Experience Humanities Volume 1 Beginnings Through the Renaissance

The humanities are alive. We see the great pyramids in contemporary design, we hear Bach in hip-hop and pop music, and we feel ancient religious themes and philoso- phies in our impassioned contemporary dialogues. Experience Humanities invites students to take note of the continual evolution of ideas and cross-cultural influences to better understand the cultural heritage of the West, and to think critically about what their legacy will be for future generations. Together with Connect® Humanities, a groundbreaking digital learning solution, students not only experience their cultural heritage, but develop crucial critical reading, thinking, and writing skills that will prepare them to succeed in their humanities course and beyond.

1 Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt
2 The Aegean The Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age
3 Classical Greece
4 The Hellenistic World
5 Classical Rome
6 Judaism and the Rise of Christianity
7 Late Antiquity The Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity
8 The Heirs to the Roman Empire
9 The Rise of Islam
10 The High Middle Ages
11 The Late Middle Ages
12 The Early Renaissance
13 The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism