BECK index

ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION

by Sanderson Beck

Volume 1: MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA to 1875
Volume 2: INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA to 1800
Volume 3: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN to 1800
Volume 4: GREECE & ROME to 30 BC
Volume 5: ROMAN EMPIRE 30 BC to 610
Volume 6: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 610-1250
Volume 7: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 1250-1453 (in progress)
Volume 11: AMERICA to 1744
Volume 20: SOUTH ASIA 1800-1950
Volume 21: EAST ASIA 1800-1949

Chronological Index to 1300
Chronology of Asia & Africa 1300-1875
America Chronology to 1744

Volume 1: MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA to 1875

Introduction

Purposes and Motives
Philosophical Premises and Methods
Limitations

Ethics

Metaphysical Foundation
Universal Values
Applying Universal Values

Prehistoric Cultures

Evolution of Life
Human Evolution
Lemuria and Atlantis

Sumer, Babylon, and Hittites

Sumer
Sargon the Akkadian
Sumerian Revival
Sumerian Literature
Epic of Gilgamesh
Isin, Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari, Assur, and Babylon
Hammurabi's Babylon
Kassites, Hurrians, and Assyria
Babylonian Literature
Hittites

Egypt

Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Hyksos Shepherd Kings
New Kingdom Empire
Egypt 1085-323 BC
Early Egyptian Literature
Book of the Dead
Later Egyptian Literature

Israel

Genesis
Moses
Conquest of Canaan
David and the Psalms
Solomon and the Wisdom Books
Israel and Judah Divided
Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Micah
Judah's Fall and Jeremiah
Ezekiel and Babylonian Isaiah
Jews in the Persian Empire

Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires

Assyrian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Zarathushtra
Persian Empire to 500 BC
Persian-Greek Wars
Parthian Empire
Mani and Manichaeism
Sasanian Empire

Muhammad and Islamic Conquest

Muhammad in Mecca
Muhammad in Medina at War 622-628
Muhammad Triumphant 628-632
Qur'an and Hadith
Islamic Wars in the Near East 632-661
Umayyad Caliphate 661-750

Abbasid, Buyid, and Seljuk Empires 750-1095

'Abbasid Caliphate 750-945
Umayyad Spain and Fatimid Africa
Samanids, Ghaznavids, Buyids, and Seljuqs
Mirrors for Princes
Nizam al-Mulk's Rules for Kings
Firdausi's Shah-nameh
Sufis: Rabi'a, Al-Hallaj, and Qushayri
Al-Razi, Al-Farabi, and Miskawayh
Avicenna, Ibn Hazm, and ibn Gabirol
1001 Nights and 'Umar Khayyam's Ruba'iyat

Islamic Culture 1095-1300

Middle East during the Crusades
Al-Ghazali's Mystical Ethics
Ibn Tufayl, Averroes, and Al-Tusi
Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
Sufism of Gilani, Suhrawardi, and Ibn 'Arabi
Sufi Literature of Sana'i and 'Attar
Rumi's Masnavi and Discourses
Sa'di's Rose Garden and Orchard

Ottoman and Persian Empires 1300-1730

Ottoman Empire to 1451
Ottoman Empire 1451-1520
Ottoman Empire Under Sulayman
Ottoman Empire 1566-1617
Ottoman Empire 1617-1730
Persia in the 14th Century
Timur and the Timurids
Safavid Persian Empire

Ottoman and Persian Empires 1730-1875

Wahhabis and Saudi Arabia
Ottoman Decline 1730-1826
Ottoman Reforms 1826-1875
Persia of Nadir and Zands 1730-1794
Persia Under Qajars 1794-1875
Bábis and Bahá'u'lláh

Africa to 1500

Nubia and Ethiopia to 1500
Sub-Saharan Africa to 1500
Traditional African Ethics
North Africa to 900
North Africa 900-1300
North Africa 1300-1500
Ibn Khaldun on History

Africa and Slavery 1500-1800

Egypt Under the Ottomans
Ethiopia and Eastern Sudan
Algeria
Tunisia and Tripoli
Morocco
Western and Central Sudan
West Africa and Slavery
Gold Coast, Asante, and Slavery
Niger Coast and Slavery
East Africa, Portuguese, and Arabs
Southern Africa, Portuguese, and Dutch

Africa and Europeans 1800-1875

Egypt of Muhammad 'Ali
Ethiopia
North Africa and Europeans
Islam in Western Sudan
Asante, British, and the Gold Coast
East Africa, Arabs, and Europeans
Southern Africans and Zulus
British and Boers in South Africa

Summary and Evaluation

Prehistory
Ancient Near East
Muslim Middle East 610-1875
Africa to 1875
Evaluating the Middle East and Africa to 1875

