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The Making of the West, Combined Volume by Lynn Hunt; Thomas Martin; Barbara Rosenwein; Bonnie Smith - Seventh Edition, 2022 from Macmillan Student Store
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Contents

Preface: Why This Book This Way 

Versions and Supplements 

Brief Contents 

Maps, Figures, and Special Features 

Authors’ Note: The b.c.e./c.e. Dating System 

World Map 

 

Chapter 1

Early Western Civilization, 400,000–1000 b.c.e.

From the Stone Age to Near Eastern Civilization, 400,000–1000 b.c.e.   b.c.e. 

Life and Change in the Stone Age  ■ The Emergence of Cities in the Near East, 4  –2350 b.c.e. ■ Metals and Empire Making: The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty, c. 2350–c. 2   b.c.e.  ■ The Achievements of the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Canaanites, 2  –1   b.c.e. 

Egypt, the First Unified Nation, 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, 1800–1   b.c.e.  ■ The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1   b.c.e. 

Conclusion 

Chapter 1 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Hammurabi’s Laws for Physicians 

Contrasting Views: The Gains and the Losses of Life in Civilization versus Life in Nature 

Terms of History: Civilization 

Environment Matters: The Nile River

 

Chapter 2

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000–500 b.c.e. 

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, 700–500 b.c.e. ■ New Ways of Thought and Expression in Greece, 630–500 b.c.e. 

Conclusion 

Chapter 2 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Zaleucus’s Law Code for a Greek City-State in Seventh-Century b.c.e. Italy 

Contrasting Views: Persians Debate the Best Form of Government

Terms of History: The State 

Environment Matters: Calydonian Boar Hunt 

 

Chapter 3

The Greek Golden Age, c. 500–c. 400 b.c.e. 

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 and Philosophy  ■ Transformations in Sculpture, History, and Medicine  ■ The Development of Public Drama: Tragedy and 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

Chapter 3 Review

Primary Source Analysis: How to Argue Both Sides of a Case

Contrasting Views: The Nature of Women and Marriage

Terms of History: Democracy

Environment Matters: Triremes and Deforestation

 

Chapter 4

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400–30 b.c.e. 

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 and Sciences under Royal Support  ■ Philosophy for a New Age  ■ Scientific Innovation ■ Cultural and Religious Transformations

Conclusion 

Chapter 4 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Epigrams on Love and Sex by Women Poets

Contrasting Views: Roman Attitudes toward Cleopatra VII, the Last Hellenistic Queen

Terms of History: Hellenistic

Environment Matters: A Theater in a Hill

 

Chapter 5

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753–44 b.c.e.

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 

Chapter 5 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: The Rape and Suicide of Lucretia 

Contrasting Views: What Was Julius Caesar Like?  

Terms of History: Republic 

Environment Matters: Roman Sewers

 

Chapter 6

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 b.c.e.–284 c.e.  

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 

Chapter 6 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: A Roman Stoic Philosopher on the Capabilities of Women 

Contrasting Views: Christians in the Empire: Conspirators or Faithful Subjects?  

Terms of History: Empire 

Environment Matters: Army Hospital at Novae

 

Chapter 7

The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284–600 c.e.  

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 

Chapter 7 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: The Edict of Milan on Religious Freedom 

Contrasting Views: Debate: Did Romans or Huns Better Protect Life, Law, and Freedom? 

Terms of History: Barbarian 

Environment Matters: The Justinianic Plague

 

Chapter 8

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600–750 

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  

Chapter 8 Review  

Primary Source Analysis: Praising a Merovingian Queen  

Contrasting Views: Icons: Idols or Aids to Worship?  

Terms of History: Medieval  

Environment Matters: Scratch Plow 

 

Chapter 9

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750–1050  

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     ■ Charlemagne’s Successors, 814–911     ■ 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   

Chapter 9 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi Celebrates a Military Campaign in Verse   

Contrasting Views: Charlemagne: Roman Emperor, Father of Europe, or the Chief Bishop?    

Terms of History: Feudalism   

Environment Matters: Digging Ditches

   

Chapter 10

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050–1150   

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   

Chapter 10 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: The First Crusade from the Muslim Point of View   

Contrasting Views: Henry IV   

Terms of History: The Commercial Revolution   

Environment Matters: Medieval Tanneries   

 

Chapter 11

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150–1215   

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   

Chapter 11 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Two Letters from Two Lovers   

Contrasting Views: Magna Carta   

Terms of History: Gothic   

Environment Matters: Medieval Roads   

 

Chapter 12

The Medieval Synthesis — and Its Cracks, 1215–1340   

The Church’s Mission   

Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council    ■ Inquisition    ■ Lay Piety    ■ Jews as Outcasts   

Reconciling This World and the Next   

The Achievements and Failures 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   

Chapter 12 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Thomas Aquinas Writes about Sex   

Contrasting Views: The Mongols: Instruments of God or Cruel Invaders?    

