CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648: The Best Test Prep for the CLEP Western Civilization I Exam » (First)

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About the Author About Research & Education Association Acknowledgments Independent Study Schedule: CLEP Western Civilization I Passing the CLEP Western Civilization I Exam
  About this Book
  About the Exam
  How to Use this Book
  Format and Content of the CLEP
  About Our Course Review
  Scoring Your Practice Tests
  Practice-Test Raw Score Conversion Table
  Studying for the CLEP
  Test-Taking Tips
  The Day of the Exam Chapter 1 The Ancient Near East
  Western and Near Eastern Civilizations
  The Fertile Crescent
  Mesopotamia
  Mesopotamian Culture
  Egypt and the Nile
  Egyptian Culture
  The Spread of Civilization
  The Hittites
  The Sea Peoples
  The Minoans
  The Mycenaeans
  The Phoenicians
  The Assyrians
  The Neo-Babylonians (Chaldeans)
  The Persians
  The Hebrews Chapter 2 Ancient Greece
  The Mycenaean Bronze Age (c. 2300-1100 b.c.e.)
  The Dark Age (c. 1100-800 b.c.e.)
  The Archaic Period (c. 800-500 b.c.e.)
  Sparta
  Athens
  The Persian Wars
  Periclean Athens
  The Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.)
  Greek Classical Culture
  Religion
  Literature
  Art and Architecture
  The Hellenistic Age
  Hellenistic Culture Chapter 3 Ancient Rome
  The Republic
  The Empire
  Literature
  Art, Architecture, and Engineering
  Religion
  The Jews in the Roman Empire
  Christianity
  Reorganization of the Empire
  The Germanic Invasions
  The Late Empire
  The Fall of Rome Chapter 4 The Middle Ages
  The Byzantine Empire
  Islam
  Byzantium to 1000 b.c.e.
  The Germanic Kingdoms
  The Medieval Church
  Feudalism and Manorialism
  Population Growth
  Trade and Towns
  Church and State
  The Rise of Centralized Monarchies
  The Holy Roman Empire
  England
  France
  The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)
  Spain
  Eastern Europe
  The Church in the Late Middle Ages
  The Medieval Cultural Tradition
  The Intellectual Tradition
  The Vernacular Tradition
  The Black Death
  Architecture and Art Chapter 5 Renaissance and Reformation
  The Italian Renaissance
  Florence
  Italian Politics
  Art and Architecture
  Literature
  Economic Innovations
  The Northern Renaissance
  Christian Humanism
  The Protestant Reformation
  Diversification of Protestantism
  The Catholic Reformation
  The New Monarchies Chapter 6 Early Modern Europe
  The Age of Exploration
  The Commercial Revolution
  Nation-States and Wars of Religion
  France
  Spain
  England
  Dutch Independence
  The Thirty Years' War
  A Revolution in World View
  Modernity Practice Test 1
  Test 1
  Answer Key
  Detailed Explanations of Answers Practice Test 2
  Test 2
  Answer Key
  Detailed Explanations of Answers Bibliography Answer Sheets Index