Bibliography

Volume 2: INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA to 1800

Vedas and Upanishads

Harappan Civilization
Rig Veda
Sama Veda
Yajur Veda
Atharva Veda
Brahmanas
Aranyakas
Early Upanishads
Kena, Katha, Isha, and Mundaka
Later Upanishads

Mahavira and Jainism

Parshva
Mahavira
Jainism

Buddha and Buddhism

Siddartha Gautama
Buddha
Doctrine (Dharma)
Dhammapada
Questions of King Milinda
Community (Sangha)

Political and Social Ethics of India

Magadhan Ascendancy
Alexander's Invasion of India
Mauryan Empire, Ashoka and Sri Lanka
Dharma Sutras
Laws of Manu
Artha Shastra
Kama Sutra

Hindu Philosophy

Nyaya and Vaishesika
Mimamsa and Vedanta
Samkhya and Yoga
Bhagavad-Gita

Literature of India

Ramayana
Mahabharata
Jatakas
Panchatantra

India 30 BC to 1300

India 30 BC-320 CE
Gupta Empire and India 320-750
Plays of Bhasa, Kalidasa, and Bhavabhuti
Hindu Kingdoms 750-1000
Tibetan Buddhism
India and Muslim Invaders 1000-1300
Literature of Medieval India

Delhi Sultans and Rajas 1300-1526

Delhi Sultanate 1300-1526
Barani on Politics of the Delhi Sultanate
Independent North India 1401-1526
Independent South India 1329-1526
Kabir and Chaitanya
Nanak and Sikhism

Mughal Empire 1526-1707

Mughal Conquest of India 1526-56
Akbar's Tolerant Empire 1556-1605
Jahangir and Shah Jahan 1605-58
Aurangzeb's Intolerant Empire 1658-1707
Kashmir and Tibet 1526-1707
Southern India 1526-1707
European Trade with Mughal India
Tulsidas and Maharashtra Mystics
Sikhs 1539-1708

Marathas and the English Company 1707-1800

Mughal Decline and Maratha Rise 1707-48
Afghan Invasions, Sikhs, and Marathas 1748-67
French, English, and Clive 1744-67
Marathas and Hastings 1767-84
Marathas and Cornwallis Reforms 1784-1800
Sikhs and North India 1767-1800
Tibet and Nepal 1707-1800
Sri Lanka 1707-1800

Southeast Asia to 1800

Burma and Arakan to 1800
Siam (Thailand) to 1800
Cambodia to 1800
Laos to 1800
Vietnam to 1800
Malaya to 1800

Pacific Islands to 1800

Sumatra, Java, and the Archipelago
Java and Dutch Trade 1613-1800
Philippines to 1800
Australia and New Zealand to 1800
Polynesian Islands to 1800

Summary and Evaluation

Ancient India
India 78-1526
Mughal Empire
British in India
Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands

Bibliography

Volume 3: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN to 1800

Shang, Zhou and the Classics

Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Yi Jing (Book of Changes)
Shi Jing (Book of Odes)
Li (Propriety)
Shu Jing (Book of Documents)
Spring and Autumn Era
Sun-zi's Art of War
Period of Warring States

Confucius, Mencius and Xun-zi

Confucius
Teachings of Confucius
Followers of Confucius
Mencius
Xun-zi
Later Confucian Works

Daoism and Mo-zi

Lao-zi
Mo-zi
Teachings of Mo-zi
Moism
Zhuang-zi
Lie-zi
Songs of Chu
Huai-nan-zi

Legalism, Qin Empire and Han Dynasty

Guan-zi
Book of ShangYang
Han Fei-zi
Qin Empire 221-206 BC
Founding the Han Dynasty 206-141 BC
Wu Di's Reign 141-87 BC
Confucian China 87-30 BC

China 7 BC to 1279

Wang Mang's Revolution
Later Han Empire
China Divided and Reunited 220-618
Sui Dynasty 581-617
Tang Dynasty Empire 618-907
Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin Dynasties 907-1234
Song Dynasty Renaissance 960-1279
Neo-Confucian Ethics
Literature of Medieval China

Mongols and Yuan China

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Khubilai Khan in China
Yuan Dynasty 1294-1368
Chinese Theater in the Yuan Era

Ming Empire 1368-1644

Ming Dynasty Founded by Hongwu
Ming Empire 1398-1464
Ming Empire 1464-1567
Ming Decline 1567-1644
Wang Yangming and Ming Confucians
Ming Era Short Stories
Novels of the Ming Era
Theater in the Ming Era

Qing Empire 1644-1799

Qing Conquest of Ming China 1644-61
Kangxi's Consolidation 1661-1722
Yongzheng's Reforms 1723-35
Qianlong's Expansion 1736-99
Confucian Intellectuals in the Qing Era
Theater in the Qing Era
Wu Jingzi's Novel The Scholars
Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber

Korea to 1800

Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla to 668
Silla and Parhae 668-936
Koryo 936-1392
Yi Begins Choson Dynasty 1392-1567
Korea and Foreign Invasions 1567-1659
Korea and Practical Learning 1659-1800

Japan to 1615

Japan to 794
Japan's Heian Era 794-1192
Murasaki's Tale of Genji
Feudal Japan 1192-1333
Feudal Japan 1333-1465
No Plays of Kannami, Zeami, and Zenchiku
Japan under Warlords 1465-1568
Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu 1568-1615

Japan 1615-1800

Tokugawa Japan's Seclusion 1615-1716
Japanese Confucianism and Religion
Saikaku's Stories of Sex and Money
Chikamatsu's Plays
Takeda-Namiki-Miyoshi Plays
Tokugawa Japan 1716-1800
Japanese Culture 1716-1800

Summary and Evaluation

Ancient China to 221 BC
Imperial China 221 BC to 1368
Ming Dynasty
Qing Dynasty to 1875
Korea to 1875
Japan to 1875
Evaluating China, Korea, and Japan

Bibliography

Volume 4: GREECE & ROME to 30 BC

Greek Culture to 500 BC

Crete, Mycenae and Dorians
Iliad
Odyssey
Hesiod and Homeric Hymns
Aristocrats, Tyrants, and Poets
Spartan Military Laws
Athenian Political Laws
Aesop's Fables
Pythagoras and Early Philosophy

Greek Politics and Wars 500-360 BC

Persian Invasions
Athenian Empire 479-431 BC
Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC
Spartan Hegemony 404-371 BC
Theban Hegemony 371-360 BC
Syracusan Tyranny of Dionysius 405-367 BC

Greek Theatre

Aeschylus

The Persians
The Suppliant Maidens
Seven Against Thebes
Prometheus Bound
Agamemnon

Libation Bearers
The Eumenides

Sophocles

Ajax
Antigone
Oedipus the Tyrant
The Women of Trachis
Electra
Philoctetes
Oedipus at Colonus

Euripides

Rhesus
Alcestis
Medea
Hippolytus
Heracleidae
Andromache
Hecuba
The Cyclops

Heracles
The Suppliant Women
The Trojan Women
Electra
Helen
Iphigenia in Tauris
Ion
The Phoenician Women

Orestes
Iphigenia in Aulis
The Bacchae

Aristophanes

The Acharnians
The Knights
The Clouds

The Wasps
Peace
The Birds
Lysistrata
The Thesmophoriazusae

The Frogs
The Ecclesiazusae
Plutus

Socrates, Xenophon, and Plato

Empedocles
Socrates
Xenophon's Socrates

Defense of Socrates
Memoirs of Socrates
Symposium
Oikonomikos

Xenophon

Cyropaedia
Hiero
Ways and Means

Plato's Socrates

Alcibiades
Charmides
Protagoras
Laches
Lysis
Menexenus
Hippias
Euthydemus
Meno
Gorgias
Phaedrus
Symposium
Euthyphro
Defense of Socrates
Crito
Phaedo

Plato's Republic
Plato's Later Work

Seventh Letter
Timaeus
Critias
Theaetetus
Sophist
Politician
Philebus
Laws

Isocrates, Aristotle, and Diogenes

Hippocrates
Isocrates
Aristotle
Aristotle's Rhetoric
Aristotle's Ethics
Aristotle's Politics
Diogenes

Philip, Demosthenes, and Alexander

Dionysius II, Dion, and Timoleon in Sicily
Wars and Macedonian Expansion under Philip
Demosthenes and Aeschines
Alexander's Conquest of the Persian Empire

Hellenistic Era

Battles of Alexander's Successors
Egypt Under the Ptolemies
Alexandrian Poetry
Seleucid Empire
Judea in the Hellenistic Era
Antigonid Macedonia and Greece
Xenocrates, Pyrrho, and Theophrastus
Menander's New Comedy
Epicurus and the Hedonists
Zeno and the Stoics

Roman Expansion to 133 BC

Roman and Etruscan Kings
Republic of Rome 509-343 BC
Rome's Conquest of Italy 343-264 BC
Rome at War with Carthage 264-201 BC
Republican Rome's Imperialism 201-133 BC

Roman Revolution and Civil Wars

Reforms of the Gracchi Brothers
Marius and Sulla
Pompey, Crassus, Caesar, and Cato
Julius Caesar Dictator
Brutus, Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra

Plautus, Terence, and Cicero

Plautus

The Menaechmi
The Asses
The Merchant
The Swaggering Soldier
Stichus
The Pot of Gold
Curculio
Epidicus
The Captives
The Rope
Trinummus
Mostelleria
Pseudolus
The Two Bacchides
Amphitryo
Casina
The Persian
Truculentus

Terence

The Woman of Andros
The Mother-In-Law
The Self-Tormentor
The Eunuch
Phormio
The Brothers

