A Concise Survey of Western Civilization: Supremacies and Diversities throughout History 2nd Edition By Brian Pavlac

A Concise Survey of Western Civilization Church and State: The historical friction between religious institutions and secular power Disputes About the Meaning of Life: Philosophy theology and changing human worldviews over time Diversities: The creative impulses alternative ideas and efforts by minority groups to express individuality and resist conformity Early Modern Europe Global Exploration and Absolutism: European maritime empires colonization mercantilism Ideologies of the 19th Century: The battlegrounds of nationalism liberalism conservatism and early socialism Imperialism: The "Scramble for Africa" and Western hegemony across Asia ISBN-10: 1442237678 ISBN-13: 978-1442237674 ISBN-13: 978-1442237704 ISBN-13: 978-1442237735 Late Medieval Crisis: The devastation of the Black Death the Hundred Years' War and shifting social hierarchies Martin Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church and subsequent religious warfare Mesolithic and Neolithic transitions and the rise of early Mesopotamian and Egyptian empires Migration and Conquest: The movement of populations and military dominance Political and Economic Decision-Making: How leaders manage money resources and governance Renaissance and Reformation: Cultural rebirth in Italy and Northern Europe Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment: The transformation of science empiricism and philosophe critiques of traditional institutions Supremacies and Diversities throughout History Supremacies: How elites use power warfare and ideologies to control societies establish stability and enforce order Technological Innovation: How tools weapons and manufacturing alter the balance of power The Age of Revolutions and the Modern Era The Ancient World The Cold War: The ideological split between the West and the Soviet bloc decolonization and the rise of consumer culture The Contemporary World: Globalization regional conflicts technological acceleration and modern challenges to Western identity The Dawn of Civilization the development of the polis (city-state) Greco-Persian wars Athenian democracy and Hellenistic expansion the eventual collapse of the Western empire The French Revolution the Napoleonic Era and the sweeping changes of the Industrial Revolution The Greek Experiment: Minoan and Mycenaean cultures The Medieval Period The Middle Ages: Feudalism manorialism monasticism the Crusades and the struggle for authority between popes and kings the rise of absolute monarchs like Louis XIV The Roman Republic and Empire: Roman expansionism the shift from republic to principate Roman law Pax Romana The Triple Successors: The transformation of the Roman world into Byzantium the Islamic Caliphates and the Latin West The Twentieth Century to the Present The World Wars: Total war the collapse of old European empires and the horrors of the Holocaust