"Unit 1 Ancient Greek Culture and Wisdom…1 Section A Greek Mythology…1 Section B City-States: Athens and Sparta…8 Section C Socrates …14 Unit 2 Roman Empire and Latin Culture…24 Section A History of Roman Empire…24 Section B All Roads Lead to Rome…30 Section C Cleopatra, the Egyptian Queen and Her Love Affairs…36 Unit 3 The Middle Ages and the Rise of Modern Europe…46 Section A The Middle Ages…46 Section B The Rise of the States…53 Section C The Rise of Universities in the Middle Ages…60 Unit 4 Renaissance and Shakespeare…71 Section A Renaissance…71 Section B William Shakespeare…78 Section C Henry VIII and His Six Wives…84 Unit 5 Enlightenment and the Origin of Modern Science…96 Section A The Age of Enlightenment…96 Section B On the Shoulders of Giants: Isaac Newton and Modern Science…103 Section C Francis Bacon: Fame and Disgrace…108 Unit 6 Romanticism and Realism…119 Section A Romanticism in Europe…119 Section B Romanticism in America…127 Section C Realism in Europe…133 Unit 7 Modernism and Contemporary Western Culture…148 Section A Modernism and Modernist Movement…148 Section B The Distinct Character of Contemporary American Culture …156 Section C How Contemporary American Society Tramples on Principles of Integrity…163 Supplementary Reading…174 Passage 1 The Toxic Individualism of Pandemic Politics…174 Passage 2 False Values Conveyed by American Entertainment and Cultural Industries…176 Passage 3 What Is the Bamboo Ceiling and How Do We Break It?…179 Passage 4 White-collar Crime…183 Glossary…187"
