西方文明史（第5版）全套教学课件.pptx

The approach in a brief history of western ivilization: the unfinished legacy, fifth edition;Features in the fifth edition;A Brief History of Western Civilization;About the authors;年代表示法;;I. INTRODUCTIONTHE IDEA OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION;How did we get here?Historical Approaches ; The legacy of Western Civilization;;;THE IDEA OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION;Western civilization is as much an idea as the West itself.;CHAPTER 1THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS;I. Before civilization;3000 b. c. e., The otzi discovery;Readings from chapter I, ?TZI’S LAST MEAL;;Dominance of culture in paleolithic era;;;Neolithic age (8000-6500 b.c.e.);II. MESOPOTAMIA;;Clay tablets were made from earth and water, inscribed while wet with a stick-like?stylus, then sun-baked to preserve The clay tablets of Mesopotamia extend over a 3,000-year period, are written in several languages, and provide a fascinating window into early civilization. From administrative records to sales receipts, schoolbooks to private letters, dictionaries to?astronomy, the clay tablets of Mesopotamia allow modern scholars invaluable insight into the past.?;What are the Clay Tablets of Mesopotamia?;Epic of Gilgamesh;;Tools: Technology and Writing;;Law and Society;III. The gift of the nile;;;The Pyramids;Iv. Between two worlds;The hebrew alternative;Egypt and Exodus ;CONCLUSION;Questions for review;Further reading;;章节结构：四个部分;A Brief History of Western Civilization;年代表示法;I. INTRODUCTIONTHE IDEA OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION;CHAPTER 1THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS;I. Before civilization;;II. The first urban-based civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt ;III. The gift of the nile;III. Progress and civilization;Questions for review;Discoveries on line;Further reading;CHAPTER 2THE GREEK PERIOD;I. Greece in the Bronze Age to 700 B.C.E.;II. ARCHAIC GREECE, 700-500 B.C.E.;III. Classical and Hellenistic Greece, 500-100 B.C.E.;Literature, arts and philosophy;Iv. The hellenistic world;Questions for review;Discoveries on line;Further r