Title:
The story of civilization / by Will Durant, Ariel Durant.
Author:
Durant, Will, 1885-1981. Author.
Durant, Ariel, author.
General Notes:
available volume 3, 11., available volume 3, 11.
Publisher:
MJF Books,
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
9781567310122
9781567310139
9781567310146
9781567310153
9781567310160
9781567310177
9781567310184
9781567310191
9781567310207
9781567310214
9781567310221
Subject:
Civilization -- History.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, Ca. 30-600 A.D.
Europe -- History -- 1789-1815.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Contents:
1. Our Oriental heritage, being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning of our own day, with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization -- 2. The life of Greece, being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest, with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete -- 3. Caesar and Christ, a history of Roman civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325 -- 4. The age of faith, a history of medieval civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic) from Constantine to Dante, A.D. 325-1300 -- 5. The Renaissance, a history of civilization in Italy from 1304-1576 A.D. -- 6. The Reformation, a history of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin, 1300-1564 -- 7. The Age of reason begins, 1558-1648 -- 8. The age of Louis XIV, a history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648-1715 -- 9. The age of Voltaire, a history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy -- 10. Rousseau and revolution, a history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789 -- 11. The age of Napoleon, a history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815.
Physical Description:
11 volumes : illustrations, maps ;
Publication Date:
1944-1975.
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