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This work, which could almost be described as a chronicle of the persuasiveness and perfidy of european, or more accurately of angloamerican, historians, clearly identifies 19th century britain as a newly. It is linked to ancient greece, the roman empire and with medieval western christendom which emerged from the middle ages to experience such transformative episodes as the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, the industrial revolution, scientific revolution, and the development of. The origins of western civilization in the ancient near east, 30001200 b. Certainly, history buffs could point out significant and valid differences between spaceage western civilization and the rome of past centuries. The lost history of western civilization national association of. This book challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the rise of the west. Western historiography and the problem of western history unaoc. The byzantine empire is also called the eastern roman. Rent western civilization ideas, politics, and society, volume 1.
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The united kingdom saul, david, solomon 920586 bce. It is often assumed that since ancient greek times europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the east has been a passive bystander in the story of progressive world history. John hobson has written an original and insightful book which amounts to no less than an alternative history of the modern world. He currently chairs the advanced placement world history committee. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The difference and inclusion of various nations has changed over time. Western civilization is rooted strongly in european cultures as opposed to indoasiatic ones. The internet ancient history sourcebook, sponsored by fordham university, contains primary sources covering the areas of mesopotamia, egypt, persia, israel, greece, the hellenistic world, rome, late antiquity, and christian origins. He discusses how the western study of eastern culture is racist and is a reflection of european imperialism. A carefully crafted text and media program empower students to master core content, engage in historical analysis, and think critically, and the brief fourth edition has been substantially updated with the latest scholarship. Buy the eastern origins of western civilisation by hobson, john m.
H 1 history of western civilization i, section 207 dr. This course is an introduction to the events, people and ideas that have shaped the west from its origins in antiquity and ending in our modern age. Hobson, the eastern origins of western civilisation world history connected 2005. John hobson argues that these accounts assume that europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the east has been a passive bystander. Hobson in 2004, is a book that argues against the historical theory of the rise of the west after 1492 as a virgin birth, but rather as a product of western interactions with more technically and socially advanced eastern civilization the text reinterprets eurocentric ideas of europes contributions to world development. Table of contents for the digital edition of western civilization, ninth edition. An overview of western civilization hebrews 1800500 bce ca. Eastern origins of western civilization p2p foundation. The origins come from the spreading of monotheistic religions mixing with the various empires and peoples. Western civilization traces its roots back to europe and the mediterranean. The name old stone age is from the materials used to make stone and bone tools.
Dr hobson breaks through the received wisdom about east and west, recasting familiar assumptions about western civilization and tracing the wests indebtedness to the east. Western penetration of egypt muhammad ali modernized the egyptian army and government, hired europeans, and made egypt autonomous within the ottoman empire first half of 1800s. Use our western civilization courses to prepare for creditgranting exams, pass your history classes or earn a certificate of completion. Documents in western civilization cdrom prentice hall, upper saddle river, new jersey 07458. The purpose of this threecourse sequence is 1 to introduce students to the principles of historical thought and to provide them with the critical tools for analyzing tests produced in the distant or near past, 2 to acquaint them with some of the more important.
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