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In this Section1) Brief Table of Contents2) Full Table of ContentsChapter 1: Early Civilizations: Sumer To EgyptChapter 2: Ancient GreeceChapter 3: Ancient RomeChapter 4: Judaism, Christianity, And IslamChapter 5: Middle AgesChapter 6: Early RenaissanceChapter 7: Later RenaissanceChapter 8: Seventeenth Century (Baroque Era)Chapter 9: Eighteenth Century (Enlightenment)Chapter 10: Early Nineteenth CenturyChapter 11: Later Nineteenth CenturyChapter 12: Early Twentieth CenturyChapter 13: Later Twentieth CenturyChapter 14: Twenty-First CenturyChapter 1: Early Civilizations: Sumer To EgyptPrehistoryMesopotamiaSpotlight: BeerSumeriaAkkadAssyria BabylonPersiaEgyptSpotlight: The First Poet: EnheduannaChapter 2: Ancient GreeceSpotlight: SocratesSpotlight: SapphoChapter 3: Ancient RomeEtruscansRoman RepublicRoman EmpireSpotlight: SenecaChapter 4: Judaism, Christianity, And IslamJudaismChristianitySpotlight: RevelationIslamChapter 5: Middle Ages"Dark Ages"CarolingianOttonianRomanesqueSpotlight: The Magna CartaSpotlight: Mont Saint-MichelSpotlight: Leaning Tower of Pisa, 1174Spotlight: San Marco, Venice, 1063 f.; mosaics, c.1200Spotlight: Bayeux "Tapestry," after 1066Spotlight: Nicholas of Verdun, 1181Gothic Spotlight: Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 14th CSpotlight: Unicorn TapestriesSpotlight: Christine de PizanSpotlight: Hildegard of BingenItaly in the Later Middle Ages Spotlight: Campanile, FlorenceChapter 6: Early RenaissanceBackgroundItalySpotlight: Renaissance CourtsNorthern EuropeChapter 7: Later RenaissanceBackgroundItalySpotlight: Bramante, Tempietto, Rome: diminutive domeMannerismNorthern EuropeSpotlight: Nostradamus and Renaissance Make-upChapter 8: Seventeenth Century (Baroque Era)BackgroundSpotlight: Telescope and Microscope: Galileo and van LeeuwenhoekItaly and SpainItalySpain Northern EuropeSpotlight: Poussinistes versus RubenistesChapter 9: Eighteenth Century (Enlightenment)BackgroundSpotlight: Enlightenment Thought and WomenSpotlight: Emily du ChateletRococoNeoclassicismChapter 10: Early Nineteenth CenturyBackgroundSpotlight: Clara Schuman and Fanny MendelssohnSpotlight: Poetry and Song: ErlkingSpotlight: Three Sister Novelists: The BrontesRealismChapter 11: Later Nineteenth CenturyBackgroundSpotlight: Florence NightingaleImpressionismPost-ImpressionismSpotlight: Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunChapter 12: Early Twentieth CenturyBackgroundSpotlight: Madame CurieSpotlight: Battleship PotemkinChapter 13: Later Twentieth CenturyBackgroundSpotlight: FilmSpotlight: Robin Hood in the MoviesChapter 14: Twenty-First CenturyBackground
