Discovering the western past a look at the evidence, volume I - Wiesner, Merry E. 1952-; Evans, Andrew D.; Wheeler, William Bruce 1939-; Ruff, Julius R. (Julius Ralph) (Australia Cengage Learning, 2015)
The need for water in ancient societies -- 2. The ideal and the reality of classical Athens --3. Health and disease in the Greek world -- 4. The achievements of Augustus -- 5. Invading barbarians -- 6. The development of the medieval state -- 7. Life at a medieval university -- 8. Infidels and heretics: crusades of the high middle ages -- 9. Social and economic conflicts in the late medieval cloth trade -- 10. The Renaissance man and woman -- 11. Pagans, Muslims, and Christians in the mental world of Columbus -- 12. The spread of the reformation -- 13. Royal power and overseas expansion, 1450-1540.
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Civilization, Western; Civilization, Western -- History -- Sources