Terms of History: Inquisition   

Environment Matters: The Great Famine as Hell 

  

Chapter 13

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340–1492   

Crisis: Disease, War, and Schism   

The Plague Comes to Europe    ■ 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    ■ Republics    ■ The Tools of Power   

Conclusion   

Chapter 13 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion (1381)    

Contrasting Views: Joan of Arc: Who Was "the Maid"?    

Terms of History: Renaissance   

Environment Matters: Yersinia Pestis

 

Chapter 14

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492–1560   

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   

Chapter 14 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Columbus Describes His First Voyage (1493)    

Contrasting Views: Martin Luther: Holy Man or Heretic?    

Terms of History: Protestant Reformation   

Environment Matters: Smallpox Kills Native Peoples

 

Chapter 15

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560–1648   

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   

Chapter 15 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Sentence Pronounced against Galileo (1633)    

Contrasting Views: Political Authority and Religion: What Happened When Subjects Held Different Beliefs?    

Terms of History: Scientific Revolution   

Environment Matters: Dutch Canals   

 

Chapter 16

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640–1700   

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   

Chapter 16 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Louis XIV, Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)   

Contrasting Views: The English Civil War   

Terms of History: Absolutism   

Environment Matters: Great Fire of London, 1666   

 

Chapter 17

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700–1750   

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   

Chapter 17 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Montesquieu, Persian Letters: Letter 37 (1721)    

Contrasting Views: Peter the Great of Russia   

Terms of History: Progress   

Environment Matters: The Building of St. Petersburg

   

Chapter 18

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750–1789   

The Enlightenment at Its Height   

Men and Women of the Republic of Letters    ■ Conflicts with Church and State    ■ The Individual and Society    ■ Spreading the Enlightenment    ■ The Limits of Reason: Roots of Romanticism and Religious Revival   

Society and Culture in an Age of Enlightenment   

The Nobility’s Reassertion of Privilege     ■ The Middle Class and the Making of a New Elite    ■ Life on the Margins   

State Power in an Era of Reform   

War and Diplomacy    ■ State-Sponsored Reform    ■ Limits of Reform   

Rebellions against State Power   

Food Riots and Peasant Uprisings     ■ Public Opinion and Political Opposition    ■ Revolution in North America   

Conclusion   

Chapter 18 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: "Slavery" in the Encyclopedia (1755)    

Contrasting Views: Women and the Enlightenment   

Terms of History: Enlightenment   

Environment Matters: The Vogue for Classical Ruins

   

Chapter 19

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789–1799   

The Revolutionary Wave, 1787–1789   

Protesters in the Low Countries and Poland    ■ Origins of the French Revolution, 1787–1789   

From Monarchy to Republic, 1789–1793   

The Revolution of Rights and Reason     ■ The End of Monarchy   

Terror and Resistance   

Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety    ■ The Republic of Virtue, 1793–1794    ■ Resisting the Revolution    ■ The Fall of Robespierre and the End of the Terror   

Revolution on the March   

Arms and Conquests    ■ Poland Extinguished, 1793–1795     ■ Revolution in the Colonies     ■ Worldwide Reactions to Revolutionary Change   

Conclusion   

Chapter 19 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: The Rights of Minorities (1789)    

Contrasting Views: Perspectives on the French Revolution   

Terms of History: Revolution   

Environment Matters: The Destruction of a Symbol of Oppression

   

Chapter 20

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800–1830   

The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte   

A General Takes Over    ■ From Republic to Empire    ■ The New Paternalism: The Civil Code     ■ Patronage of Science and Intellectual Life   

"Europe Was at My Feet": Napoleon’s Conquests   

The Grand Army and Its Victories, 1800–1807    ■ The Impact of French Victories    ■ From Russian Winter to Final Defeat, 1812–1815   

The "Restoration" of Europe   

The Congress of Vienna, 1814–1815     ■ The Emergence of Conservatism     ■ The Revival of Religion   

Challenges to the Conservative Order   

Romanticism    ■ Political Revolts in the 1820s    ■ Revolution and Reform, 1830–1832   

Conclusion   

Chapter 20 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Byron’s Poetry (1821)    

Contrasting Views: Napoleon: For and Against   

Terms of History: Romanticism   

Environment Matters: Nature Tourism   

 

Chapter 21

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830–1850   

The Industrial Revolution   

Roots of Industrialization    ■ Engines of Change    ■ Urbanization and Its Consequences    ■ Agricultural Perils and Prosperity   

Reforming the Social Order   

Cultural Responses to the Social Question    ■ The Varieties of Social Reform    ■ Abuses and Reforms Overseas   

Ideologies and Political Movements   

The Spell of Nationalism    ■ Liberalism in Economics and Politics    ■ Socialism and the Early Labor Movement   

