Making Europe: Complete Edition

Note: Each chapter includes an Introduction and a Summary. 1. The Origins of Western Civilization in the Ancient Near East, 3000-1200 B.C.E. Choice: Akhenaton Decides to Make Aton the Main God of Egypt Before History, 2,000,000-3000 B.C.E. Mesopotamian Civilization, 3000-1200 B.C.E. Egyptian Civilization, 3000-1200 B.C.E. Voice: Akhenaton, "Great Hymn to Aton" Lost Civilizations of the Bronze Age, 2500-1200 B.C.E. Echo: The Return of the Mummy 2. Iron Age Civilizations, 1200-500 B.C.E. Choice: Deborah Leads the Hebrew People Against the Canaanites Merchants and Traders of the Eastern Mediterranean, 1200-650 B.C.E. The Hebrews and Monotheism, 1800-900 B.C.E. Voice: The Song of Deborah The Assyrians and Their Successors, 900-550 B.C.E. The Persian Empire, 550-500 B.C.E. Echo: From the Lydian Shekel to the Silver Dollar 3. The Rise of Greek Civilization, 1100-387 B.C.E. Choice: Socrates Chooses Death The Development of Greek Identity, 1100-776 B.C.E. The Archaic Age, 776-500 B.C.E., Sparta and Athens The Classical Age, 500-387 B.C.E. Voice: Aristophanes Suggests How to End the War Echo: The Olympic Games 4. From Polis to Cosmopolis: The Hellenistic World, 387-30 B.C.E. Choice: The Maccabees Decide to Revolt Alexander the Great, 387-323 B.C.E. Voice: Plutarch and Arrian Describe Alexander's Mass Marriages The Hellenistic World, 323-330 B.C.E. Hellenistic Culture and Science Identity in a Cosmopolitan Society Echo: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 5. The Rise of Rome, 753-27 B.C.E. Choice: Spartacus Decides to Revolt The Development of Roman Identity, 753-509 B.C.E. The Evolution of the Roman Republic, 509-146 B.C.E. Voice: Polybius Describes the Roman Constitution The Effects of Roman Expansion, 146-88 B.C.E. The End of the Republic, 90-27 B.C.E. Echo: From Appian Way to Interstate Highway 6. The Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.-284 C.E. Choice: Boudicca Chooses to Revolt Against Rome Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.-14 C.E. The Roman Peace, 14-192 C.E. Religion in the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity Voice: Vibia Perpetua Records the Events Leading to Her Martyrdom The Roman Empire in Crisis, 193-284 C.E. Echo: From Roman Gladiators to Boxing and Wrestlemania 7. Late Antiquity, 284-527 Choice: Constantine Decides to Become a Christian The Restoration of the Roman Empire, 284-337 The Christian Empire, 312-415 Late Romans and Their World The Fall of the Western Roman Empire, 364-476 Voice: Ammianus Describes the Huns The Post-Roman World, 400-527 Echo: Sunday Blue Laws 8. The Eastern Mediterranean, 500-1000 Choice: Empress Theodora Changes Emperor Justinian's Mind Justinian and the Revival of Empire in the East, 500-650 The Rise of Islam, 600-700 The Expansion of Islam, 700-800 Middle Byzantine Period, 600-1071 Voice: Church Councils Condemn and Restore the Use of Icons Echo: Sunnis and Shiites 9. The Kingdoms of Western Europe, 500-1000 Choice: The Pope Crowns Charlemagne Emperor Regional Rule, Local Views, 500-750 The Western Church, 500-800 Voice: Pope Gregory Sends Instructions to a Missionary Charlemagne and the Revival of Empire in the West, 700-900 Order and Disorder in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Echo: The Beginning of Time 10. The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 Choice: Thomas Becket Defends the Liberties of the Church Church Reform and Spiritual Renewal The Crusades Voice: Anna Comnena Describes the Crusaders The Growth of Royal Authority The Growth of Towns and Trade The Building of Cathedrals and the Spread of Learning Echo: Crusade 11. Reversals and Disasters, 1300-1450 Choice: Joan of Arc Recants, Then Retracts Her Recanting Famine and Plague One Hundred Years of Warfare Resistance and Revolt A Worldly Church The Contraction of Europe's Borders Voice: Eleazar of Mainz Writes His Last Testament Echo: The Black Death and AIDS 12. The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe, 1350-1550 Choice: Leonardo da Vinci Seeks Employment A New Climate of Cultural Expression The Northern European Renaissance Voice: Erasmus Defends His Translation of the New Greek Testament The Cities of Renaissance Italy Renaissance Ideals in Transition, 1400-1550 Echo: Renaissance Art, Modern Art 13. Europe's Age of Expansion, 1450-1550 Choice: Isabella of Castile Finances Christopher Columbus's Voyage Across the Atlantic Economic and Social Change Resurgent Monarchies Europe's Global Expansion Voice: Isabella of Castile Writes Her Last Will and Testament Exploration, Expansion, and European Identity Echo: Christopher Columbus 14. Reform in the Western Church, 1490-1570 Choice: Teresa of Avila Chooses to Reform the Carmelites The Context of Church Reform, 1494-1517 Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, 1517-1550 The Protestant Reformation Across Europe, 1520-1570 Voice: The Pastors of Geneva Establish Rules for Proper Christian Conduct Catholic Reform, 1500-1570 Reformation and Society Echo: Media Revolutions 15. A Century of War and Wonder, 1550-1650 Choice: Jacques Callot Publishes the "Miseries and Misfortunes of War" Europe's Economy and Society The Fate of Spain and the Flourishing of the Netherlands Political Contests and More Religious Wars Voice: Simplicius Simplicissimus Encounters Some "Merry Cavalrymen" Reformation and Revolution in the British Isles Christian Reform, Religious War, and the Jews Echo: War Stories 16. State Building and the European State System 1648-1789 Choice: Louis XIV Decides to Rule France on His Own Absolutism in France, 1648-1740 Voice: Louis XIV Advises His Son The Austrian Habsburgs, 1648-1740 The Rise of Prussia, 1640-1740 Russia and Europe, 1682-1796 The English Constitutional Monarchy, 1660-1740 Two World Wars, 1740-1763 Echo: Palaces 17. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1550-1790 Choice: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Introduces Smallpox Inoculation in England A Revolution in Astronomy The Impact of the New Science The Enlightenment Voice: Voltaire Attacks Christianity Society and the Enlightenment Enlightenment Debates Echo: Coffeehouses 18. Trade and Empire, 1700-1800 Choice: Samuel Gamble Sets Out from London on a Slaving Voyage Economic Recovery The Atlantic World Voice: Olaudah Equiano Describes Passage on a Slave Ship European Society in the Age of Enlightenment The Beginning of Industrial Production Echo: Trafficking in Human Beings 19. Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe, 1775-1815 Choice: Olympe de Gouges Becomes a Revolutionary From Crisis to Constitution, 1775-1789 The Constitutional Monarchy, 1789-1792 Voice: Olympe de Gouges Asserts the Rights of Women The Republic and the Reign of Terror, 1792-1795 The Rise of Napoleon, 1794-1804 The Napoleonic Empire, 1804-1815 Echo: "Left" and "Right" 20. Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe, 1814-1847 Choice: The Grimm Brothers Begin Work on Their German Dictionary The Old Order and New Challenges The Beginnings of Modern Ideology Voice: Jacob Grimm Writes a Foreword to the German Dictionary Political Pressures on the Continent Reform in Great Britain Echo: Frankenstein 21. Industrialization and Society, 1800-1850 Choice: Friedrich Engels Denounces Capitalist Exploitation The Spread of Industrialization Voice: Friedrich Engels Describes the Condition of the Working Class in England The Middle Classes Working Classes Critics of Industrialization Echo: Standardized Time 22. The Triumph of the Nation-State, 1848-1900 Choice: Theodor Herzl Creates Modern Zionism The Revolutions of 1848 New Nation-States and Nationalist Tensions The Expanding Role of the State Nationalism and Its Opponents Voice: Theodor Herzl Speculates on the Impact of Jewish Immigration to Palestine Echo: National Anthems and National Identity 23. The Culture of Industrial Europe, 1850-1914 Choice: Marie Curie-Sklodowska Chooses to Study Physics The Second Industrial Revolution Mass Society Voice: Marie Curie Recalls Her Youth in Russian Poland Art and Industrial Society Science and Social Science Echo: Tourism 24. The Age of Imperialism, 1870-1914 Choice: Cecil Rhodes Creates the Rhodes Scholarship Motives and Methods of the New Imperialism Voice: Cecil Rhodes Writes His Own "Confession of Faith" The Scramble for Africa The British Raj in India Imperialism and the Muslim World The Far East Consequences and Critics Echo: Imperialism and the English Language 25. War and Revolution, 1900-1918 Choice: Vladimir Ilych Lenin Leads the Russian Revolution A New Century, 1900-1914 The Unexpected War, 1914 Total War, 1914-1918 Russia in Revolution, 1917 Voice: Lenin Proposes His "April Theses" The Turning of the Tide, 1917-1918 Echo: Propaganda and Advertising 26. A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments, 1918-1929 Choice: Alexandra Kollontai Becomes a Revolutionary The Search for Stability, 1918-1924 Postwar Political Experiments, 1924-1929 The New Soviet State Voice: Alexandra Kollantai Advocates a New Type of Woman Social and Cultural Experiments Echo: Sex Advice Columns in Women's Magazines 27. Democracy Under Siege, 1929-1945 Choice: George Orwell Commits Himself to Socialism Responses to the Great Depression, 1929-1939 The Soviet Union Under Stalin, 1929-1939 The Third Reich, 1933-1945 World War II, 1939-1945 Voice: George Orwell Reflects on Nationalism Echo: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. 28. Europe Divided, 1945-1968 Choice: Ana Pauker Submits to the Communist Party The Iron Curtain Falls, 1945-1958 The Revival of Western Europe The Restructuring of Eastern Europe Voice: Jakub Berman Defends the Communist Takeover in Poland Superpower Conflicts and Colonial Independence Movements, 1945-1968 Cultural Developments and Social Protest Echo: The Volkswagen Transporter 29. Lifting the Iron Curtain, 1969-1991 Choice: Vaclav Havel Chooses Dissent Politics in Western Europe Social Change in the West Growing Crisis in the Communist East Voice: Vaclav Havel Calls on the Power of the Powerless Cultural Leaps over the Wall The Collapse of the Soviet System, 1989-1991 Echo: Peace Protests 30. Europe in a Globalizing World, 1991 to the Present Choice: Jose Bove Plows Down a McDonald's Eastern Europe After Communism European Integration Europe and Globalization The Future of the West Voice: Pope Benedict XVI Speaks of the Future of Christianity Echo: I Want My MTV