《简明西方文明历史》教学大纲
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《简明西方文明历史》教学大纲
教学目的：
通过课堂学习、小组讨论、课外阅读等多种学习形式，使学生了解西方国家政治、经济、文化、历史、哲学、宗教、艺术等方面的形成与发展，激发学生学习英语的兴趣，扩大学生知识面，开拓学生视野。
教学要求：
使学生了解理性与自由这两个西方文明核心思想的来源，从而对中西方价值观之间的差异有更清晰的认识。
教学内容简介：
Chapter 1 The Ancient Near East:The First Civilizations
The Rise to Civilization
Mesopotamian Civilization
Egyptian Civilization
Empire Builders
The Religious Orientation of the Near East
Chapter 2 The Hebrews: A New View of God and the Individual Outline of Hebrew History
God: One, Sovereign, Transcendent, Good
The Individual and Moral Autonomy
The Covenant and the Law
The Hebrew Idea of History
The Prophets
The Legacy of the Ancient Jews
Chapter 3 The Greek City-State:Democratic Politics
Early Aegean Civilizations
The Rise of Hellenic Civilization
Evolution of the City-State
Athenian Greatness
The Decline of the City-States
The Dilemma of Greek Politics
Chapter 4 Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason Philosophy
Art
Poetry and Drama
History
The Greek Achievement: Reason,Freedom,Humanism Chapter 5 The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Society
Hellenistic Culture
Chapter 6 The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire Evolution of the Roman Constitution
Roman Expansion to 146 B.C.
Culture in the Republic
The Collapse of the Republic
Chapter 7 The Roman Empire: A World-State
Augustus and the Foundations of the Roman Empire
The Pax Romana
Signs of Trouble
The Decline of Rome
The Roman Legacy
Chapter 8 Early Christianity: A World Religion
Origins of Christianity
Spread and Triumph of Christianity
Growth of Christian Organization, Doctrine, and Attitudes
Saint Augustine: The Christian World-View
Christianity and Classical Humanism: Alternative World-Views Chapter 9 The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom
Byzantine Civilization: The Medieval Christian East
Islamic Civilization: Its Development and Dissemination
Latin Christendom: The Rise of Europe
The Church: Shaper of Medieval Civilization
The Kingdom of the Franks
Medieval Society
Chapter 10 The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal
Economic Expansion
The Rise of States
The Growth of Papal Power
Christians and Jews
Chapter 11 The Flowering of Medieval Culture: The Christian Synthesis
Revival of Learning
The Medieval World-View
Philosophy-Theology
Science
The Recovery of Roman Law
Literature
Architecture
Chapter 12 The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution
An Age of Adversity
The Decline of the Papacy
Breakup of the Thomistic Synthesis
The Middle Ages and the Modern World: Continuity and Discontinuity Chapter 13 The Renaissance: Transtition to the Modern Age
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
The Renaissance Outlook: Humanism and Secular Politics