Lucretius
Catullus
Virgil
Cicero
Cicero on Oratory
Cicero's Republic and Laws
Cicero on Ethics

Summary and Evaluation

Greece
Rome
Evaluating Greece and Rome

Bibliography

Volume 5: ROMAN EMPIRE 30 BC to 610

Empire of Augustus and Tiberius

Rome Under Augustus
Virgil's Aeneid
Horace and Propertius
Ovid's Art of Love
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Rome Under Tiberius
Judea under Herod and Caesar
Essene Community by the Dead Sea
Philo of Alexandria

Jesus and His Apostles

John the Baptist
Jesus According to Mark
Jesus According to Matthew
Jesus According to Luke
Jesus According to John
Thomas and the Gnostics
Peter, James, and the Church
Paul and Christianity
Christian Fathers and Martyrs to 180

Roman Decadence 37-96

Caligula 37-41
Claudius 41-54
Nero 54-68
Seneca's Tragedies
Seneca's Stoic Ethics
Judean and Roman Wars 66-70
Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian 70-96
Roman Literature in the First Century
Quintilian's Education of an Orator
Apollonius of Tyana

Rome Under Better Emperors 96-180

Nerva 96-98 and Trajan 98-117
Dio Chrysostom's Discourses
Plutarch's Essays
Epictetus' Stoic Discourses
Hadrian 117-138
Antoninus Pius 138-161
Marcus Aurelius 161-180
Stoic Ethics of Marcus Aurelius
Literature in the Second Century
Lucian's Comic Criticism

Roman Empire In Turmoil 180-285

Commodus 180-192 and Pertinax
Severus Dynasty 193-235
Roman Wars 235-285
Judah and the Mishnah
Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, and Cyprian
Clement of Alexandria and Origen
Plotinus and Neo-Platonism
Literature in the Third Century


Roman Power and Christian Conflict 285-395

Diocletian's Reforms 284-305
Constantine's Religious Revolution 306-337
Lactantius
Constantine's Sons 337-361
Julian's Pagan Revival 361-363
Valentinian, Valens, Gratian, and Theodosius
Antony, Arius, and Athanasius
Basil and Two Gregorys of Cappadocia
Martin, Ambrose, and Prudentius
John Chrysostom and Jerome

Augustine and the Fall of Rome 395-476

Augustine's Confessions
Augustine and the Catholic Church
Augustine's City of God
Roman Empire Invaded 395-425
Macrobius and Cassian
Roman Empire Reduced 425-476
Orosius and Salvian
Leo, Patrick, and Severin
Talmud

Goths, Franks, and Justinian's Empire 476-610

Zeno, Anastasius, and Theodoric's Ostrogoths
Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
Frank Kingdom of Clovis and His Sons
Benedict's Monastic Rule
Justinian's Imperial Wars to 540
Justinian's Imperial Wars after 540
Justinian and Roman Law
Roman Empire Disintegration 565-610
Frank Civil Wars and Brunhild 561-613
Saxon Kingdoms in Britain 476-616
Pope Gregory's Reforms 590-604

Summary and Evaluation

Roman Domination 30 BC to 180 CE
Roman Decline and Christianity 180-610
Evaluating the Roman Empire

Bibliography

Volume 6: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 610-1250

Byzantine Empire 610-1095

Heraclius and Byzantine Wars 610-717
Maximus the Confessor and John of Damascus
Leo III and Byzantine Iconoclasm 717-843
Byzantine Empire and Bulgaria 843-927
Byzantine Expansion 927-1025
Byzantine Decline 1025-1095
Barlaam and Ioasaph and Digenis Akritas

Franks and Anglo-Saxons 613-899

Isidore and Christian Spain
Lombards and Franks 613-774
Charlemagne 768-814 and Alcuin
Frank Empire Divided 814-899
Anglo-Saxons 616-865
Beowulf and Irish Legends
John Scotus Erigena
Danes in England and Alfred 871-899

Vikings and Feudal Europe 900-1095

Vikings and Scandinavia
England and the Danes 900-1042
Franks and Western Europe 900-1095
Christian Spain 900-1095
Germans and the Ottos 900-1002
Russia to 1097
Italy and the Popes 900-1045
Germans and Eastern Europe 1002-1095
Italy, Normans, and Reform Popes 1045-1095
England and the Norman Conquest 1042-1095

Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims

Crusade for Jerusalem 1095-1100
Jerusalem Kingdom of the Baldwins 1100-1131
Crusaders, Manuel, and Nur-ad-Din 1131-1174
Saladin and Crusading Kings 1174-1198
Crusades to Constantinople and Egypt 1198-1255
Mongol and Egyptian Invasions 1255-1300

