《简明西方文明历史》教学大纲教学目的：通过课堂学习、小组讨论、课外阅读等多种学习形式，使学生了解西方国家政治、经济、文化、历史、哲学、宗教、艺术等方面的形成与发展，激发学生学习英语的兴趣，扩大学生知识面，开拓学生视野。

教学要求：使学生了解理性与自由这两个西方文明核心思想的来源，从而对中西方价值观之间的差异有更清晰的认识。

教学内容简介：Chapter 1 The Ancient Near East:The First CivilizationsThe Rise to CivilizationMesopotamian CivilizationEgyptian CivilizationEmpire BuildersThe Religious Orientation of the Near EastChapter 2 The Hebrews: A New View of God and the Individual Outline of Hebrew HistoryGod: One, Sovereign, Transcendent, GoodThe Individual and Moral AutonomyThe Covenant and the LawThe Hebrew Idea of HistoryThe ProphetsThe Legacy of the Ancient JewsChapter 3 The Greek City-State:Democratic PoliticsEarly Aegean CivilizationsThe Rise of Hellenic CivilizationEvolution of the City-StateAthenian GreatnessThe Decline of the City-StatesThe Dilemma of Greek PoliticsChapter 4 Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason PhilosophyArtPoetry and DramaHistoryThe Greek Achievement: Reason,Freedom,Humanism Chapter 5 The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion Alexander the GreatHellenistic SocietyHellenistic CultureChapter 6 The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire Evolution of the Roman ConstitutionRoman Expansion to 146 B.C.Culture in the RepublicThe Collapse of the RepublicChapter 7 The Roman Empire: A World-StateAugustus and the Foundations of the Roman EmpireThe Pax RomanaSigns of TroubleThe Decline of RomeThe Roman LegacyChapter 8 Early Christianity: A World ReligionOrigins of ChristianitySpread and Triumph of ChristianityGrowth of Christian Organization, Doctrine, and AttitudesSaint Augustine: The Christian World-ViewChristianity and Classical Humanism: Alternative World-Views Chapter 9 The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin ChristendomByzantine Civilization: The Medieval Christian EastIslamic Civilization: Its Development and DisseminationLatin Christendom: The Rise of EuropeThe Church: Shaper of Medieval CivilizationThe Kingdom of the FranksMedieval SocietyChapter 10 The High Middle Ages: Vitality and RenewalEconomic ExpansionThe Rise of StatesThe Growth of Papal PowerChristians and JewsChapter 11 The Flowering of Medieval Culture: The Christian SynthesisRevival of LearningThe Medieval World-ViewPhilosophy-TheologyScienceThe Recovery of Roman LawLiteratureArchitectureChapter 12 The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and DissolutionAn Age of AdversityThe Decline of the PapacyBreakup of the Thomistic SynthesisThe Middle Ages and the Modern World: Continuity and Discontinuity Chapter 13 The Renaissance: Transtition to the Modern AgeItaly: Birthplace of the RenaissanceThe Renaissance Outlook: Humanism and Secular PoliticsRenaissance ArtThe Spread of the RenaissanceThe Renaissance and the Monern AgeChapter 14 The Reformation: Shattering of Christendom Background to the Reformation: The Medieval Church in CrisisThe Lutheran RevoltThe Spread of the ReformationThe Catholic ResponseThe Reformation and the Modern AgeChapter 15 European Expansion: Economic and Social TransformationsEuropean ExpansionThe Price RevolutionThe Expansion of AgricultureThe Expansion of Trade and IndustryThe Growth of CapitalismSeventeenth-Century Decline and RenewalThe Elite an the PeopleEconomic and Social TransformationsChapter 16 The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State Monarchs and Elites as State BuildersThe Rise and Fall of Hapsburg SpainThe Growth of French PowerThe Growth of Limited Monarchy and Constitutionalism in EnglandThe Netherlands: A Bourgeois RepublicThe Holy Roman EmpireThe Failure to Unify GermanyThe Emergence of Austria and PrussiaThe State and Modern Political Development教材名称：Perry, Marvin, et al.. Western Civilization: Idears, Politics, Society.Boston: Houghton Miffflin Company, 2000.参考书目：De la Coix, Horse, et al.. Art Through the Ages. Fort Worth: HBJ College Publishers, 1991.Spielvogel, J. Jackson. Western Civilization. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1991.Upshur, Jiu-hwa L., et al.. World History. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1991.Wallbank, T. Walter, et al.. Civilization Past & Present. New York: HarperCollins College Publisners, 1996.罗伯特〃E. 勒纳等. 西方文明史. 王觉非等译. 北京：中国青年出版社，2003.。