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WESTERN CIVILIZATION

subject headings

 

To find books on a specific topic in Western Civilization, do a subject search in the library catalog.  Choose LC subject headings from the drop-down menu, and enter the subject heading of your choice.   The following is a list of suggested subject headings in Western Civilization, arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.  Each link leads to a list of books in Begley Library on that topic.  This list is not complete.  A librarian can help you find additional titles.   Use this list to find books on:   WESTERN CIVILIZATION  Western Civilization The Ancient Near East The Greeks & The Hellenistic World The Roman Republic & The Roman Empire Late Antiquity Europe in the Early, High and Late Middle Ages The Renaissance Sixteenth Century Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Twenty-First Century

 

 

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 Western Civilization

 

• Civilization, Western

 

 

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The Ancient Near East

 

• Ancient Civilization
• Ancient Egypt
  • Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: use Egypt Social Life and Customs
  • Egypt Civilization
  • Egypt History
• Ancient History
• Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian
• Mesopotamia: use Iraq civilization to 634
• Stone Age: use Neolithic period

 

 

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The Greeks & The Hellenistic World

 

• Alexander the Great
• Daily Life in Ancient Greece: use Greece Social Life and Customs
• Greek Civilization: use Greece Civilization
• Greek History: use Greece History
• Minoans
• Mycenean Civilization

 

 

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The Roman Republic & The Roman Empire

 

• Daily Life in Ancient Rome: use Rome Social Life and Customs
• Roman Civilization: use Rome Civilization
• Roman Empire: use Rome History Empire
• Roman History: use Rome History
• Roman Republic: use Rome History Republic

 

 

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Late Antiquity

 

• Byzanitne Empire Civilization
• Byzantine Empire History
• Islamic Empire History

 

 

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Europe in the Early, High and Late Middle Ages

 

• Black Death
• Charlemagne
• Crusades
• Daily Life in the Middle Ages: use Europe Social Life and Customs
• Islamic Empire History
• Medieval Civilization
• Medieval History: use Middle Ages History

 

 

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The Renaissance

 

• Renaissance
• Renaissance England
• Renaissance France
• Renaissance Germany
• Renaissance Italy

 

 

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Sixteenth Century

 

• 16th Century History: use History Modern 16th Century
• Counter Reformation
• Protestant Reformation: use Reformation

 

 

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Seventeenth Century

 

• 17th Century History: use History Modern 17th Century
• Ottoman Empire
• Scientific Revolution: use Science Renaissance

 

 

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Eighteenth Century

 

• 18th Century History: use History Modern 18th Century
• American Revolution: use United States History Revolution
• Enlightenment
• French Revolution: use France History Revolution
• Napoleon: use Napoleon I Emperor of the French

 

 

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Nineteenth Century

 

• 19th Century History: use History Modern 19th Century
• Imperialism
• Industrial Revolution
• Romanticism
• Realism

 

 

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Twentieth Century

 

• 20th Century History: use History Modern 20th Century
• Cold War
• World War I: use World War 1914-1918
• World War II: use World War 1939-1945

 

 

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Twenty-First Century

 

• 21st Century History: use History Modern 21st Century
• Globalization

 

 

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