西方文明简史

考虑到学生的知识结构以及课时安排，常晓梅主编的《西方文明简史》将西方文明凝缩在十个章节中：近东文明、古希腊文明、古罗马文明、中世纪文明、文艺复兴、宗教改革、早期现代文明、政治革命与工业革命、欧洲现代主义、战争与西方社会新布局。每一章节都力求以历史为纲，以文化信点点为目：从面上总贤一个时代，从点上洞悉其文化精髓。另外，《西方文明简史》在介绍西方文化的同时，注重对学习者语言实践能力的培养，针对每一章内容设计了相关的练习题，既有考查对重要知识点的认知和熟记的练习题（第一、二题），也有锻炼学习者简单应用和综合应用语言、独立思考和分析问题能力的练习题（第三、四题），并附有答案，还有开阔视野，提高英语思辨能力的中西文化对比讨论题（第五题），便于课堂使用及课后自主学习和检测效果。

Chapter One The Ancient Near East: The Cradle of Civilisation (c. 4000 B. C. --70 A. D. ) Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation (c. 4000--539 B. C. ) Section Two Egyptian Civilisation (c. 3100--c. 332 B. C. ) Section Three Other Early Civilisations (c. 3000--c. 147 B.C. ) Section Four The Hebrew Civilization (c. 2000 B. C. --c. 70A. D. ) Section Five The Assyrian Empire (c. 1000--612 B. C. ) Section Six The Persian Empire (550--330 B. C. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Two Greek Civilisation (e. 2000--30 B. C. ) Section One The Emergence of Greece (c. 2000--1100 B. C. ) Section Two Dark Age and Homer's World (1100--750 B. C. ) Section Three Sparta and Athens: Greek City-States (750--500B. C. ) Section Four Greece in Classical Period (c. 500--330 B. C. ) Section Five The Hellenistic Era (330--30 B. C. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested readingChapter Three Roman Civilisation (753 B. C. --476 A.D. ) Section One The Rise of Rome (753--509 B. C. ) Section Two The Roman Republic (509--30 B. C. ) Section Three The Eclipse of the Roman Republic (133--30 B.C. ) Section Four The Roman Empire (30 B. C. --476 A. D. ) Section Five Christianity in Rome (c. 50 B. C. --313 A. D. ) Section Six The Roman Culture (753 B. C. --476 A. D. ) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Four Medieval Civilisation {476--c. 1500} Section One The Emergence of the Medieval Civilisati0n(476--c. 750) Section Two The Development of the Early Middle Ages (c.750--c. 1000) Section Three Significant Changes of the High Middle Ages(c. 1001--c. 1300) Section Four The Decline of the Middle Ages (c. 1300--c.1500) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Five The Age of the Renaissance (14th--17th Century) Section One The Rise of the Renaissance (14th--15th Century) Section Two Arts and Literature in the Italian Renaissance(Mid-1400s --Late 1500s) Section Three The Pattern of Politics in the Renaissance(1494--Early 1600s) Section Four The Natural Science in the Renaissance(15th--17th Century) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Six Protestant Reformation (1517--Late 16th Century) Section One The Launch of the Reformation (Second Half ofthe 15th Century--1516) Section Two German Protestant Reformation (1517--Early 16thCentury) Section Three Reformation outside Germany (1520s--Late 16thCentury) Section Four The Counter-Reformation (Mid-16th Century) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Seven Early Modern Times (c. 1419--1800} Section One Expansion of European Powers (c. 1419--1800) Section Two Social Disturbance (Early 17th--Early 18thCentury) and the Age of Absolutism (c. 1550--1800) Section Three The Scientific Revolution (1543--1700) and theEnlightenment (c. 1650--1800) Section Four The Last Phase of the Old Order (1715--1789) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Eight The Age of the Revolution and Industrialisation(1775--1860) Section One The Revolutionary Era (1775--1815) Section Two The Era of the First Industrial Revolution(1750--1860) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Nine Modernity in Europe ( 1815-- 1914) Section One Suppression， Revolution， and Romanticism(1815--1850) Section Two Nationalism and Realism (1850--1871) Section Three The Age of Progress (1871--1894) Section Four Anxiety and Tension(1894--1914) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingChapter Ten World Wars and Post-war Era (1914--2000) Section One Wars and Revolutions (1914--1945) Section Two The Cold War and the New Era o{ the WesternWorld (1945--2000) Chapter Review Exercise Voices on Key Points Suggested ReadingCulture LinkProper NamesKey to ExercisesBibliography