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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 역사 > 세계사
· ISBN : 9780470446546
· 쪽수 : 416쪽
· 출판일 : 2009-06-01
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Introduction 1
Part I: Getting into History 9
Chapter 1: Tracing a Path to the Present 11
Chapter 2: Digging Up Reality 23
Chapter 3: Putting History into Perspective 31
Part II: Finding Strength in Numbers 41
Chapter 4: Getting Civilized 43
Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Many Empires 61
Chapter 6: History’s Mid-Life Crisis: The Middle Ages 77
Chapter 7: The Struggle for World Domination 93
Chapter 8: Grabbing the Globe 113
Chapter 9: Clashing All Around the World 135
Part III: Seeking Answers 163
Chapter 10: Religion through the Ages 165
Chapter 11: Loving Wisdom: The Rise and Reach of Philosophy 187
Chapter 12: Being Christian, Thinking Greek 201
Chapter 13: Awakening to the Renaissance 211
Chapter 14: Making a Break: The Reformation 229
Chapter 15: Opening Up to Science and Enlightenment 249
Part IV: Fighting, Fighting, Fighting 263
Chapter 16: Sticks and Stones: Waging War the Old-Fashioned Way 265
Chapter 17: The War Machine Gets Some Upgrades 277
Chapter 18: Modernized Mayhem 291
Part V: Meeting the Movers and Shakers 305
Chapter 19: Starting Something Legendary 307
Chapter 20: Battling Toward Immortality 319
Chapter 21: Explorers and Discoverers: Places to Go, People to See 331
Chapter 22: Turning Tables: Rebels and Revolutionaries 343
Part VI: The Part of Tens 357
Chapter 23: Ten Unforgettable Dates in History 359
Chapter 24: Ten Essential Historical Documents 365
Index 373
