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This brief edition offers the unsurpassed social history of A History of Western Society in an accessible, lively format. Short enough to use with supplements and more affordable than its parent text, A Brief History retains the sustained attention to daily life, the rich art and map program, and all of the special features of the full-length edition. Extensive study aids help students comprehend the material and prepare for exams. Now you can have it all in a briefer book.

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• Maps
• Images in Society
• Individuals in Society
• Listening to the Past
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Origins, ca. 400,000-1100 b.c.e.From Caves to TownsImages in Society
• The IcemanMesopotamian Civilization
• Mapping the Past
• Map
• 1.1 Spread of Cultures in the Ancient Near East
• The Invention of Writing and the First Schools
• Mesopotamian Thought and Religion
• Sumerian Social and Gender Divisions
• The Spread of Mesopotamian Culture
• The Triumph of Babylon
• Life Under HammurabiEgypt, the Land of the Pharaohs (3100-1200 b.c.e.)
• The God-King of Egypt
• The Pharaoh's People
• The Hyksos in Egypt (1640-1570 b.c.e.)
• The New Kingdom: Revival and Empire (1500-1075 b.c.e.)
• Individuals in SocietyNefertiti, the "Perfect Woman"The Hittites and the End of an Era (ca. 1640-1100 b.c.e.)
• The Coming of the Hittites (ca. 1640-1200 b.c.e.)
• The Fall of Empires and the Survival of Cultures (ca. 1200 b.c.e.)
• Chapter Review
• Key Terms
• Notes
• Listening to the Past
• A Quest for Immortality
• Chapter 2 Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East, ca. 1100-513 b.c.e.Disruption and Diffusion
• The End of Egyptian Power
• The Rise of Phoenicia
• Individuals in SocietyWen-Amon
• The Children of Israel
• The Evolution of the Jewish State
• Elements of Jewish ReligionAssyria, the Military Monarchy
• The Power of Assyria
• Mapping the Past
• Map
• 2.2 The Assyrian and Persian Empires
• Assyrian Culture
• The Empire of the Persian Kings
• The Land of the Medes and Persians
• The Rise of the Persian Empire (550-540 b.c.e.)
• Thus Spake Zarathustra
• Chapter Review
• Key Terms
• Notes
• Listening to the Past
• The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrew
• Chapter 3 Classical Greece, ca. 1650-338 b.c.e.Hellas
• The Land
• The Minoans and Mycenaeans (ca. 2000-ca. 1100 b.c.e.)
• Homer, Hesiod, Gods, and Heroes (1100-800 b.c.e.)
• The Polis
• Origins of the Polis
• Governing Structures
• The Archaic Age (800-500 b.c.e.)
• Overseas Expansion
• The Growth of Sparta
• The Evolution of Athens
• The Classical Period (500-338 b.c.e.)
• The Persian Wars (499&a