TY - BOOK AU - Hollister,Warren C. TI - Roots of the Western tradiiton: : a short history of the ancient world SN - 007235089X U1 - 930 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - History, Ancient KW - Ancient civilizations N1 - Includes index; Introduction PART 1: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 1. From Stone Age to Civilization 2. Mesopotamia 3. Egypt 4. The Diffusion of Near Eastern Civilization PART 2: GREECE 5. Crete, Mycenae, and the Dark Age 6. The Rise of Classical Greece 7. The Zenith and Transformation of Classical Greece 8. Literature and Philosophy in Greece 9. The Culture of the Golden Age 10. The Hellenistic Age PART 3: ROME 11. The Rise of Rome 12. The Principate 13. The Spiritual Metamorphosis 14. The Dominate 15. The Waning of the Western Empire ER -