The Revolutions of 1848   

The Hungry Forties    ■ Another French Revolution    ■ Nationalist Revolution in Italy    ■ Revolt and Reaction in Central Europe    ■ Aftermath to 1848: Reimposing Authority   

Conclusion   

Chapter 21 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)    

Contrasting Views: The Effects of Industrialization   

Terms of History: Socialism   

Environment Matters: Joseph M. W. Turner, The Fighting "Téméraire" Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up (1838)   

 

Chapter 22

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850–1870   

The End of the Concert of Europe   

Napoleon III and the Quest for French Glory  ■ The Crimean War, 1853–1856: Turning Point in European Affairs  ■ Reform in Russia   

War and Nation Building   

Cavour, Garibaldi, and the Process of Italian Unification    ■ Bismarck and the Realpolitik of German Unification     ■ Francis Joseph and the Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy    ■ Political Stability through Gradual Reform in Great Britain    ■ Nation Building in North America   

Nation Building through Social Order   

Bringing Order to the Cities     ■ Expanding Government Bureaucracy     ■ Schooling and Professionalizing Society    ■ Spreading National Power and Order beyond the West    ■ Contesting the Nation-State’s Order at Home   

The Culture of Social Order   

The Arts Confront Social Reality     ■ Religion and National Order     ■ From the Natural Sciences to Social Science   

Conclusion   

Chapter 22 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Mrs. Seacole: The Other Florence Nightingale   

Contrasting Views: The Nation-State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century   

Terms of History: Nationalism   

Environment Matters: Straightening the Rhine   

 

Chapter 23

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870–1890   

The New Imperialism   

The Scramble for Africa — North and South    ■ Imperializing Asia    ■ Japan’s Imperial Agenda    ■ The Paradoxes of Imperialism   

The Industry of Empire   

Industrial Innovation    ■ Facing Economic Crisis    ■ Revolution in Business Practices   

Imperial Society and Culture   

The "Best Circles" and the Expanding Middle Class    ■ Working People’s Strategies    ■ National Fitness: Reform, Sports, and Leisure    ■ Artistic Responses to Empire and Industry   

The Birth of Mass Politics   

Workers, Politics, and Protest     ■ Expanding Political Participation in Western Europe    ■ Power Politics in Central and Eastern Europe   

Conclusion   

Chapter 23 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: An African King Describes His Government   

Contrasting Views: Experiences of Migration   

Terms of History: Home Rule   

Environment Matters: Bushiri   

 

Chapter 24

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890–1914   

Public Debate over Private Life   

Population Pressure    ■ Reforming Marriage    ■ New Women, New Men, and the Politics of Sexual Identity     ■ Sciences of the Modern Self   

Modernity and the Revolt in Ideas   

The Opposition to Positivism    ■ The Revolution in Science    ■ Modern Art    ■ The Revolt in Music and Dance   

Growing Tensions in Mass Politics   

The Expanding Power of Labor     ■ Rights for Women and the Battle for Suffrage    ■ Liberalism Tested     ■ Anti-Semitism, Nationalism, and Zionism in Mass Politics   

European Imperialism Challenged   

The Trials of Empire    ■ The Russian Empire Threatened    ■ Growing Resistance to Colonial Domination   

Roads to War   

Competing Alliances and Clashing Ambitions    ■ The Race to Arms    ■ 1914: War Erupts   

Conclusion   

Chapter 24 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: "Going to Battle" (A Turkish Poem)    

Contrasting Views: Debating the Revolt in Art, Ideas, and Lifestyles   

Terms of History: Modern   

Environment Matters: Samoed Family of Russia   

 

Chapter 25

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914–1929   

The Great War, 1914–1918   

Blueprints for War    ■ The Battlefronts    ■ The Home Front   

Protest, Revolution, and War’s End, 1917–1918   

War Protest    ■ Revolution in Russia    ■ Ending the War, 1918   

The Search for Peace in an Era of Revolution   

Europe in Turmoil    ■ The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920    ■ Economic and Diplomatic Consequences of the Peace   

A Decade of Recovery: Europe in the 1920s   

Changes in the Political Landscape     ■ Reconstructing the Economy     ■ Restoring Society   

Mass Culture and the Rise of Modern Dictators   

Culture for the Masses    ■ Cultural Debates over the Future    ■ The Communist Utopia    ■ Fascism on the March in Italy   

Conclusion    

Chapter 25 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Memory and Battlefield Tourism   

Contrasting Views: The Middle East at the End of World War I: Freedom or Subjugation?    

