Humanistic Tradition Prehistory to the Early Modern World

Introduction: Prehistory and the Birth of Civilization 1 Egypt: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order 2 Mesopotamia: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order 3 India and China: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order 4 Greece: Humanism and the Speculative Leap 5 The Classical Style 6 Rome: The Rise to Empire 7 China: The Rise to Empire 8 A Flowering of Faith: Christianity and Buddhism 9 The Language of Faith: Symbolism and the Arts 10 The Islamic World: Religion and Culture 11 Patterns of Medieval Life 12 Christianity and the Medieval Mind 13 The Medieval Synthesis in the Arts 14 Asian Civilizations: The Artistic Record 15 Adversity and Challenge: The Fourteenth-Century Transition 16 Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance 17 Renaissance Artists: Disciples of Nature, Masters of Invention 18 Africa, the Americas, and Cross-Cultural Encounter 19 Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old OrderFiero, Gloria K. is the author of 'Humanistic Tradition Prehistory to the Early Modern World', published 2002 under ISBN 9780072885491 and ISBN 0072885491.