Heather in Neverland Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Does a textbook for Eastern Civilization exist? I can find plenty for Western Civ but not any just for Eastern Civ. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I have a horrifically expensive text called "Byzantium: Church, Society, and Civilization Seen Through Contemporary Eyes" by Deno John Geanakoplos that I bought for a Kolbe class that we ended up not doing (a whole other story there...). It (obviously) isn't ALL of eastern civ, but, classically, it is a large chunk of it. There are other, much less expensive, books on Byzantium that cover similar themes and which might fit the bill for you. (still reeling over this book, obviously...) a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 What are you wanting? The civilisations of the eastern hemisphere, or a book about the eastern church? Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Check this out: Internet Ancient History Sourcebook from Fordham University. The goal is to provide organized access to primary text material, and the ancient history one incorporates a lot of art and architecture. You will also observe that there are links at the top to medieval and modern history, and history of different regions/groups (African, East Asian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, etc). (from my post in this thread on history from a non-western perspective) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thank you for the ideas. My ideas is that there are all kinds of textbooks on Western Civ but next to nothing for Eastern Civ. As I am developing high school history plans, I would like to do a balanced approach but I cannot find anything good to use for high school. I am going to look up the ones you suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Just another option. Spielvogel's Human Odyssey covers more than Western Civ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 You might want to pick out individually books on other parts of the world, e.g. Asian (esp China and India), African, and history of the Islamic & Jewish world. You might have to put those together instead of having it ready made for you. You might also look into something like this: The New Penguin History of the World by J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad, i.e. something labeled "world history" instead of something just on non-western societies. I found this list, I have no idea if it's a good one, but it might be a place to start for specifically textbooks, if you don't get any better ideas: http://kennedy.byu.edu/staff/peterson/list.htm I'll be interested to see what other suggestions people have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 This site is just what we need today! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134298&highlight=*world*+history My post describes the text, and MI chelle posts below it about a website with study guides and tests to go with the book. Fantastic resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 It also looks like this could be a valuable resource in locating suitable materials: Teaching world civilization with joy and enthusiasm By Benjamin Lee Wren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalmom Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 We plan to use some Teaching Company videos on various cultures. I know they have courses on Chinese history, African history, Russian history, and Byzantium. (wish we had time for them all!) There are usually recommended texts included in the course outline. I'm sorry I don't know of one all encompassing non-western text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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