Introduction to the Humanities; Volume One provides a comprehensive; color and illustration-filled compilation of the history of civilization. Volume One encompasses the development of art; culture; society; architecture and religion during prehistory and the ancient Near East through the Renaissance periods. The volume provides extensive social and cultural background material reinforced with fascinating information on key persons; events; ideas and inventions of the time period to provides readers with a ‘you are there’ experience. Cross-Cultural Influence features highlight influences exchanged between different cultures to give readers a look at contact and artistic exchanges between cultures. Thematic Parallels sections compare universal themes over different time periods and in different places across the world; providing readers with an extensive and fascinating look at humanity through the ages. Volume One examines the following time periods: prehistory; the ancient near east; ancient Egypt; the Aegean world; the emergence of historical Greece; ancient Greece; ancient Rome; pagan cults; Judaism; and the rise of Christianity; the Byzantine Empire and the development of Islam; the early Middle Ages and the development of Romanesque; the development and expansion of gothic; the transition from gothic to early renaissance; the early renaissance in Italy and northern Europe and the high renaissance in Italy and early mannerism. For those interested in a comprehensive view of humanities throughout the ages.
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