Terms of History: Fascism   

Environment Matters: War and East African Forests   

 

Chapter 26

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929–1945   

The Great Depression   

Economic Disaster Strikes    ■ Social Effects of the Depression    ■ The Great Depression beyond the West   

Totalitarian Triumph   

The Rise of Stalinism    ■ Hitler’s Rise to Power    ■ The Nazification of German Politics    ■ Nazi Racism   

Democracies on the Defensive   

Confronting the Economic Crisis     ■ Cultural Visions in Hard Times   

The Road to Global War   

A Surge in Global Imperialism    ■ The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939     ■ Hitler’s Conquest of Central Europe, 1938–1939   

World War II, 1939–1945   

The German Onslaught    ■ War Expands: The Pacific and Beyond    ■ The War against Civilians    ■ Societies at War    ■ From Resistance to Allied Victory    ■ An Uneasy Postwar Settlement   

Conclusion   

Chapter 26 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: A Family Copes with Unemployment   

Contrasting Views: Nazism and Hitler: For and Against   

Terms of History: Civil Disobedience   

Environment Matters: Hiroshima, 1945   

 

Chapter 27

The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945–1960s   

World Politics Transformed   

Chaos in Europe    ■ New Superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union    ■ Origins of the Cold War    ■ The Division of Germany   

Political and Economic Recovery in Europe   

Dealing with Nazism    ■ Rebirth of the West    ■ The Welfare State: Common Ground East and West    ■ Recovery in the East   

Decolonization in a Cold War Climate   

The End of Empire in Asia    ■ The Struggle for Identity in the Middle East    ■ New Nations in Africa    ■ Newcomers Arrive in Europe   

Daily Life and Culture in the Shadow of Nuclear War   

Restoring "Western" Values    ■ Cold War Consumerism and Shifting Gender Norms    ■ The Culture of Cold War    ■ The Atomic Brink   

Conclusion   

Chapter 27 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Torture in Algeria   

Contrasting Views: Decolonization in Africa   

Terms of History: Welfare State   

Environment Matters: The Mexican Green Revolution and Its Consequences   

 

Chapter 28

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s–1989   

The Revolution in Technology   

The Information Age: Television and Computers    ■ The Space Age    ■ The Nuclear Age    ■ Revolutions in Biology and Reproductive Technology   

Postindustrial Society and Culture   

Multinational Corporations    ■ The New Worker    ■ The Boom in Education and Research    ■ Changing Family Life and the Generation Gap    ■ Art, Ideas, and Religion in a Technocratic Society   

Protesting Cold War Conditions   

Cracks in the Cold War Order    ■ The Growth of Citizen Activism    ■ 1968: Year of Crisis   

The Testing of Superpower Domination and the End of the Cold War   

A Changing Balance of World Power    ■ The Western Bloc Meets Challenges with Reform    ■ Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc   

Conclusion   

Chapter 28 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: A Citizen’s Experience of Gorbachev’s Reforms   

Contrasting Views: Feminist Debates   

Terms of History: Neoliberalism   

Environment Matters: Cherynobyl   

 

Chapter 29

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present   

Collapse of the Soviet Union and Its Aftermath   

The Breakup of Yugoslavia    ■ The Soviet Union Comes Apart     ■ Toward a Market Economy   

The Nation-State in a Global Age   

Europe Looks beyond the Nation-State    ■ Globalizing Cities and Fragmenting Nations    ■ Global Organizations   

An Interconnected World’s New Challenges   

The Earth and Its People Threatened     ■ North versus South?     ■ Radical Islam Meets the West    ■ Population, Health, and Disease ■  The Promise and Problems of a World Economy    ■ International Politics and the New Russia

Global Culture and Society in the Twenty-First Century   

Redefining the West: The Impact of Global Migration    ■ Global Networks and Social Change    ■ Global Culture versus Nationalist Isolationism    

Conclusion   

Chapter 29 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize Lecture, December 7, 2015   

Contrasting Views: The Dutch Debate Globalization, Muslim Immigrants, and Turkey’s Admission to the EU   

Terms of History: Globalization  

Environment Matters: The German Reichstag: Reborn and Green

 

Glossary of Key Terms  G-1

Acknowledgments  A-1

Index  I-1

About the Authors

Authors

Lynn Hunt

Lynn Hunt (PhD., Stanford University) is Distinguished Research Professor at University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author or editor of several books, including most recently Writing History in the Global Era; The French and Revolution and Napoleon: Crucible of the Modern World and History: Why It Matters.


Thomas R. Martin

Thomas R. Martin (PhD., Harvard University) is Jeremiah O’Connor Professor in Classics at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of several books including Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, and most recently Pericles: A Biography in Context. He was one of the originators of the Perseus Digital Library (www.perseus.tufts.edu).


Barbara H. Rosenwein

Barbara H. Rosenwein (PhD., University of Chicago) is professor emerita of history at Loyola University Chicago and has been visiting professor at the Universities of Utrecht (Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Oxford (Trinity College, England). She is the author or editor of many books, including A Short History of the Middle Ages; with co-author Elina Gertsman, The Middle Ages in 50 Objects; and most recently, Anger: The Conflicted History of an Emotion.


Bonnie G. Smith

Bonnie G. Smith (PhD., University of Rochester) is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is author or editor most recently of Modern Empires: A Reader; Women in World History since 1450; and a new version of Europe in the Contemporary World since 1900, among other works.


