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Tables of Contents for Roots Of The Western Tradition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
xi
List of Maps
xii
List of Biographical Sketches
xiii
Preface
xv
Preface to the Sixth Edition
xvii
Introduction
xix
Part One THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Chapter 1 From Stone Age to Civilization
7
8
Chapter 2 Mesopotamia
15
13
Chapter 3 Egypt
28
17
Chapter 4 The Diffusion of Near Eastern Civilization
45
24
Suggested Readings
62
7
Part Two ANCIENT GREECE
Chapter 5 Crete, Mycenae, and the Dark Age
69
11
Chapter 6 The Rise of Classical Greece
80
17
Chapter 7 The Zenith and Transformation of Classical Greece
97
12
Chapter 8 Literature and Philosophy in Greece
109
15
Chapter 9 The Culture of the Golden Age
124
16
Chapter 10 The Hellenistic Age
140
29
Suggested Readings
158
11
Part Three ANCIENT ROME
Chapter 11 The Rise of Rome
169
20
Chapter 12 The Principate
189
18
Chapter 13 The Spiritual Metamorphosis
207
10
Chapter 14 The Dominate
217
18
Chapter 15 The Waning of the Western Empire
235
20
Suggested Readings
248
7
Index
255