Europe's 12th-Century Development

German Empire 1095-1152
England under Norman Kings 1095-1154
Italian Republics and Norman Sicily 1095-1197
France and Flanders 1095-1200
Spanish Peninsula 1095-1200
Scandinavia 1095-1200
Eastern Europe 1095-1200
Germany's Friedrich I and Heinrich VI 1152-1197
England under Henry II and Richard 1154-1199

Europe's 13th-Century Progress

England's John and Magna Carta 1199-1226
Friedrich II, Italy and German Empire 1197-1250
France and Flanders 1200-1300
Spanish Peninsula 1200-1300
Scandinavia 1200-1250
Eastern Europe 1200-1300
England Under Henry III 1227-1272
Germany and Italian City States 1250-1300
England Under Edward I 1272-1300

Christian Ethics 1095-1250

Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux
Aelred of Rievaulx's Spiritual Friendship
John of Salisbury on Politics
Hildegard of Bingen
Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
Dominic and His Preaching Brothers
Francis of Assisi and His Lesser Brothers

European Literature 1095-1300

Epics of Roland and the Cid
Geoffrey of Monmouth and The Mabinogion
Romantic Love and Lais by Marie de France
Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
Nibelungenlied and Wolfram von Eschenbach
Romances of Tristan and Lancelot
Snorri Sturluson and His Sagas
Icelandic Sagas: Laxdaela, Eyrbyggja, and Njal
Romance of the Rose
Theater and Lives of Saints

Summary and Evaluation

Byzantine and Frank Empires
Crusades Era 1095-1300
Evaluating Medieval Europe

Bibliography


Volume 7: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 1250-1453: Rise of Humanism

Crusaders and Byzantine Decline 1250-1453

Crusaders Defeated 1250-1300
Byzantine and Balkan Decline 1250-1350
Byzantine and Balkan Decline 1350-1453

Eastern Europe 1250-1453

Hungary 1250-1382
Hungary 1382-1453
Bohemia 1250-1409
Bohemia’s Hussite Revolution 1409-1453
Chelcicky’s Nonviolence
Poland 1250-1453
Lithuania 1250-1453
Russia under the Mongols 1250-1453
Russian Orthodox Church 1250-1453

Catholic Ethics 1250-1350

Bonaventure’s Ethics
Ethics of Thomas Aquinas
Roger Bacon and Moral Philosophy
Ramon Llull’s Spiritual Writings
Lives of Saints
Franciscans and the Spirituals
Béguines and Marguerite Porete
Dominicans and Eckhart’s Mystical Unity
Duns Scotus and William of Ockham

German Empire 1250-1453

Germany and the Empire 1250-1313
Germany under Ludwig and Karl IV
Germany and the Empire 1378-1410
Sigismund and the Council of Constance
Germany and the Empire 1438-1453
Austria 1250-1453
Swiss Cantons and Confederation 1250-1453
Teutonic Knights, Prussia, and Livonia

Scandinavia 1250-1453

Denmark 1250-1397
Sweden 1250-1397
Norway 1250-1397
Scandinavia’s Kalmar Union 1397-1453
Iceland 1250-1453
Icelandic Sagas: Eyrbyggja and Njal

Castile, Aragon, Granada, and Portugal 1250-1453

Castile’s Alfonso X and the Zohar
Castile 1284-1350
Castile’s Pedro I and Civil War
Castile 1369-1453
Aragon 1250-1336
Aragon’s Pedro IV 1336-87
Aragon 1387-1453
Granada 1250-1453
Portugal 1250-1383
Portugal 1383-1453
Juan Manuel’s Examples and Ruiz’s Good Love

Italian City States 1250-1453

Milan and the Visconti 1250-1453
Venice and Padua 1250-1350
Venice 1350-1453
Genoa and Pisa 1250-1453
Florence 1250-1336
Florence 1336-1453
Siena and Catherine
Rome and the Papal State 1250-1303
Rome and the Papal State 1303-1357
Rome and the Papal State 1357-1453
Sicily and Naples 1250-1453

Dante, Marsilius, and Boccaccio

Dante’s New Life and Banquet
Dante on One Government
Dante’s Inferno
Dante’s Purgatory
Dante’s Paradise
Defender of Peace by Marsilius of Padua
Boccaccio’s Early Work
Boccaccio’s Decameron
Boccaccio’s Illustrious Men and Famous Women

Petrarca and Italian Humanists

Petrarca, the Poet Laureate
Petrarca’s Ethical Humanism 1345-53
Petrarca in Italy 1353-74
Salutati, Vergerio, and Bruni
Vittorino and Guarino Teaching
Alberti, Valla, and Piccolomini

Low Countries and Burgundy 1250-1453

Flanders under France 1250-1384
Flanders under Burgundy 1385-1453
Brabant, Liege and Guelders
Holland, Hainault and Friesland
Ruusbroec and Modern Devotion Communities
Imitation of Christ


