The Library of Original Sources
The Library of Original Sources

Author: Oliver J. Thatcher

Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781410214058

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CONTENTS:The Geographical DiscoveriesColumbusJournal of the First Voyage of ColumbusVasco da GamaRound Africa to IndiaMagellans Voyage Round the WorldAccount by the Genoese PilotPolitical Ideas of MachiavelliThe Government of a PrinceCopernicusThe Copernican TheoryThe ReformationErasmusBenefice HuntingThe Penitent VirginMartin LutherNinety-five ThesesAgainst CatholicismJustification by FaithThe Peasant RevoltThe Twelve Articles of the PeasantsJohn CalvinEternal ElectionThe Augsburg ConfessionConfession of Faith the Statement of Their Case and Ideas by the German ProtestantsLoyolaThe Jesuit ConstitutionThe Dutch Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration MontaigneOn the Education of ChildrenFrancis BaconThe Novum OrganumAphorisms on the Interpretation of Nature and the Empire of ManGalileoLetters to Kepler on the Copernican System and the TelescopeDialogue on the Copernican SystemCondemnationRecantationKeplerKepler and His LawsOn the Principles of AstronomyThe New CountriesThe Aztec CivilizationCortess Account of the City of MexicoThe First Settlenent in the United StatesMendozas Account of the Founding of St. AugustineThe Founding of QuebecThe First Written ConstitutionThe Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutThe Customs of the IndiansAccount by Morton (about 1637)Hookers Review of Church QuestionsThe English RevolutionThe Petition of RightThe First Writ of Ship-MoneyPyms Speech Against StraffordThe Grand Remonstrance

The Library of Original Sources
The Library of Original Sources

Author: Oliver J. Thatcher

Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781410214010

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CONTENTS:Assyria ? BabyloniaThe Babylonian Account of CreationThe Chaldaean Flood StoryThe Legend of SargonIshtar?s Descent into the Nether WorldPenitential HymnsLawsEgyptThe Book of the DeadHymn to the Nile?First Hand Observations?, by HerodotusThe JewsReferencesThe BrahmansVedic HymnsHymn to the Unknown GodHymn to VataHymn to Agni and the MarutsHymn to the MarutsHymn to the MarutsHymn to RudraHymn to VayuHymn to Agni and the MarutsHymn to RudraThe Katha UpanishadTeaching of Yagnavalkya (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)The Khandogya UpanishadLaws of ManuThe Beginnings of ThingsLaws of the CastesThe Transmigration of SoulsBuddhist IdeasFoundation of the Kingdom of RighteousnessOn Knowledge of the VedasAll the AsavasThe Last Days of BuddhaDhammapadaZarathustra (Zoroaster)Gatha AhunavaitiGatha UstavaitiK?ung-Fu-Tsze (Confucius)Sayings

World History
World History

Author: Candice Goucher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 770

ISBN-13: 1135088284

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World History: Journeys from Past to Present uses common themes to present an integrated and comprehensive survey of human history from its origins to the present day. By weaving together thematic and regional perspectives in coherent chronological narratives, Goucher and Walton transform the overwhelming sweep of the human past into a truly global story that is relevant to the contemporary issues of our time. Revised and updated throughout, the second edition of this innovative textbook combines clear chronological progression with thematically focused chapters divided into six parts as follows: PART 1. EMERGENCE (Human origins to 500 CE) PART 2. ORDER (1 CE-1500 CE) PART 3. CONNECTIONS (500-1600 CE) PART 4. BRIDGING WORLDS (1300-1800 CE) PART 5. TRANSFORMING LIVES (1500-1900) PART 6. FORGING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY (1800- Present) The expanded new edition features an impressive full-color design with a host of illustrations, maps and primary source excerpts integrated throughout. Chapter opening timelines supply context for the material ahead, while end of chapter questions and annotated additional resources provide students with the tools for independent study. Each chapter and part boasts introductory and summary essays that guide the reader in comprehending the relevant theme. In addition, the companion website offers a range of resources including an interactive historical timeline, an indispensable study skills section for students, tips for teaching and learning thematically, and PowerPoint slides, lecture material and discussion questions in a password protected area for instructors. This textbook provides a basic introduction for all students of World History, incorporating thematic perspectives that encourage critical thinking, link to globally relevant contemporary issues, and stimulate further study.