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Contents

Preface: Why This Book This Way 

Versions and Supplements 

Brief Contents 

Maps, Figures, and Special Features 

Authors’ Note: The b.c.e./c.e. Dating System 

World Map 

 

Chapter 1

Early Western Civilization, 400,000–1000 b.c.e.

From the Stone Age to Near Eastern Civilization, 400,000–1000 b.c.e.   b.c.e. 

Life and Change in the Stone Age  ■ The Emergence of Cities in the Near East, 4  –2350 b.c.e. ■ Metals and Empire Making: The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty, c. 2350–c. 2   b.c.e.  ■ The Achievements of the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Canaanites, 2  –1   b.c.e. 

Egypt, the First Unified Nation, 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, 1800–1   b.c.e.  ■ The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1   b.c.e. 

Conclusion 

Chapter 1 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Hammurabi’s Laws for Physicians 

Contrasting Views: The Gains and the Losses of Life in Civilization versus Life in Nature 

Terms of History: Civilization 

Environment Matters: The Nile River

 

Chapter 2

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000–500 b.c.e. 

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, 700–500 b.c.e. ■ New Ways of Thought and Expression in Greece, 630–500 b.c.e. 

Conclusion 

Chapter 2 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Zaleucus’s Law Code for a Greek City-State in Seventh-Century b.c.e. Italy 

Contrasting Views: Persians Debate the Best Form of Government

Terms of History: The State 

Environment Matters: Calydonian Boar Hunt 

 

Chapter 3

The Greek Golden Age, c. 500–c. 400 b.c.e. 

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 and Philosophy  ■ Transformations in Sculpture, History, and Medicine  ■ The Development of Public Drama: Tragedy and 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

Chapter 3 Review

Primary Source Analysis: How to Argue Both Sides of a Case

Contrasting Views: The Nature of Women and Marriage

Terms of History: Democracy

Environment Matters: Triremes and Deforestation

 

Chapter 4

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400–30 b.c.e. 

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 and Sciences under Royal Support  ■ Philosophy for a New Age  ■ Scientific Innovation ■ Cultural and Religious Transformations

Conclusion 

Chapter 4 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: Epigrams on Love and Sex by Women Poets

Contrasting Views: Roman Attitudes toward Cleopatra VII, the Last Hellenistic Queen

Terms of History: Hellenistic

Environment Matters: A Theater in a Hill

 

Chapter 5

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753–44 b.c.e.

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 

Chapter 5 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: The Rape and Suicide of Lucretia 

Contrasting Views: What Was Julius Caesar Like?  

Terms of History: Republic 

Environment Matters: Roman Sewers

 

Chapter 6

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 b.c.e.–284 c.e.  

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 

Chapter 6 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: A Roman Stoic Philosopher on the Capabilities of Women 

Contrasting Views: Christians in the Empire: Conspirators or Faithful Subjects?  

Terms of History: Empire 

Environment Matters: Army Hospital at Novae

 

Chapter 7

The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284–600 c.e.  

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 

Chapter 7 Review 

Primary Source Analysis: The Edict of Milan on Religious Freedom 

Contrasting Views: Debate: Did Romans or Huns Better Protect Life, Law, and Freedom? 

Terms of History: Barbarian 

Environment Matters: The Justinianic Plague

 

Chapter 8

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600–750 

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  

Chapter 8 Review  

Primary Source Analysis: Praising a Merovingian Queen  

Contrasting Views: Icons: Idols or Aids to Worship?  

Terms of History: Medieval  

Environment Matters: Scratch Plow 

 

Chapter 9

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750–1050  

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     ■ Charlemagne’s Successors, 814–911     ■ 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   

Chapter 9 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi Celebrates a Military Campaign in Verse   

Contrasting Views: Charlemagne: Roman Emperor, Father of Europe, or the Chief Bishop?    

Terms of History: Feudalism   

Environment Matters: Digging Ditches

   

Chapter 10

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050–1150   

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   

Chapter 10 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: The First Crusade from the Muslim Point of View   

Contrasting Views: Henry IV   

Terms of History: The Commercial Revolution   

Environment Matters: Medieval Tanneries   

 

Chapter 11

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150–1215   

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   

Chapter 11 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Two Letters from Two Lovers   

Contrasting Views: Magna Carta   

Terms of History: Gothic   

Environment Matters: Medieval Roads   

 

Chapter 12

The Medieval Synthesis — and Its Cracks, 1215–1340   

The Church’s Mission   

Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council    ■ Inquisition    ■ Lay Piety    ■ Jews as Outcasts   

Reconciling This World and the Next   

The Achievements and Failures 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   

Chapter 12 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Thomas Aquinas Writes about Sex   

Contrasting Views: The Mongols: Instruments of God or Cruel Invaders?    

