Sources of world civilization. Volume I, To 1500

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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Other Authors: Johnson, Oliver A. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©1994.
Subjects:
Civilization > History > Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • [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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