Preface
Part One Western Civilization
Ⅰ The Ancient World：Foundatior of the West To A.D.500
1 The Ancient Near East：The Fi t Civilizatior
2 The Greeks：From Myth to Reason
3 The Romar：From City-State to World Empire
4 Early Christianity：A World Religion
Ⅱ The Middle Ages：The Christian Centuries A.D.500～1400
5 The Rise of Europe：Fusion of Classical，Christian，and German Traditior
6 The Flowering of Medieval Civilization：The Christian Synthesis
Ⅲ The Rise of Modernity：From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 1350 ～1789
7 Tra ition to the Modern Age：Renaissance and Reformation
8 Political and Economic Tra formation：National States，Ove eas Expa ion,Commercial Revolution
9 Intellectual Tra formation：The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
Ⅳ The Modern West：From the Bourgeoisie Revolution to the Industrial Age 1640～1914
10 The Triumph of England's Parliament：Cortitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government
11 The American Revolution：Independence and Civil War
12 The Era of the French Revolution：The Affirmation of Liberty and Equality
13 Ferment of Ideas：Romanticism，Co ervatism，Liberalism，Nationalism
14 The Industrial Revolution：The Trarformation of Society
15 Europe in the Industrial Age：Modernization and Imperialism
Ⅴ Western Civilization in Crisis：World War and Totalitarianism 1914～1945
16 World War I：The West in Despair
17 The Soviet Union：Modernization and Totalitarianism
18 The Era of Fascism：The Attack on Reason and Freedom
19 World War II：Western Civilization in the Balance
Ⅵ The Contemporary World：The Global Age Since 1945
20 Europe After 1945：Recovery，Realignment，Division
21 U.S.After 1945：Hegemonic Position
22 The New Globalism：Problems and Prospects
Part Two Chinese Civilization
Ⅰ Ancient Chinese Civilization：One of the Four Great Ancient Civilizatior
1 Four Great Inventior：the Compass，Gunpowder，Papermaking,and Printing
2 Three Schools of Thoughts in Ancient：Confucianism，Taoism，Buddhism
3 The Firt Emperor of Imperial China：Qin Shi Huangdi
4 The Greatest Dynasty of Imperial China：Hen Dynasty
5 The Classical Literature：The Poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties
Ⅱ Emergence of Modern China：The Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudalism China
6 The Opium War：Western Power Arrive
7 The Growing up of the Chinese Modem History：The Self-Strengthening Movement
8 The Revolution of 1911：Turning Point in Modern Chinese History
Ⅲ Modern Chinese Polities：From “Dark” to”Bright”
9 The New Culture Movement：the Basis for May Fourth Movement
10 Rise of the Communists：Leader Mao Zedong
11 Anti-Japanese War：Kuomintang and CCP United Front Agairt Japan
12 Civil War：the Triumph of Communist Party
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