The Perfection of Nature
The Perfection of Nature

Author: Mackenzie Cooley

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2022-10-26

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0226822273

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A deep history of how Renaissance Italy and the Spanish empire were shaped by a lingering fascination with breeding. The Renaissance is celebrated for the belief that individuals could fashion themselves to greatness, but there is a dark undercurrent to this fêted era of history. The same men and women who offered profound advancements in European understanding of the human condition—and laid the foundations of the Scientific Revolution—were also obsessed with controlling that condition and the wider natural world. Tracing early modern artisanal practice, Mackenzie Cooley shows how the idea of race and theories of inheritance developed through animal breeding in the shadow of the Spanish Empire. While one strand of the Renaissance celebrated a liberal view of human potential, another limited it by biology, reducing man to beast and prince to stud. “Race,” Cooley explains, first referred to animal stock honed through breeding. To those who invented the concept, race was not inflexible, but the fragile result of reproductive work. As the Spanish empire expanded, the concept of race moved from nonhuman to human animals. Cooley reveals how, as the dangerous idea of controlled reproduction was brought to life again and again, a rich, complex, and ever-shifting language of race and breeding was born. Adding nuance and historical context to discussions of race and human and animal relations, The Perfection of Nature provides a close reading of undertheorized notions of generation and its discontents in the more-than-human world.

Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History
Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History

Author: James Ciment

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 3151

ISBN-13: 1317474163

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No era in American history has been more fascinating to Americans, or more critical to the ultimate destiny of the United States, than the colonial era. Between the time that the first European settlers established a colony at Jamestown in 1607 through the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the outlines of America's distinctive political culture, economic system, social life, and cultural patterns had begun to emerge. Designed to complement the high school American history curriculum as well as undergraduate survey courses, "Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History" captures it all: the people, institutions, ideas, and events of the first three hundred years of American history. While it focuses on the thirteen British colonies stretching along the Atlantic, Colonial America sets this history in its larger contexts. Entries also cover Canada, the American Southwest and Mexico, and the Caribbean and Atlantic world directly impacting the history of the thirteen colonies. This encyclopedia explores the complete early history of what would become the United States, including portraits of Native American life in the immediate pre-contact period, early Spanish exploration, and the first settlements by Spanish, French, Dutch, Swedish, and English colonists. This monumental five-volume set brings America's colonial heritage vibrantly to life for today's readers. It includes: thematic essays on major issues and topics; detailed A-Z entries on hundreds of people, institutions, events, and ideas; thematic and regional chronologies; hundreds of illustrations; primary documents; and a glossary and multiple indexes.

How They Lived [2 volumes]
How They Lived [2 volumes]

Author: James Ciment

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 1643

ISBN-13:

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Ideal for history majors, nonhistory majors taking history courses, as well as general readers, this book provides not only the primary documents and artifacts of ordinary people in history, but also annotations that help the reader put them into context and grasp their deeper meaning. This two-volume work explores daily life across human history through primary sources, making use of this primary source material as well as detailed analysis to help readers understand and use these sources as evidence of how life used to be. The diverse selection of sources includes artifacts, inscriptions, histories, letters, and first-hand accounts, ranging from ancient times to the emergence of modern Europe to the present day. This set makes use of an innovative layout: facing pages contain a primary source selection on the left side, with the introduction and analysis on the right side. This facing-pages layout allows readers to access the text information and the primary source itself without any distracting page-turning. Unlike most other books on history that relay key, momentous events in history and tales regarding kings and generals, aristocrats, and the highly educated, How They Lived: An Annotated Tour of Daily Life through History in Primary Sources includes significant coverage of ordinary people and interesting information about everyday life at all levels of society. As a result, this collection helps close the gap in what students of history are typically exposed to through its presentation of both written documents and images of artifacts.

America's Real First Thanksgiving
America's Real First Thanksgiving

Author: Robyn Gioia

Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1561643890

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Provides an account of America's first real Thanksgiving, celebrated by the Spanish and the native Timucua in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565 with a feast that may have included a pork stew, wild turkey, corn, and beans.