TY - BOOK AU - Ziomkowski,Robert TI - The best test preparation for the CLEP: western civilization : [college level examination program] SN - 9780738601106 AV - LB2353.Z79.B478 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Piscataway, New Jersey PB - Research and Education Association KW - Civilization, Western KW - Examinations, questions, etc KW - Examinations KW - Study guides KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - 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 N2 - "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." ER -