Unit 1 The First Civilizations ?????????????????????????? 1 Text A The Cradle of Civilization ………………………………………………………………… 2 Text B Pyramids in Egypt ………………………………………………………………………… 9 Text C ?tzi’s Last Meal ………………………………………………………………………… 11 Unit 2 Ancient Greece (I)???????????????????????????? 14 Text A The Classical Greece …………………………………………………………………… 15 Text B ATale of Two Cities: Sparta vs. Athens ………………………………………………… 22 Text C Alexander the Great: The King of Kings ………………………………………………… 24 Unit 3 Ancient Greece (II) ??????????????????????????? 26 Text A The Hellenistic Greece …………………………………………………………………… 28 Text B The Ancient Olympic Games …………………………………………………………… 34 Text C The Parthenon …………………………………………………………………………… 36 Unit 4 Ancient Rome (I) ???????????????????????????? 40 Text A Rome: From Republic to Empire ………………………………………………………… 41 Text B Conversion of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire ……………………………… 49 Text C The Burning of Rome …………………………………………………………………… 51 Unit 5 Ancient Rome (II) ???????????????????????????? 55 Text A Roman Art and Architecture……………………………………………………………… 57 Text B Roman Baths …………………………………………………………………………… 64 Text C The Roman Forum ……………………………………………………………………… 66 Unit 6 The Bible and the Rise of Christianity ??????????????????? 70 Text A An Introduction to the Bible ……………………………………………………………… 71 Text B The Rise of Christianity ………………………………………………………………… 80 Text C The Gospels ……………………………………………………………………………… 82 Unit 7 The Middle Ages ???????????????????????????? 85 Text A Between Ancient and Modern …………………………………………………………… 87 Text B The Crusades …………………………………………………………………………… 95 Text C The Black Death ………………………………………………………………………… 98 Unit 8 The Making of Renaissance ??????????????????????? 101 Text A The Dawn of a New Age ……………………………………………………………… 102 Text B Humanism of the Renaissance ………………………………………………………… 111 Text C Johannes Gutenberg …………………………………………………………………… 113 Unit 9 High Renaissance ??????????????????????????? 117 Text A Renaissance Art and Artists …………………………………………………………… 118 Text B Mystery behind theMona Lisa ………………………………………………………… 126 Text C William Shakespeare …………………………………………………………………… 127 Unit 10 The Reformation ??????????????????????????? 131 Text A The European Reformation……………………………………………………………… 132 Text B The Roman Catholic Church in 1500…………………………………………………… 140 Text C Driven to Defiance ……………………………………………………………………… 142 Unit 11 The Baroque Age ??????????????????????????? 145 Text A The Age of Revolution ………………………………………………………………… 146 Text B Newton, the Apple, and Gravity………………………………………………………… 154 Text C Baroque Style …………………………………………………………………………… 155 Unit 12 The Age of Enlightenment ??????????????????????? 159 Text A The Enlightenment ……………………………………………………………………… 161 Text B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart …………………………………………………………… 168 Text C Women in the Enlightenment …………………………………………………………… 170 Unit 13 The French Revolution????????????????????????? 174 Text A The French Revolution ………………………………………………………………… 175 Text B The Storming of the Bastille …………………………………………………………… 183 Text C The Reign of Terror …………………………………………………………………… 185 Unit 14 Romanticism ????????????????????????????? 189 Text A Romanticism …………………………………………………………………………… 190 Text B The Sorrows of YoungWerther ………………………………………………………… 197 Text C The Romantic Painting ………………………………………………………………… 199 Unit 15 Realism ??????????????????????????????? 203 Text A Science and Culture in an Age of Realism ……………………………………………… 204 Text B ATale of Two Cities …………………………………………………………………… 211 Text C Charles Darwin ………………………………………………………………………… 213 Unit 16 Modernism and Other Contemporary Trends ??????????????? 217 Text A Modernism Defined …………………………………………………………………… 219 Text B Modernism afterWorldWar II (I) ……………………………………………………… 226 Text C Modernism afterWorldWar II (II)……………………………………………………… 229 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………… 232