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How the World Made the West

Josephine Quinn

Is the West really built on Greece and Rome alone, or did the wider ancient world shape it?

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Author
Josephine Quinn

Why read it

  • You will question the idea that Greece and Rome are the roots of Western civilisation
  • You will see that the real story behind the West is much bigger, once the neighbors of Greeks and Romans are included
  • You will learn how sea trade linked Byblos, Crete, Mycenae and Tyre long before classical Athens, carrying goods, scripts and ideas

Who it is for

  • Student applying to study classics or ancient history
  • Reader who wants the ancient world beyond Athens and Rome
  • Teacher revising a unit on Western civilisation

Contents

  1. Half-title Page
  2. Notes to the Reader
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 A Single Sail
  5. Byblos, c. 2000 BCE
  6. 2 The Palace of Minos
  7. Knossos, c. 1700 BCE
  8. 3 The Amber Routes
  9. Mycenae, c. 1650 BCE
  10. 4 The Erupting Sea
  11. Akrotiri, c. 1560 BCE
  12. 5 Band of Brothers
  13. Amarna, c. 1350 BCE
  14. 6 Alphabet City
  15. Ugarit, 1215 BCE
  16. 7 Regime Change
  17. Lefkandi, 1000 BCE
  18. 8 I Am Not Your Servant
  19. Tyre, 950 BCE
  20. 9 Through the Pillars
  21. HUELVA, 875 BCE
  22. 10 The Invention of Greece
  23. Eretria, 750 BCE
  24. 11 The Assyrian Mediterranean
  25. Tarshish, c. 670 BCE
  26. 12 He Who Saw the Deep
  27. Legendary journeys in mythical time
  28. 13 The Bitter River
  29. Miletos, c. 600 BCE
  30. 14 The King of Kings
  31. Babylon, 539 BCE
  32. 15 The Persian Version
  33. Mount Aigaleos, 480 BCE
  34. 16 Continental Thinking
  35. Athens, c. 450 BCE
  36. 17 Of Elephants and Kings
  37. Susa, 324 BCE
  38. 18 Clouds in the West
  39. Zama, 202 BCE
  40. 19 Fighting for Freedom
  41. Crimea, 67 BCE
  42. 20 Rome, Open City
  43. Forum of Augustus, 2 BCE
  44. 21 Trade Winds
  45. Palmyra, c. 200 CE
  46. 22 Salt Roads
  47. Lepcis, 202 CE
  48. 23 The Rise of the Barbarians
  49. Aquitaine, 418 CE
  50. 24 Kings of the World
  51. Qusayr ʿAmra, c. 730 CE
  52. 25 The Father of Europe
  53. Between Poitiers and Tours, 732 CE
  54. 26 The Translation Movement
  55. The House of Wisdom, c. 830 CE
  56. 27 The Sign of the Cross
  57. Clermont, 1095 CE
  58. 28 Kalila wa-Dimna
  59. Karakoram, 1254 CE
  60. 29 The Land of Darkness

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