The Western Perspective: A History of Civilization in the West

ISBN-10: 0534611125
ISBN-13: 9780534611125
Series: The Western Perspective
Pages: 1098
Language: English
Published: 2004
Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
Authors: John J. Reich, Philip V. Cannistraro

Description

Includes Differing human attitudes to the divine, Herodotus and his sources, Differences between the Germans and the Romans, Charlemagne and his government, The black death, Boccaccioʼs description of the plague in Florence, Fourteenth-century medical advice, An early account of slavery in Africa, First impressions of China, Food of the Amerindians, Food at the royal palace, Aztec markets, The rights of women, World War I: Who was responsible, Destruction of the European Jews, Analyzing Terrorism, Status of women in ancient Mesopotamia, Marriage in classical Athens, The Dead Sea Scrolls, Gender in medieval society, The first Africans in Europe, Social life of European Jewry, Louis XIV: a bureaucratic king, The slave trade and the European economy, etc.