Terms of History: Inquisition   

Environment Matters: The Great Famine as Hell 

  

Chapter 13

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340–1492   

Crisis: Disease, War, and Schism   

The Plague Comes to Europe    ■ 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    ■ Republics    ■ The Tools of Power   

Conclusion   

Chapter 13 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion (1381)    

Contrasting Views: Joan of Arc: Who Was "the Maid"?    

Terms of History: Renaissance   

Environment Matters: Yersinia Pestis

 

Chapter 14

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492–1560   

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   

Chapter 14 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Columbus Describes His First Voyage (1493)    

Contrasting Views: Martin Luther: Holy Man or Heretic?    

Terms of History: Protestant Reformation   

Environment Matters: Smallpox Kills Native Peoples

 

Chapter 15

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560–1648   

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   

Chapter 15 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Sentence Pronounced against Galileo (1633)    

Contrasting Views: Political Authority and Religion: What Happened When Subjects Held Different Beliefs?    

Terms of History: Scientific Revolution   

Environment Matters: Dutch Canals   

 

Chapter 16

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640–1700   

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   

Chapter 16 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Louis XIV, Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)   

Contrasting Views: The English Civil War   

Terms of History: Absolutism   

Environment Matters: Great Fire of London, 1666   

 

Chapter 17

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700–1750   

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   

Chapter 17 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Montesquieu, Persian Letters: Letter 37 (1721)    

Contrasting Views: Peter the Great of Russia   

Terms of History: Progress   

Environment Matters: The Building of St. Petersburg

   

Chapter 18

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750–1789   

The Enlightenment at Its Height   

Men and Women of the Republic of Letters    ■ Conflicts with Church and State    ■ The Individual and Society    ■ Spreading the Enlightenment    ■ The Limits of Reason: Roots of Romanticism and Religious Revival   

Society and Culture in an Age of Enlightenment   

The Nobility’s Reassertion of Privilege     ■ The Middle Class and the Making of a New Elite    ■ Life on the Margins   

State Power in an Era of Reform   

War and Diplomacy    ■ State-Sponsored Reform    ■ Limits of Reform   

Rebellions against State Power   

Food Riots and Peasant Uprisings     ■ Public Opinion and Political Opposition    ■ Revolution in North America   

Conclusion   

Chapter 18 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: "Slavery" in the Encyclopedia (1755)    

Contrasting Views: Women and the Enlightenment   

Terms of History: Enlightenment   

Environment Matters: The Vogue for Classical Ruins

   

Chapter 19

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789–1799   

The Revolutionary Wave, 1787–1789   

Protesters in the Low Countries and Poland    ■ Origins of the French Revolution, 1787–1789   

From Monarchy to Republic, 1789–1793   

The Revolution of Rights and Reason     ■ The End of Monarchy   

Terror and Resistance   

Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety    ■ The Republic of Virtue, 1793–1794    ■ Resisting the Revolution    ■ The Fall of Robespierre and the End of the Terror   

Revolution on the March   

Arms and Conquests    ■ Poland Extinguished, 1793–1795     ■ Revolution in the Colonies     ■ Worldwide Reactions to Revolutionary Change   

Conclusion   

Chapter 19 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: The Rights of Minorities (1789)    

Contrasting Views: Perspectives on the French Revolution   

Terms of History: Revolution   

Environment Matters: The Destruction of a Symbol of Oppression

   

Chapter 20

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800–1830   

The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte   

A General Takes Over    ■ From Republic to Empire    ■ The New Paternalism: The Civil Code     ■ Patronage of Science and Intellectual Life   

"Europe Was at My Feet": Napoleon’s Conquests   

The Grand Army and Its Victories, 1800–1807    ■ The Impact of French Victories    ■ From Russian Winter to Final Defeat, 1812–1815   

The "Restoration" of Europe   

The Congress of Vienna, 1814–1815     ■ The Emergence of Conservatism     ■ The Revival of Religion   

Challenges to the Conservative Order   

Romanticism    ■ Political Revolts in the 1820s    ■ Revolution and Reform, 1830–1832   

Conclusion   

Chapter 20 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Byron’s Poetry (1821)    

Contrasting Views: Napoleon: For and Against   

Terms of History: Romanticism   

Environment Matters: Nature Tourism   

 

Chapter 21

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830–1850   

The Industrial Revolution   

Roots of Industrialization    ■ Engines of Change    ■ Urbanization and Its Consequences    ■ Agricultural Perils and Prosperity   

Reforming the Social Order   

Cultural Responses to the Social Question    ■ The Varieties of Social Reform    ■ Abuses and Reforms Overseas   

Ideologies and Political Movements   

The Spell of Nationalism    ■ Liberalism in Economics and Politics    ■ Socialism and the Early Labor Movement   

The Revolutions of 1848   

The Hungry Forties    ■ Another French Revolution    ■ Nationalist Revolution in Italy    ■ Revolt and Reaction in Central Europe    ■ Aftermath to 1848: Reimposing Authority   

