The Rise of the West

List of Illustrations
"The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years"
Preface

PART I
THE ERA OF MIDDLE EASTERN DOMINANCE TO 500 B.C.

I. IN THE BEGINNING

II. THE BREAKTHROUGH TO CIVILIZATION IN MESOPOTAMIA

III. THE DIFFUSION OF CIVILIZATION: FIRST PHASE 

  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NILE AND INDUS VALLEYS TO 1700 B.C.
    1. Ancient Egypt
    2. The Indus Civilization

  C. THE TRANSPLANTATION OF CIVILIZATION TO RAIN-WATERED LANDS
    1. Introductory
    2. Asia Minor
    3. Crete

  D. THE IMPACT OF CIVILIZATION ON THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
    1. Megalithic Protocivilization
    2. High Barbarism of the Eurasian Steppe

IV. THE RISE OF A COSMOPOLITAN CIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1700-500 B.C.
 
  A. INTRODUCTION
 
  B. MILITARY-POLITICAL CHANGES
 
  C. ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
 
  D. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
 
  E. CULTURAL CONSERVATION AND ADVANCE
    1. Babylonia
    2. Egypt
    3. The Intermediate Regions
    4. Zoroastrianism and Judaism

V. THE FORMULATION OF PERIPHERAL CIVILIZATIONS IN INDIA, GREECE, AND CHINA, 1700-500 B.C.

  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. THE FORMULATION OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION

  C. THE FORMULATION OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
    1. Political and Social Development
    2. Cultural Growth
        Religion
        Art
        Literature
        Philosophy

  D. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION TO 500 B.C.

  E. CHANGES IN THE BARBARIAN WORLD TO 500 B.C.

PART II
EURASIAN CULTURAL BALANCE 500 B.C.-1500 A.D.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

VI. THE EXPANSION OF HELLENISM, 500-146 B.C. 

  A. THE FLOWERING OF GREEK CULTURE, 500-336 B.C.
    1. Introduction
    2. Political Evolution
    3. The Perfecting of Greek Cultural Forms
        Tragedy
        Philosophy
        History and Rhetoric
        Monumental Art
        Summary

  B. HELLENIC EXPANSION INTO BARBARIAN EUROPE

  C. THE HELLENIZATION OF THE ORIENT, 500-146 B.C.
    1. Military and Political
    2. Social and Cultural

VII. CLOSURE OF THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 500 B.C.-200 A.D.
 
  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NON-HELLENIC
CIVILIZATIONS OF EURASIA, 500-100 B.C.
    1. India
    2. China
    3. The Far West: Rome and Western Europe, 336-146 B.C.

  C. THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 100 B.C.-200 A.D.
    1. Political and Social Developments
    2. Cultural Growth and Interchange
        Art
        Religion
    3. Other Aspects of the High Cultural Tradition of Eurasia, 100 B.C.-200 A.D.

VIII. BARBARIAN ONSLAUGHT AND CIVILIZED RESPONSE, 200-600 A.D.

  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. THE FLOWERING OF INDIAN CULTURE
    1. Political and Social Framework
    2. Cultural Achievements
        Language
        Literature
        Religion and Philosophy
        Science
        Art
        Other Aspects of Indian Culture
 
   C. THE EXPANSION OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION
    1. Southeast Asia
    2. Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, and Central Asia
    3. China

  D. THE NORTHERN FRONTIER: BARBARIAN BREAKTHROUGH AND
CIVILIZED REACTION
    1. The Great Migrations
    2. Consequences of the Migrations
        Civilizing the Barbarians
        Modification of Civilized Military and Political Institutions in Western Eurasia
        Cultural Changes in Persia and Rome

  E. THE OUTER FRINGES

IX. THE RESURGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 600-1000 A.D.

  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. THE MOSLEM WORLD

  C. CHRISTENDOM

  D. INDIA

  E. CHINA AND THE FAR EAST

  F. THE OUTER FRINGES

X. STEPPE CONQUERORS AND THE EUROPEAN FAR WEST, 1000-1500 A.D.

  A. INTRODUCTION

  B. INFILTRATION AND CONQUEST FROM THE STEPPE

  C. ISLAMIC REACTION TO THE PRESSURES FROM THE STEPPE
    1. Political and Social
    2. Cultural

  D. INDIANS, CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS UNDER MOSLEM RULE
    1. The Moslem Heartlands
    2. India
    3. Orthodox Christendom

  E. THE FAR EAST
    1. China
    2. China's Outliers

  F. THE FAR WEST
    1. Introductory
    2. The Struggle for Political Order
    3. The Expansion of Western Europe
    4. Cultural Growth: The High Middle Ages
    5. Unique Characteristics of West European Civilization

  G. THE FRINGES OF THE ECUMENE

PART III
THE ERA OF WESTERN DOMINANCE, 1500 A.D. TO THE PRESENT

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

XI. THE FAR WEST'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD, 1500-1700 A.D. 

  A. THE GREAT EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS AND THEIR WORLD-WIDE CONSEQUENCES

  B. THE TRANSMUTATION OF EUROPE, 1500-1650 A.D.
    1. Politics
    2. Economics
    3. Culture

  C. EUROPE'S OUTLIERS: THE AMERICAS AND RUSSIA, 1500-1650 A.D.
    1. The Americas
    2. Russia

  D. THE CHANGING BALANCE OF THE ECUMENE, 1500-1700 A.D. 
    1. The Moslem World
        The Iberian Crusade and Moslem Response
        The Rise of Russia and Its Consequences for Islam
        The Sunni-Shi'a Conflict and Its Consequences for Islam 
    2. The Subject Religious Communities in the Moslem World

Subjects

• History: General History

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