Volume 11: AMERICA to 1744

Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas

Mayans
Toltecs and Anasazi
Aztecs to 1519
Incas to 1532

Spanish Conquest 1492-1580

Columbus and the Caribbean
Caribbean and Panama 1500-21
Cortes in Mexico 1519-28
Mexico 1528-80
Central America and Caribbean 1521-80
Cabeza, Coronado, Soto, and Menendez
Pizarros and Peru 1532-80
New Granada 1525-80
Southern South America to 1580
Las Casas on the Spanish Conquest

Brazil and Guiana 1500-1744

Portuguese in Brazil 1500-80
Brazil and the Dutch 1580-1654
Brazil and Vieira 1654-1700
Brazil and Slavery 1700-44
Guiana to 1744

Spanish Colonies and the West Indies 1580-1744

Rio de la Plata 1580-1744
Peru and Chile 1580-1744
New Granada 1580-1744
Central America 1580-1744
Mexico 1580-1744
Northern Mexico 1580-1744
Spanish and French West Indies 1580-1744
British and Dutch West Indies 1580-1744

Northern America to 1642

Hiawatha and the Iroquois League
Cartier and Champlain in Canada 1534-1642
Raleigh and Roanoke 1585-90
Jamestown, Smith and Pocahontas 1607-16
Virginia Company and Colony 1616-42
Maryland and Cecil Calvert 1632-42
New Netherland Company 1614-42
Plymouth Pilgrims and Bradford 1620-43
Massachusetts Puritans and Winthrop 1629-43
Pequot War and
Connecticut 1634-42
Roger Williams and Rhode Island to 1642

English, French, and Dutch Colonies 1643-1664

French and the Iroquois 1642-63
New England Confederation 1643-64
Rhode Island and Williams 1643-64
New Netherland and Stuyvesant 1642-64
Maryland and the Calverts 1642-64
Virginia and Berkeley 1642-64

New France 1663-1744

Canada of Louis XIV and Frontenac 1663-80
Canada and La Salle 1680-88
Canada, Frontenac, and War 1689-1713
Canada Between Wars 1713-44
Louisiana 1699-1750

New England 1664-1744

New England and Metacom's War 1664-77
New England Disunion 1676-91
Salem Witch Trials
Massachusetts 1692-1744
Cotton Mather and John Wise
Rhode Island 1692-1744
Connecticut 1692-1744
Edwards and the Great Revival

New York to Pennsylvania 1664-1744

New York under James 1664-88
New York 1689-1744
New Jersey 1664-1744
Penn and Pennsylvania 1681-88
Pennsylvania and Penn 1688-1701
Pennsylvania Expansion 1702-44

Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, and Georgia 1663-1744

Maryland and Calverts 1664-1744
Virginia and Bacon's Rebellion 1664-80
Virginia Expansion 1680-1744
Carolina Proprietary Colonies 1663-88
North Carolina 1689-1744
South Carolina 1689-1719
South Carolina and Slavery 1720-44
Georgia and Oglethorpe 1732-44

Franklin's Practical Ethics

Franklin's Autobiography
Silence Dogood and Franklin's Religion
Franklin's Journalism 1729-47
Poor Richard's Almanac 1733-58

Summary and Evaluation of America to 1744

Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas
Spanish Colonies 1492-1744
Brazil 1500-1744
French, Dutch, and English Colonies to 1664
New France and New England 1664-1744
New York to Georgia 1664-1744
Evaluating American Civilization to 1744

Bibliography

General
Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas
Colonial Latin America to 1744
Northern Colonies to 1744

Volume 20: SOUTH ASIA 1800-1950

British India 1800-1848

British Conquest of the Marathas 1800-18
Sikhs and North India 1800-18
British Expansion 1818-28
Bentinck's Reforms 1828-35
Rammohun Roy and Social Reform
British Invasion of Afghanistan and Sind
Sikhs and the Punjab 1839-48

British India's Wars 1848-1881

Dalhousie's Annexations 1848-56
Mutiny and Revolt 1857-58
Reconstruction of British India 1858-76
Famine and a Second Afghan War 1876-81
Bankim Chandra Chatterji's Novels

India's Renaissance 1881-1905

Reforms in India 1881-99
Curzon's Viceroyalty 1899-1905
Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
Theosophy and Blavatsky 1875-88
Besant and Theosophy 1889-1905
Indian National Congress 1885-1905

India's Freedom Struggle 1905-1918

India's Boycott 1905-07
British Repression 1907-10
India in an Imperial War 1911-18
Besant, Krishnamurti, and Bhagavan Das
Aurobindo's Spiritual Evolution
Tagore's Spiritual Expressions

Gandhi and India 1919-1933

Gandhi's Soul Force and Nonviolence
Gandhi's Nonviolent Campaigns 1919-22
India's Struggle 1922-29
Premchand's Realistic Fiction
Iqbal's Islamic Poetry
India's Civil Disobedience 1930-33