Conclusion   

Chapter 21 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)    

Contrasting Views: The Effects of Industrialization   

Terms of History: Socialism   

Environment Matters: Joseph M. W. Turner, The Fighting "Téméraire" Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up (1838)   

 

Chapter 22

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850–1870   

The End of the Concert of Europe   

Napoleon III and the Quest for French Glory  ■ The Crimean War, 1853–1856: Turning Point in European Affairs  ■ Reform in Russia   

War and Nation Building   

Cavour, Garibaldi, and the Process of Italian Unification    ■ Bismarck and the Realpolitik of German Unification     ■ Francis Joseph and the Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy    ■ Political Stability through Gradual Reform in Great Britain    ■ Nation Building in North America   

Nation Building through Social Order   

Bringing Order to the Cities     ■ Expanding Government Bureaucracy     ■ Schooling and Professionalizing Society    ■ Spreading National Power and Order beyond the West    ■ Contesting the Nation-State’s Order at Home   

The Culture of Social Order   

The Arts Confront Social Reality     ■ Religion and National Order     ■ From the Natural Sciences to Social Science   

Conclusion   

Chapter 22 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Mrs. Seacole: The Other Florence Nightingale   

Contrasting Views: The Nation-State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century   

Terms of History: Nationalism   

Environment Matters: Straightening the Rhine   

 

Chapter 23

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870–1890   

The New Imperialism   

The Scramble for Africa — North and South    ■ Imperializing Asia    ■ Japan’s Imperial Agenda    ■ The Paradoxes of Imperialism   

The Industry of Empire   

Industrial Innovation    ■ Facing Economic Crisis    ■ Revolution in Business Practices   

Imperial Society and Culture   

The "Best Circles" and the Expanding Middle Class    ■ Working People’s Strategies    ■ National Fitness: Reform, Sports, and Leisure    ■ Artistic Responses to Empire and Industry   

The Birth of Mass Politics   

Workers, Politics, and Protest     ■ Expanding Political Participation in Western Europe    ■ Power Politics in Central and Eastern Europe   

Conclusion   

Chapter 23 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: An African King Describes His Government   

Contrasting Views: Experiences of Migration   

Terms of History: Home Rule   

Environment Matters: Bushiri   

 

Chapter 24

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890–1914   

Public Debate over Private Life   

Population Pressure    ■ Reforming Marriage    ■ New Women, New Men, and the Politics of Sexual Identity     ■ Sciences of the Modern Self   

Modernity and the Revolt in Ideas   

The Opposition to Positivism    ■ The Revolution in Science    ■ Modern Art    ■ The Revolt in Music and Dance   

Growing Tensions in Mass Politics   

The Expanding Power of Labor     ■ Rights for Women and the Battle for Suffrage    ■ Liberalism Tested     ■ Anti-Semitism, Nationalism, and Zionism in Mass Politics   

European Imperialism Challenged   

The Trials of Empire    ■ The Russian Empire Threatened    ■ Growing Resistance to Colonial Domination   

Roads to War   

Competing Alliances and Clashing Ambitions    ■ The Race to Arms    ■ 1914: War Erupts   

Conclusion   

Chapter 24 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: "Going to Battle" (A Turkish Poem)    

Contrasting Views: Debating the Revolt in Art, Ideas, and Lifestyles   

Terms of History: Modern   

Environment Matters: Samoed Family of Russia   

 

Chapter 25

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914–1929   

The Great War, 1914–1918   

Blueprints for War    ■ The Battlefronts    ■ The Home Front   

Protest, Revolution, and War’s End, 1917–1918   

War Protest    ■ Revolution in Russia    ■ Ending the War, 1918   

The Search for Peace in an Era of Revolution   

Europe in Turmoil    ■ The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920    ■ Economic and Diplomatic Consequences of the Peace   

A Decade of Recovery: Europe in the 1920s   

Changes in the Political Landscape     ■ Reconstructing the Economy     ■ Restoring Society   

Mass Culture and the Rise of Modern Dictators   

Culture for the Masses    ■ Cultural Debates over the Future    ■ The Communist Utopia    ■ Fascism on the March in Italy   

Conclusion    

Chapter 25 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Memory and Battlefield Tourism   

Contrasting Views: The Middle East at the End of World War I: Freedom or Subjugation?    

