History of the Modern World, 10th Edition (Palmer)Chapter 1:
The Rise of EuropeLearning ObjectivesChapter 1 teaches students about:
The origins of global modern civilization and the historical trends of modernity in which Europe played a central role. |
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Greek culture, which laid the foundations for later developments in political science and philosophy, and the spread of that culture around the Mediterranean world. |
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The Roman aptitudes for law, government, administration, and military organization, which allowed them to control a far-flung empire. |
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The emergence and spread of Christianity, and the new sense of human life promoted by the Christians. |
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Christian dualism, which allowed for the separation of spiritual and political power. |
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The decline of the Roman Empire, and its fragmentation into the Byzantine Empire and Latin Christendom. |
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The dynamism of the third part of the Mediterranean, the Arabic world. |
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The influence of Germanic culture and the invading barbarians' adoption of Roman culture. |
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The rise of new Christian religious institutions and the growing influence of the papacy. |
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The achievements of Charlemagne, which including a revival of learning and the reunification of the west for the first time since the Romans. |
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The appearance, by about 1000, of a recognizably European civilization. |
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The technological innovations in agriculture and the accompanying expansion of population that took place in the early Middle Ages. |
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The emergence of feudalism. |
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The growth of towns and commerce, and how towns represented a challenge to the feudal order. |
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The efforts of monarchs to consolidate their rule, and how parliaments checked monarchical power. |
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The causes for reforming the church in the high Middle Ages. |
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The founding of universities and the interests of medieval scholars in theology. |
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The crusades as one of the earliest movements of western expansion. |
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