Liberating India and Pakistan 1934-1950

Indian Politics 1934-39
India during World War II
India Divided 1945-47
Indian Independence 1947-48
India and Pakistan 1948-50

Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon 1800-1950

Tibet 1800-1905
Tibet 1905-33
Tibet 1934-50
Nepal 1800-77
Nepal 1877-1950
Ceylon 1800-75
Ceylon 1875-1931
Ceylon 1931-50

Burma, Malaya and the British 1800-1950

Burma 1800-85
Burma under the British 1886-1929
Burma under the British 1930-41
Burma Invaded 1942-45
Burma Liberated 1945-50
Malaya and the British 1800-96
Malaya and the British 1896-1941
Malaya Invaded and in Conflict 1941-50

Siam, Cambodia, and Laos 1800-1950

Siam's Monarchy 1800-1910
Siam's Monarchy 1910-32
Siam Becomes Thailand 1932-39
Thailand 1940-50
Cambodia 1800-1904
Cambodia 1904-50
Laos 1800-1940
Laos 1940-50

Vietnam and the French 1800-1950

Vietnam's Monarchy 1800-57
French Conquest of Vietnam 1858-85
Vietnamese Resistance and Doumer 1885-1902
Vietnamese Nationalists 1902-08
Vietnam under the French 1909-28
Vietnamese Revolutionaries 1928-39
Vietnam during World War II
Vietnam's August 1945 Revolution
French-Vietnam War 1946-50

Indonesia and the Dutch 1800-1950

Netherlands East Indies 1800-40
Netherlands East Indies 1840-1900
Indonesia under the Dutch 1900-08
Indonesian Nationalism 1908-27
Indonesia under Dutch Repression 1927-41
Japanese Occupation of Indonesia 1942-45
Indonesia Liberated 1945
Indonesian Revolution 1946-50

Australia to 1950

Australia as a British Penal Colony 1788-1823
Australia in Transition 1823-50
Maconochie's Penal Reforms
Australia Gold and Democracy 1851-75
Australia Reforms 1875-87
Australian Unions and Federation 1887-1900
White Australia United 1901-14
Australia in the Great War 1914-19
Australia Between Wars 1920-39
Australia and World War II 1939-50

New Zealand to 1950

Maoris and New Zealand to 1841
New Zealand and Maoris 1841-70
New Zealand Democracy 1870-1914
New Zealand's Reforms 1914-41
New Zealand and World War II 1939-50

Summary and Evaluation

British India 1800-1905
India's Freedom Struggle 1905-41
Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon
Burma, Malaya, and Siam

Indochina
Indonesia
Australia and New Zealand
Evaluating South Asia 1800-1950

Bibliography

Volume 21: EAST ASIA 1800-1949

Qing Decline 1799-1875

Jiajing Era 1799-1820
Li Ruzhen's Flowers in the Mirror
Daoguang Era 1821-50
Opium Wars
Taiping Revolution and Other Rebellions
Qing Reconstruction 1861-75

Qing Dynasty Fall 1875-1912

China under Cixi 1875-98
Kang's Reforms of 1898
Boxer Uprising of 1900
Late Qing Reforms 1901-10
Sun Yatsen and Revolutionaries
Chinese Revolution 1911-12

Republican China in Turmoil 1912-1926

Yuan Shikai's Presidency 1912-16
China under Warlords 1916-19
May Fourth Movement of 1919
China's Struggle for Power 1920-24
Sun Yatsen and Guomindang 1920-24
May 30th Movement of 1925-26
Lu Xun's Stories

Nationalist-Communist Civil War 1927-1937

Jiang Jieshi's Nationalist Revolution 1927-28
Chinese Communism 1927-31
Nationalist China 1929-34
Chinese Communism 1932-37
Nationalist China 1934-37
Lu Xun's Essays
Mao Dun, Lao She, and Ba Jin
Ding Ling and Shen Congwen
Pearl Buck

China at War 1937-1949

Japanese Invasion of China 1937-38
Fighting the Japanese Occupation 1939-41
China's War with Allies 1942-45
Jiang, CCP, US, and USSR 1945-46
Nationalist-Communist Civil War 1946-49
Mao Zedong's Political Philosophy

Korea 1800-1949

Korea in Isolation 1800-64
Korea in Transition 1864-93
Korea Reforms 1894-1904
Japan's Annexation of Korea 1904-18
March First Movement 1919-20
Colonial Korea under Japan 1921-45
Korea Liberated and Divided 1945-49

Japan's Modernization 1800-1894

Japan Isolated 1800-37
Japan's Transition 1837-67
Meiji Restoration 1868-73
Meiji Conflicts 1873-77
People's Rights Movement 1877-84
Japan's Constitutional Development 1884-94
Fukuzawa Yukichi's Ethics

