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