Western Civilization - The Earliest Civilizations Through the Reformation

Klappentext The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details. Inhaltsverzeichnis Annual Editions: Western Civilization, Volume 1PrefaceCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: The Earliest CivilizationsUnit OverviewThese articles discuss some of the attributes of early civilizations. The topics discuss the role of dogs, Egypt, law, ancient wonders, and ancient empires.1. More than Man's Best Friend, Jarret A. Lobell and Eric A. Powell, Archaeology, September/October 2010Whenever or wherever dogs were first domesticated they have left mementos all over the archaeological world. The authors explore the roles dogs played in past cultures and how the ancients celebrated them.2. Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx, Evan Hadingham, Smithsonian, February 2010American archaeologist Mark Lehner has been working for many years to discover aspects and meaning of the Sphinx. He believes that Pharaoh Khafre built the Sphinx to honor his father, Khufu and it served to harness the sun's power to resurrect the soul of the pharaoh.3. Journey to the Seven Wonders, Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian, June 2004Though only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands, they still intrigue our imagination. Author Tony Perrottet details the Pyramids, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Why do these monuments still capture our thoughts after 2,000 years?4. The Coming of the Sea Peoples, Neil Asher Silberman, Military History, Winter 1998About 1200 B.C. a new military force swept southward across the Aegean Sea and into Asia Minor, Cyprus and Canaan-and even reached the borders of Egypt. Where were the "sea peoples," and how did their weapons and tactics launch a military revolution in the ancient world?5. I, Pillar of Justice, Frank L. Holt, Saudi Aramco World, May/June 2009The major focus of this article is Mesopotamia in the time of Hammurapi and discusses the Law Code. There are 282 laws enumerated and the conditions and penalties for various offenses.6. Before Tea Leaves Divination in Ancient Babylonia, William W. Hallo, Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2005William Halo discusses the use of hepatoscopy (a form of divination involving the inspection of animal livers) by the Assyrian kings. He sees parallels between ancient liver inspections and modern intelligence.Unit 2: Greece and Rome: The Classical TraditionUnit OverviewThese articles focus on Greek and Roman society. Sports, crime, politics, military conquests, women in Etruscan society, and Cleopatra are discussed.7. Troy's Night of the Horse, Barry Strauss, The Trojan War, March 2007There have been many theories as to the reality of the Trojan War, but most historians are convinced that the Trojan Horse was a fiction. However, Barry Strauss suggests that we think of the fall of T...

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• Authors: Robert Lembright, Robert L. Lembright
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9780078051104
• ISBN: 978-0-07-805110-4
• Series: Annual Editions: Western Civil; Annual Editions; Annual Editions: Western Civil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Industrieländer, entwickelte Länder