The best test preparation for the CLEP : western civilization : [college level examination program] / [print]
Western civilization I
Robert Ziomkowski.
- Piscataway, New Jersey : Research and Education Association, (c)2006.
- 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
CHAPTER 1: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST : -- Western and Near Eastern Civilizations ; -- The Fertile Crescent ; -- Mesopotamia ; -- Mesopotamian Culture ; -- Egypt and the Nile ; -- Egyptian Culture ; -- The Spread of Civilization ; -- The Hittites ; -- The Sea Peoples ; -- The Minoans ; -- The Mycenaeans ; -- The Phoenicians ; -- The Assyrians ; -- The Neo-Babylonians (Chaldeans) ; -- The Persians ; -- The Hebrews CHAPTER TWO: ANCIENT GREECE -- The Mycenaean Bronze Age (c. 2300-1100 B.C.E.) ; -- The Dark Age (c. 1100-800 B.C.E.) ; -- The Archaic Period (c. 800-500 B.C.E.) ; -- Sparta ; -- Athens ; -- The Persian Wars ; -- Periclean Athens ; -- The Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.) ; -- Greek Classical Culture ; -- Religion ; -- Literature ; -- Art and Architecture -- The Hellenistic Age ; -- Hellenistic Culture ; CHAPTER THREE: ANCIENT ROME : -- The Republic ; -- The Empire ; -- Literature ; -- Art, Architecture, and Engineering -- Religion ; -- The Jews in the Roman Empire ; -- Christianity ; -- Reorganization of the Empire ; -- The Germanic Invasions ; -- The Late Empire ; -- The Fall of Rome ; CHAPTER FOUR: THE MIDDLE AGES : -- The Byzantine Empire ; -- Islam ; -- Byzantium to 1000 B.C.E. ; -- The Germanic Kingdoms -- The Medieval Church ; -- Feudalism and Manorialism ; -- Population Growth ; -- Trade and Towns -- Church and State -- The Rise of Centralized Monarchies -- The Holy Roman Empire -- England ; -- France ; -- The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) -- Spain ; -- Eastern Europe ; -- The Church in the Late Middle Ages ; -- The Medieval Cultural Tradition -- The Intellectual Tradition -- The Vernacular Tradition -- The Black Death -- Architecture and Art CHAPTER FIVE: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION : -- The Italian Renaissance ; -- Florence ; -- Italian Politics ; -- Art and Architecture ; -- Literature ; -- Economic Innovations ; -- The Northern Renaissance -- Christian Humanism -- The Protestant Reformation -- Diversification of Protestantism -- The Catholic Reformation -- The New Monarchies CHAPTER SIX: EARLY MODERN EUROPE : -- The Age of Exploration ; -- The Commercial Revolution ; -- Nation-States and Wars of Religion ; -- France ; -- Spain ; -- England ; -- Dutch Independence ; -- The Thirty Years' War ; -- A Revolution in World View -- Modernity ; PRACTICE TESTS -- Practice Test 1 -- Test 1 -- Practice Test 2 -- Test 2.
"The CLEP* Western Civilization I test prep assesses the skills tested on the official CLEP* exam. Our comprehensive review chapters cover the age-old Near East kingdoms through Ancient Greece and Rome, up to the Middle Ages and early Modern Europe of 1648. The book includes two full-length practice tests. Each exam comes with detailed feedback on every question. We don't just say which answers are right-we explain why the other answer choices are wrong-so you can identify your strengths and weaknesses while building your skills."
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