Imperial Japan 1894-1937

Japan's Growing Military 1894-1903
Japan's Victory over Russia 1904-05
Japan Between Wars 1906-14
Japan in the World War 1914-19
Japanese Progress 1920-30
Japan Takes Manchuria 1931-33
Japan's Militarism 1933-37

Japan's War and Defeat 1937-1949

Japan Invades China 1937-38
Japan's Occupation of China 1939-40
Japanese and American Diplomacy in 1941
Japan's Aggressive War 1941-42
Japan's Losing War 1943-45
Japan's Defeat and Surrender
American Occupation of Japan in 1945
American Occupation of Japan 1946-49
Trials of Japanese War Crimes
Censorship and Kurosawa's Early Films

Philippines to 1949

Philippines under Spain to 1800
Philippines under Spain 1800-80
Rizal and Filipino Reformers 1880-96
Filipino Revolution 1896-98
US Intervention and Filipino Independence 1898
Filipino-American War 1899-1902
Philippines under US Republicans 1902-10
Philippines under Americans 1910-33
Philippines and Quezon 1933-41
Philippines, Japan, and MacArthur 1941-45
Philippines American Independence 1945-49

Pacific Islands to 1949

Micronesia
Melanesia
Fiji and Tonga
Samoa to 1899
Samoa Divided 1899-1949
Tahiti
Hawaiian Islands to 1836
Hawaiian Islands 1836-76
Hawaii and the United States 1876-1900
Hawaii under the United States 1900-49

Summary and Evaluation

Qing Decline 1800-1912
China's Long Revolution 1912-49
Korea 1800-1949
Japan's Modernization 1800-1930
Japan's Imperial Wars 1931-1949
Philippines
Pacific Islands
Evaluating East Asia 1800-1949

Bibliography

projected volume: AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1744-1808

Colonial Latin America 1744-1808

Brazil 1744-1808
Rio de la Plata 1744-1808
Peru and Chile 1744-1808
New Granada 1744-1808
Central America 1744-1808
Mexico 1744-1808
California Missions 1768-1808
Caribbean Islands 1744-1808
Haiti's Slave Revolution

English and French Conflict 1744-1754

New France 1744-54
New England, New York, and New Jersey 1744-54
Pennsylvania and Franklin 1744-54
Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland 1744-54
Carolinas and Georgia 1744-54

English, French, and Indian Wars 1754-1763

English-French War 1754-57
English Defeat of New France 1758-60
New York and New Jersey 1754-63
Pennsylvania and Franklin 1754-63
Maryland and Virginia 1754-63
Carolinas and the Cherokees 1754-63
Georgia and the Creeks 1754-63
New England and British Canada 1760-63
Pontiac's Uprising of 1763

Bolivar and South American Liberation

Bolivar in Venezuela 1808-13
Bolivar in Venezuela 1814-19
Bolivar and Colombia 1819-22
Bolivar in Peru and Bolivia 1823-26
Bolivar and Northern Conflicts 1824-30

Chronological Index
America Chronology to 1744

ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION PLAN:

Volume 1: MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA to 1875
Volume 2: INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA to 1800
Volume 3: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN to 1800
Volume 4: GREECE & ROME to 30 BC
Volume 5: ROMAN EMPIRE 30 BC to 610
Volume 6: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 610-1250
Volume 7. MEDIEVAL EUROPE 1250-1453: Rise of Humanism (in progress)
Volume 8. RENAISSANCE EUROPE 1453-1588
Volume 9. EUROPEAN CONFLICT 1588-1688
Volume 10. EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT 1688-1763
Volume 11: AMERICA to 1744
Volume 12. AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1744-1808
Volume 13. EUROPE & REVOLUTION 1763-1815
Volume 14. AMERICAN CONFLICT 1808-1865
Volume 15. EUROPEAN PROGRESS 1815-1865
Volume 16. MIDEAST & AFRICA 1500-1950 (in progress)
Volume 17. EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM 1865-1914
Volume 18. AMERICAN PROGRESS 1865-1914
Volume 19. EUROPEAN WARS 1914-1950
Volume 20: SOUTH ASIA 1800-1950
Volume 21: EAST ASIA 1800-1949
Volume 22. AMERICA & WORLD WARS 1914-1950
Volume 23. AMERIC'S COLD WAR 1950-1989
Volume 24. EUROPE'S COLD WAR 1950-1989
Volume 25. EUROPE'S UNIFICATION 1990-2020
Volume 26. SOUTH ASIA 1950-2020
Volume 27. EAST ASIA 1950-2020
Volume 28. AFRICA & MIDEAST 1950-2020
Volume 29. AMERICAN CAPITALISM 1990-2020
Volume 30. GLOBAL CULTURE 2020-2025

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