Lives and Legacies
Biographies in Western Civilization, Volume 1
Published on 10. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-205-64915-0 (ISBN)
Description
Lives & Legacies provides students with a collection of biographies of Western Civilization's key figures. Each biography is presented in chronological order with a brief intro to aid students in placing these figures in historical context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 153 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-64915-0 (9780205649150)
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Content
Chapter 1: Ancient Kingdoms: Law and Religion
Hammurabi / Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Chapter 2: Warrior Kings
Darius I / Alexander the Great
Chapter 3: Greek Historians
Herodotus / Thucydides
Chapter 4: Athenian Government: Tyranny and Democracy
Pisistratus / Cleisthenes
Chapter 5: The Roman Era: War and Expansion
Scipio Africanus / Cleopatra VII
Chapter 6: The Roman Republic
Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus / Octavian
Chapter 7: The Late Roman Empire: Decline and Adaptation
Caligula / Constantine
Chapter 8: Empire Builders in the Middle Ages
Frederick I, Barbarossa / Saladin
Chapter 9: Medieval Thought
Thomas Aquinas / Dante Alighieri
Chapter 10: Eastern Empires
Suleiman the Magnificent / Ivan IV, "The Dread"
Chapter 11: Warriors in the Late Middle Ages
Henry V, King of England / Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans
Chapter 12: Renaissance Thought
Niccolo Machiavelli / Desiderius Erasmus
Chapter 13: Discovery and Knowledge
Christopher Columbus / Johann Gutenberg
Chapter 14: The Reformation Martin Luther / Ignatius Loyola
Chapter 15: Rulers and Revolutionaries
Louis XIV / Oliver Cromwell
Hammurabi / Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Chapter 2: Warrior Kings
Darius I / Alexander the Great
Chapter 3: Greek Historians
Herodotus / Thucydides
Chapter 4: Athenian Government: Tyranny and Democracy
Pisistratus / Cleisthenes
Chapter 5: The Roman Era: War and Expansion
Scipio Africanus / Cleopatra VII
Chapter 6: The Roman Republic
Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus / Octavian
Chapter 7: The Late Roman Empire: Decline and Adaptation
Caligula / Constantine
Chapter 8: Empire Builders in the Middle Ages
Frederick I, Barbarossa / Saladin
Chapter 9: Medieval Thought
Thomas Aquinas / Dante Alighieri
Chapter 10: Eastern Empires
Suleiman the Magnificent / Ivan IV, "The Dread"
Chapter 11: Warriors in the Late Middle Ages
Henry V, King of England / Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans
Chapter 12: Renaissance Thought
Niccolo Machiavelli / Desiderius Erasmus
Chapter 13: Discovery and Knowledge
Christopher Columbus / Johann Gutenberg
Chapter 14: The Reformation Martin Luther / Ignatius Loyola
Chapter 15: Rulers and Revolutionaries
Louis XIV / Oliver Cromwell