MVCC The Humanities Culture Continuity & Change Book Chapter Summaries
MVCC The Humanities Culture Continuity & Change Book Chapter Summaries
The book is The Humanities Culture, Continuity & Change
Chapter 1. From Forest to Farm: – The beginnings of Culture. Difference of Culture and Civilization. – Paleolithic Culture and Its Artifacts. – The Rise of Agriculture. – The Neolithic Megaliths of Northern Europe. – The Neolithic Cultures of the Americas. – Materials and Techniques: Stonehenge. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16aBbc4JvtqXq0d2Hj…
Chapter 2. Mesopotamia: – Metallurgy. – Sumerian Ur. The Ziggurats. – Cuneiform Writing in Sumeria. – Akkad. – Babylon. The Code of Hammurabi. – The Assyrian Empire. – Mesopotamian Literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh. – The Hebrews. – Neo-Babylonia. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ll1CqNUuBIAMl1ytu…
Chapter 3. The Stability of Ancient Egypt: – The Nile and Its Culture. – The Old Kingdom. – The Middle Kingdom and Thebes. – The New Kingdom. – Mummification Techniques; The Rosetta Stone; The Construction of the Pyramids. – The Late Period and the Fall of Egypt. – Interactions through Trade.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zboPXaa1erW-vvhq6…
Chapter 5. Bronze Age in the Aegean World: – Minoan Culture in Crete. – Mycenaean Culture on the Peloponnese. Construction Techniques. – The Homeric Epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_H4IXb2Q8Z3vtYV4A…
Chapter 6: The Rise of Greek City-States: – The Greek Gods. – The Polis. – The Classical Orders in Art. – The Athens of Peisistratus and Democracy. – The Persian Wars and the Persian Empire (Global Empire?).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sJxWrhJiOmVRRotO1…
Chapter 7: Golden Age of Athens and the Hellenistic World: – The Politics of Athens. – The Acropolis and the Parthenon. – Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. – The Empire of Alexander the Great (First Global Empire?) and the Hellenistic World. – Alexandria, the first global city.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cg6YqLaXeLEbSBGLI…
Chapter 8: Rome; From Republic to Global Empire: – Origins of Rome: Greek and Etruscan Roots. – Roman Republic. – Imperial Rome: Augustus and the City of Marble. – Public Works and Monuments. The Colosseum. The Forums. – The Roman Legacy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DIay0bGKRE1BqQ-mA…
Chapter 4: China and India in the Ancient Global World: – Early Chinese Culture. – Imperial China. – The Silk Road. Connections East-West, Europe, and China.
