History: Pre - Renaissance
• Western –Civilization
• Greco-Roman Empire
• Fall of Rome
• Dark – Ages
• How religion played a part
• What was happening in the rest of the world
Western –Civilization
There are three major themes whose development and interplay have shaped the distinctive characteristics that set Western civilization apart from the other great historic cultures. They are the growth of a tradition of rational scientific inquiry, the persistence of a tension between Judaeo-Christian religious ideals and social realities, the emergence of constitutional forms of government.
-- Joint statement of introduction by Brian Tierney, Donald Kagan and L. Pearce Williams (Great Issues in Western Civilization, 2 vols., N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1992), p. xi.
Europe
Australia
South America
North America
Antarctica
Asia
Atlantic Ocean Indian OceanPacific OceanArctic Ocean
Rome Asia Mesopotamia Europe Egypt Greece Africa
Why do we study ancient Greek civilization?
People have been studying the Greeks for so long that we have learned to see them in many different ways. Some people see the Greeks as the beginning of Western Civilization: if you want to take this approach, you might teach about how the Greeks invented the geometrical proof, the scientific method, the writing of history and plays. You might also mention how much our literature owes to Greek mythology, our civic architecture to the Greek temple, our churches to the Greek basilica, and our theaters to the Greek theater.Some people see the Greeks as very much like us; if you want to show them that way you'd talk about their democratic government, their court system, and their poetry.
Roman Empire
Greco-Roman Empire
Greek Architecture
Roman Architecture
Greek Art
Roman Art
Fall of Rome
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Dark – Ages
Lochner
Cistercian monks. Bone Chapel.CrivelliLigier Richier. 1544
Paul Fürst, Doktor Schnabel von Rom("Doctor Beak of Rome"),1656.
Catacombs. Paris, France.
How religion played a part
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The rest of the worldTang and Song Dynasty
Gupta Empire
History: The Renaissance
• ‘Rebirth’
• Thinking and the church
• Martin Luther
• Galileo Galilei
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Cultural Implications
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