Terms of History: Fascism   

Environment Matters: War and East African Forests   

 

Chapter 26

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929–1945   

The Great Depression   

Economic Disaster Strikes    ■ Social Effects of the Depression    ■ The Great Depression beyond the West   

Totalitarian Triumph   

The Rise of Stalinism    ■ Hitler’s Rise to Power    ■ The Nazification of German Politics    ■ Nazi Racism   

Democracies on the Defensive   

Confronting the Economic Crisis     ■ Cultural Visions in Hard Times   

The Road to Global War   

A Surge in Global Imperialism    ■ The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939     ■ Hitler’s Conquest of Central Europe, 1938–1939   

World War II, 1939–1945   

The German Onslaught    ■ War Expands: The Pacific and Beyond    ■ The War against Civilians    ■ Societies at War    ■ From Resistance to Allied Victory    ■ An Uneasy Postwar Settlement   

Conclusion   

Chapter 26 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: A Family Copes with Unemployment   

Contrasting Views: Nazism and Hitler: For and Against   

Terms of History: Civil Disobedience   

Environment Matters: Hiroshima, 1945   

 

Chapter 27

The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945–1960s   

World Politics Transformed   

Chaos in Europe    ■ New Superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union    ■ Origins of the Cold War    ■ The Division of Germany   

Political and Economic Recovery in Europe   

Dealing with Nazism    ■ Rebirth of the West    ■ The Welfare State: Common Ground East and West    ■ Recovery in the East   

Decolonization in a Cold War Climate   

The End of Empire in Asia    ■ The Struggle for Identity in the Middle East    ■ New Nations in Africa    ■ Newcomers Arrive in Europe   

Daily Life and Culture in the Shadow of Nuclear War   

Restoring "Western" Values    ■ Cold War Consumerism and Shifting Gender Norms    ■ The Culture of Cold War    ■ The Atomic Brink   

Conclusion   

Chapter 27 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Torture in Algeria   

Contrasting Views: Decolonization in Africa   

Terms of History: Welfare State   

Environment Matters: The Mexican Green Revolution and Its Consequences   

 

Chapter 28

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s–1989   

The Revolution in Technology   

The Information Age: Television and Computers    ■ The Space Age    ■ The Nuclear Age    ■ Revolutions in Biology and Reproductive Technology   

Postindustrial Society and Culture   

Multinational Corporations    ■ The New Worker    ■ The Boom in Education and Research    ■ Changing Family Life and the Generation Gap    ■ Art, Ideas, and Religion in a Technocratic Society   

Protesting Cold War Conditions   

Cracks in the Cold War Order    ■ The Growth of Citizen Activism    ■ 1968: Year of Crisis   

The Testing of Superpower Domination and the End of the Cold War   

A Changing Balance of World Power    ■ The Western Bloc Meets Challenges with Reform    ■ Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc   

Conclusion   

Chapter 28 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: A Citizen’s Experience of Gorbachev’s Reforms   

Contrasting Views: Feminist Debates   

Terms of History: Neoliberalism   

Environment Matters: Cherynobyl   

 

Chapter 29

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present   

Collapse of the Soviet Union and Its Aftermath   

The Breakup of Yugoslavia    ■ The Soviet Union Comes Apart     ■ Toward a Market Economy   

The Nation-State in a Global Age   

Europe Looks beyond the Nation-State    ■ Globalizing Cities and Fragmenting Nations    ■ Global Organizations   

An Interconnected World’s New Challenges   

The Earth and Its People Threatened     ■ North versus South?     ■ Radical Islam Meets the West    ■ Population, Health, and Disease ■  The Promise and Problems of a World Economy    ■ International Politics and the New Russia

Global Culture and Society in the Twenty-First Century   

Redefining the West: The Impact of Global Migration    ■ Global Networks and Social Change    ■ Global Culture versus Nationalist Isolationism    

Conclusion   

Chapter 29 Review   

Primary Source Analysis: Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize Lecture, December 7, 2015   

Contrasting Views: The Dutch Debate Globalization, Muslim Immigrants, and Turkey’s Admission to the EU   

Terms of History: Globalization  

Environment Matters: The German Reichstag: Reborn and Green

 

Glossary of Key Terms  G-1

Acknowledgments  A-1

Index  I-1

About the Authors

Lynn Hunt

Lynn Hunt (PhD., Stanford University) is Distinguished Research Professor at University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author or editor of several books, including most recently Writing History in the Global Era; The French and Revolution and Napoleon: Crucible of the Modern World and History: Why It Matters.


Thomas R. Martin

Thomas R. Martin (PhD., Harvard University) is Jeremiah O’Connor Professor in Classics at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of several books including Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, and most recently Pericles: A Biography in Context. He was one of the originators of the Perseus Digital Library (www.perseus.tufts.edu).


Barbara H. Rosenwein

Barbara H. Rosenwein (PhD., University of Chicago) is professor emerita of history at Loyola University Chicago and has been visiting professor at the Universities of Utrecht (Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Oxford (Trinity College, England). She is the author or editor of many books, including A Short History of the Middle Ages; with co-author Elina Gertsman, The Middle Ages in 50 Objects; and most recently, Anger: The Conflicted History of an Emotion.


Bonnie G. Smith

Bonnie G. Smith (PhD., University of Rochester) is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is author or editor most recently of Modern Empires: A Reader; Women in World History since 1450; and a new version of Europe in the Contemporary World since 1900, among other works.


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