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Document 17-1 Captivity and Enslavement: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Written by Himself (1789)
Document 17-2 A "Sober and Wholesome Drink": A Brief Description of the Excellent Vertues of That Sober and Wholesome Drink, Called Coffee (1674)
Document 17-3 Westernizing Russian Culture: Peter I, Decrees and Statutes (1701-1723)
Document 17-4 Early Enlightenment: Voltaire, Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733)
Document 17-5 Questioning Women’s Submission: Mary Astell, Reflections upon Marriage (1706)
COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS
Quiz for Source of The Making of the West, Chapter 17