The Beginnings Of Civilization p. 1
The Earliest People and Their Art p. 3
Aegean Culture in the Bronze Age p. 18
Summary p. 27
Pronunciation Guide p. 28
Exercises p. 29
Further Reading p. 29
Additional Web References p. 29
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Early Greece p. 33
Homer and the Heroic Age p. 35
Art and Society in Early Greece p. 39
The Age of Colonization p. 41
The Visual Arts at Corinth and Athens p. 42
The Beginnings of Greek Sculpture p. 43
Architecture: The Doric and Ionic Orders p. 46
Music and Dance in Early Greece p. 49
Early Greek Literature and Philosophy p. 51
Summary p. 54
Pronunciation Guide p. 54
Exercises p. 55
Further Reading p. 55
Online Chapter Links p. 55
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Classical Greece And The Hellenistic Period p. 69
The Classical Ideal p. 71
Drama and Philosophy in Classical Greece p. 74
Greek Music in the Classical Period p. 81
The Visual Arts in Classical Greece p. 82
The Visual Arts in the Fourth Century B.C. p. 90
The Hellenistic Period p. 92
Summary p. 97
Pronunciation Guide p. 98
Exercises p. 98
Further Reading p. 98
Online Chapter Links p. 99
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The Roman Legacy p. 125
The Importance of Rome p. 127
The Etruscans and Their Art p. 129
Republican Rome (509-31 B.C.) p. 130
Imperial Rome (31 B.C.-A.D. 476) p. 137
The End of the Roman Empire p. 151
Summary p. 154
Pronunciation Guide p. 155
Exercises p. 156
Further Reading p. 156
Online Chapter Links p. 156
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Ancient Civilizations Of India And China p. 173
Indian Civilization p. 175
The Aryans p. 175
Hindu and Buddhist Art p. 179
The Gupta Empire and Its Aftermath p. 180
The Origins of Civilization in China p. 183
The Unification of China: The Ch'in, Han, and T'ang Dynasties p. 185
Summary p. 188
Pronunciation Guide p. 190
Exercises p. 190
Further Reading p. 191
Online Chapter Links p. 191
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Jerusalem And Early Christianity p. 201
Judaism and Early Christianity p. 203
Summary p. 215
Pronunciation Guide p. 216
Exercises p. 216
Further Reading p. 216
Online Chapter Links p. 216
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Byzantium p. 233
The Decline of Rome p. 235
The Ascendancy of Byzantium p. 237
Ravenna p. 240
The Persistence of Byzantine Culture p. 252
Summary p. 254
Pronunciation Guide p. 254
Exercises p. 254
Further Reading p. 254
Online Chapter Links p. 255
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Islam p. 265
Muhammad and the Birth of Islam p. 267
The Culture of Islam and the West p. 276
Summary p. 278
Pronunciation Guide p. 278
Exercises p. 279
Further Reading p. 279
Online Chapter Links p. 279
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Charlemagne And The Rise Of Medieval Culture p. 291
Charlemagne as Ruler and Diplomat p. 293
Learning in the Time of Charlemagne p. 295
Benedictine Monasticism p. 296
Monasticism and Gregorian Chant p. 298
Liturgical Music and the Rise of Drama p. 300
The Morality Play: Everyman p. 301
The Legend of Charlemagne: Song of Roland p. 302
The Visual Arts p. 303
Charlemagne's Palace at Aachen p. 305
Summary p. 312
Pronunciation Guide p. 313
Exercises p. 313
Further Reading p. 313
Online Chapter Links p. 313
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High Middle Ages: The Search For Synthesis p. 341
The Significance of Paris p. 343
The Gothic Style p. 343
Scholasticism p. 355
Dante's Divine Comedy p. 363
Summary p. 366
Pronunciation Guide p. 366
Exercises p. 366
Further Reading p. 367
Online Chapter Links p. 367
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The Fourteenth Century: A Time Of Transition p. 395
Calamity, Decay, and Violence p. 397
Literature in Italy, England, and France p. 399
Art in Italy p. 403
Art in Northern Europe p. 410
Late Gothic Architecture p. 414
Music: Ars Nova p. 416
Summary p. 420
Pronunciation Guide p. 420
Exercises p. 420
Further Reading p. 421
Online Chapter Links p. 421
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Glossary p. 441
Index p. 451
Photo Credits p. 467
Literary Credits p. 469