The new edition includes two new chapters, which explore health and disease in the Greek World as well as the activities of monarchs in Portugal, Castile, and Aragon who were interested in expanding their territories and influence in 1450 ...
Significantly revised, this edition includes four new chapters: “Royal Power and Overseas Expansion, 1450-1540” (Ch. 2); “Motherhood, Nationalism, and Women's Political Role, 1848-1940” (Ch. 10); “Cold War Cultures: Visions of the ...
Discovering the Western Past: To 1715
A Look at the Evidence Merry E. Wiesner, Julius Ralph Ruff, William Bruce Wheeler. I DISCOVERING THE WE5TERN PAST WIESNER RUFF WHEELER OURTH EDITION Volume.
A Look at the Evidence - To 1789 Merry E. Wiesner, Julius R. Ruff, William Bruce Wheeler. 1 Preface Discovering the Western Past is designed to accommodate any format of the Western Civilization course , from the small lecture ...
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.
This text offers a unique, multi-part pedagogical framework. Each chapter is organized by "The Problem," "Sources and Method," "The Evidence," "Questions to Consider," and the "Epilogue.
Discovering Our Past: A History of the World
The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data.
Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.