Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of DemocracyHarper & Row, 1963 - 428 Seiten Herbert J. Muller examines the meaning of freedom in the great civilizations of the past including the Sumerian, Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, Persian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman and early Christian. Ranging from the attempts of the cave man to free himself from the tyranny of nature through magic and ritual, to the religious despotism of Byzantium, the author surveys freedom's gains and triumps, its losses and failures. In doing so, he provides the reader with new insight into the meaning and destiny of freedom in Western Civilization. |
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... east coast ; and in 1498 Vasco da Gama finally reached India , thus opening up direct communications with the East by sea . Within a few years the Portuguese proceeded to establish bases in India , capture the great Malayan port of ...
... east coast ; and in 1498 Vasco da Gama finally reached India , thus opening up direct communications with the East by sea . Within a few years the Portuguese proceeded to establish bases in India , capture the great Malayan port of ...
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... East . His report that Kublai Khan had evinced some curiosity about the Christian faith bred the exciting illusion that the East was panting for conversion ; Europeans never forgot the Great Khan , the " King of Kings , " cherishing the ...
... East . His report that Kublai Khan had evinced some curiosity about the Christian faith bred the exciting illusion that the East was panting for conversion ; Europeans never forgot the Great Khan , the " King of Kings , " cherishing the ...
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... East . In a broader retrospect , the explorations signaled a major theme of European history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries — the drive for power . They led to an immense expansion of trade , which in turn contributed to a ...
... East . In a broader retrospect , the explorations signaled a major theme of European history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries — the drive for power . They led to an immense expansion of trade , which in turn contributed to a ...
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The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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