Western Civilization I: Readings

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1. The Ancient Near East
2. The Hebrews
3. The Rise of the Greeks
4. The Greeks: Classical Athens
5. The Greeks: Philosophy and the Hellenistic World
6. The Romans: The Republic
7. The Romans: The Empire
8. Early Christianity
9. Byzantium and Islam
10. The Early Middle Ages
11. The Medieval Synthesis
12. The Late Middle Ages
13. The Renaissance
14. The Reformation
15. The Expansion of Europe
16. Toward Modernity