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For freshman/sophomore courses in World History, World Civilization or Western Civilization. This two volume reader spans the world and its history from the third millennium B.C. to the late 20th century. The illuminating anthology examines significant documents that will acquaint students with major world civilizations and help them understand the historical forces and ideas that have shaped the world in which they live.
Contents
Volume I I. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS. The Epic of GilgameshEgyptian Society: Hymn to the Nile; Lansing Papyrus. The Code of Hammurabi: The Code of Hammurabi. Hebrew Scriptures: Genesis; Exodus; Isaiah; Lamentations. Rig Veda: Song of Creation. The Hindu Caste System: The Laws of Manu. Early China: Mandate of Heaven. II. THE CLASSICAL WORLD. Homer: The Iliad; The Odyssey. Plato: The Republic. Aristotle: The Politics. Polybius: Histories. Suetonius: The Lives of the Caesars. Juvenal: The Third Satire. The Christian Scriptures: The Gospel According to Matthew; The Acts of the Apostles; The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans. Confucius: Analects. Ssu Ma Chi'en: Records of the Grand Historian. Hinduism: Bhagavad Gita. Buddhism: The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness; Dhammapada, Ashoka; Buddhism in China. III. THE POST-CLASSICAL WORLD. Augustine of Hippo: The Enchiridion. Muhammad: The Koran. Al-Farabi: The Perfect State. Futo No Yasumaro: The Kojiki or Records of Ancient Matters. Benedict of Nursia: Rule of St. Benedict. Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne. Cultural Conflict in the Post-Classical Mediterranean: Perspectives on the 1st Crusade. Magna Carta: Magna Carta. Ssu-Ma Kwang: Ancestral Rites. Marco Polo: The Book of Ser Marco Polo. St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Contra Gentiles. Southeast Asia: Thai Civilization. Columbus: Journal and Letter. Bernal Diaz Del Castillo: The Conquest of New Spain. The Portuguese in Asia: The Conquest of Malacca. Japan Encounters in the West: The Expulsion of Foreigners. Cahuilla: Palm Springs Cahuilla Creation Myth. Olaudah Equiano: The Life of Gustava Vassa. Martin Luther: An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, 1520. John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion. The Catholic-Reformation: The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent. Francis Bacon: Novum Organum. Isaac Newton: Optics; The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. II. THE MODERN ERA. Revolutionary Declarations: The Declaration of Independence; Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen; Declaration of the Rights of Woman. Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Antoine-Nicolas De Condorcet: The Progress of the Human Mind. China and Great Britain: Mandate to King George III; Treaty of Nanking. Simon Bolivar: The Jamaica Letter. Child Labor: The Sadler Report. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party. Harriet Taylor Mill: On Marriage. Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species; The Descent of Man. William Graham Sumner: The Challenge of Facts. Rudyard Kipling: The White Man's Burden. III. THE RECENT PAST. Mohandas K. Gandhi: Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule. International Organizations: The Covenant of the League of Nations; Charter of the United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mao Tse Tung: An Investigation into the Peasant Movement. Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf. Japanese Imperialism: Draft of Basic Plan for Establishment of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham City Jail. The United States and the World after the Cold War: The American Century; US Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Thomas Sowell: Cultural Diversity.
