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WelcomeTable of Contents Chapter 1: From Forest to Farm: The Rise of Culture Chapter 2: Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Fertile Crescent Chapter 3: The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun Chapter 4: China, India, and Africa: Early Civilizations Chapter 5: Bronze Age Culture in the Aegean World: The Great Traders Chapter 6: The Rise of Greek City-States: War and Victory Chapter 7: Golden Age Athens: The School of Hellas Chapter 8: Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty Chapter 9: The Late Roman Empire, Judaism, and the Rise of... Chapter 10: Byzantium: Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire Chapter 11: The Rise and Spread of Islam: A New Religion Chapter 12: Fiefdom and Monastery: The Merging of Germanic and Roman... Chapter 13: The Romanesque Tradition: Pilgrimage and Crusade Chapter 14: The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry Chapter 15: Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New... Chapter 16: China, India Japan, Africa, and the Americas before 1400 Chapter 17: Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy Chapter 18: The High Renaissance in Rome: Papal Patronage Chapter 19: The Venetian Renaissance: Palace and Lagoon Chapter 20: The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want Chapter 21: The Reformation A New Church and the Arts Chapter 22: The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and... Chapter 23: West Africa, China, and Japan: The Age of Encounter Chapter 24: England in the Tudor Age: “This Other Eden” Chapter 25: The Baroque in Italy: Papal Prestige Chapter 26: The Secular Baroque in the North; The Art of Observation Chapter 27: The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage Chapter 28: The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of... Chapter 29: The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent:... Chapter 30: Cross-Cultural Encounter: Exploration and Trade in the... Chapter 31: Revolution in America: The Rights of Man Chapter 32: Neoclassicism and Revolution: A Culture of Change in France Chapter 33: The Self in Nature: The Rise of Romanticism Chapter 34: A Darker World: Napoleon and the Romantic Imagination Chapter 35: Industry and the Working Class: A New Realism Chapter 36: Revolution and Civil War: The Conditions of Modern Life Chapter 37: The Rise of Bourgeois Culture: Living the Good Life Chapter 38: The Gilded Age in America: Expansion and Empire Chapter 39: Global Confrontations: The Challenge to Cultural Identity Chapter 40: From Realism to Symbolism: The Fin de Siècle Chapter 41: The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World Chapter 42: The Great War and its Impact: A Lost Generation Chapter 43: New York and Skyscraper Culture: City on the Rise Chapter 44: Between the Wars: The Age of Anxiety Chapter 45: World War II and its Aftermath: Devastation and Recovery Chapter 46: The Turbulent ’60s: Decade of Change Chapter 47: The Postmodern Scene: Multiplicity and Diversity Chapter 48: Without Boundaries: The Global Village in the Information...