Sources of world civilization. Volume I, To 1500 /
"Covering the history of world civilization from the third millennium B.C. to [1500], this anthology introduces readers to the documents that have formed and shaped civilization. [It] offers a variety of selections drawn from history, literature, science, philosophy, religion, politics, economi...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Sources of world civilization. |n Volume I, |p To 1500 / |c edited by Oliver A. Johnson. |
| 260 | |a Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : |b Prentice Hall, |c ©1994. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 432 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 520 | |a "Covering the history of world civilization from the third millennium B.C. to [1500], this anthology introduces readers to the documents that have formed and shaped civilization. [It] offers a variety of selections drawn from history, literature, science, philosophy, religion, politics, economics, law, biography, and mythology. Introductions to each major part and to each selection summarize world events for each epoch, giving information about the selections themselves as well as their authors."-- |c From publisher's description. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a [Part 1] Ancient civilizations -- The epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh -- Egyptian religion: Hymn to the Nile ; Hymn to the sun -- The code of Hammurabi -- The Old Testament. Genesis ; Exodus ; The first book of kings ; Isaiah ; Ezekiel ; The book of Job -- Rig veda. Song of creation -- The Hindu caste system: The laws of Manu -- [Part 2] The classical world -- The history of Herodotus / Herodotus -- Antigone / Sophocles -- History of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- The trial and death of Socrates: The apology ; Crito ; Phaedo / [Plato] -- The republic / Plato -- The politics / Aristotle -- Alexander / Plutarch -- Histories / Polybius -- The lives of the Caesars / Suetonius -- The third satire / Juvenal -- Meditations / Marcus Aurelius -- The New Testament. The gospel according to Matthew ; The acts of the apostles ; The epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans -- Analects / Confucius -- Taoism: Tao te ching -- Hinduism: Bhagavad gita -- Buddhism: The foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness ; Dhammapada -- [Part 3] The medieval epoch -- The enchiridion / St. Augustine -- The Koran / Muhammad -- The perfect state / Al-Farabi -- The kojiki, or Records of ancient matters / Futo No Yasumaro -- The life of Charlemagne / Einhard -- Church and state: The second letter of Gregory VII to Hermann, Bishop of Metz, March 15, 1081 ; The bull Unam sanctam of Boniface VIII -- The common people: Capitulare de villis ; Charter of the liberties of Lorris -- Ancestral rites / Ssu-ma Kwang -- The book of Ser Marco Polo / Marco Polo -- Magna carta -- Summa contra gentiles / St. Thomas Aquinas -- Memoirs / Jean, Sire de Joinville -- The dialogue / St. Catherine of Siena -- Sundiata / D.T. Niane. | |
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