Southeastern Massachusetts University - Scrimshaw Yearbook (North Dartmouth, MA)

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T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC T OPIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION 5 2 THE ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION 16 3 THE ANCIENT ROMAN CIVILIZATION 25 4 THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY 36 5 WESTERN EUROPE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 41 6 THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND THE MOSLEM EMPIRE 49 7 THE RISE OF NATIONAL STATES 56 8 CHRISTIANITY DURING THE LATER MIDDLE AGESQ MEDIEVAL CULTURE 66 9 THE DECLINE OF BYZANTIUM - THE CRUSADES - RUSSIA 71 10 THE RISE OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHS IN THE WEST 74 1.1 THE RENAISSANCE 81 12 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND THE CATHOLIC COUNTER - REFORMATION 86 13 THE MODERN STATE SYSTEM 93 14 THE AGE OF DISCOVERY AND THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION 99 15 FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN THE 17TH CENTURY 103 SAMPLE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 109

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