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Children should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the ancient stories that have shaped humanity come alive like never before. Author Phillip Campbell uses his historical expertise and story-telling ability together in tandem to present the content in a fresh and thrilling way. The Story of Civilization reflects a new emphasis in presenting the history of the world as a thrilling and compelling narrative. Within each chapter, children will encounter short stories that place them directly in the shoes of historical figures, both famous and ordinary, as they live through legendary battles and invasions, philosophical debates, the construction of architectural wonders, the discovery of new inventions and sciences, and the exploration of the world. Volume I, The Ancient World, begins the journey, covering the time periods from the dawn of history and the early nomads, to the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Children will learn what life was like in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, Rome, and more, as well as learn the Old Testament stories of the Israelites and the coming of Christ. The strength of the content lies not only in the storybook delivery of it, but also in the way it presents history through the faithful prism of the Church. Have you always wanted your children to learn about world history from a Catholic perspective? Here, you'll have the trusted resource you've always wanted. Did You Know...-That young people in the Minoan culture participated in bull leaping games? -That King Xerxes of Persia once ordered his soldiers to whip the waves when the ocean became rocky beneath their boats?* That the Greek inventor, Archimedes, built a giant heat ray to protect his hometown, catching enemy ships on fire through the use of sunbeams? -That the powerful Carthaginian general, Hannibal, used elephants to march his army over the Alps on his way to attack Rome? -That Julius Caesar of Rome fell in love with the famous Cleopatra of Egypt? Embark on the journey now to learn of all these wonders and more!

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	26 septembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781505105681
Langue	English
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
VOLUME I: THE ANCIENT WORLD
T HE S TORY OF C IVILIZATION
Volume I: The Ancient World
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION

VOLUME I: THE ANCIENT WORLD
FROM THE DAWN OF HISTORY TO THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE
Phillip Campbell
The Story of the Civilization: Volume I, The Ancient World © 2016 Phillip Campbell.
All rights reserved. With the exception of short excerpts used in articles and critical reviews, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, printed or electronic, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible—Second Catholic Edition (Ignatius Edition). Copyright © 2006, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover and illustrations by Chris Pelicano
ISBN: 978-1-50510-566-7
e-ISBN: 978-1-50510-568-1
Cataloging-in-Publication data on file with the Library of Congress. Printed and bound in the United States of America. -->
TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
www.TANBooks.com
2016
CONTENTS
Foreword: A Note to Parents
Introduction: Your Time Has Come
Chapter 1: The Dawn of Civilization
Chapter 2: The Gift of the Nile
Chapter 3: Egypt in the Pyramid Age
Chapter 4: The Land Between Two Rivers
Chapter 5: Egyptian Empires
Chapter 6: Peoples of the Levant
Chapter 7: The God of Israel
Chapter 8: The Kingdom of David
Chapter 9: The Bearded Kings of the North
Chapter 10: The Splendor of Babylon
Chapter 11: The Rise of Persia
Chapter 12: Peoples of the Isles
Chapter 13: The Founding of Greece
Chapter 14: Greek Mythology
Chapter 15: The Cradle of Democracy
Chapter 16: The Persian Wars
Chapter 17: Lovers of Wisdom
Chapter 18: Greek Against Greek
Chapter 19: Alexander the Great
Chapter 20: The Hellenistic Age
Chapter 21: Greek Science
Chapter 22: The Etruscans
Chapter 23: The City of Seven Hills
Chapter 24: The Punic Wars
Chapter 25: Greece and Rome Collide
Chapter 26: Marius and Sulla
Chapter 27: The Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar
Chapter 28: The Coming of Christ
Chapter 29: Fishers of Men
Chapter 30: Life Under the Julio-Claudians
Chapter 31: Five “Good” Emperors
Chapter 32: Collapse
Chapter 33: The Growth of the Catholic Church
Chapter 34: The Empire Divided
Chapter 35: In This Sign, Conquer
Index
About the Author
FOREWORD
A Note to Parents
There can be no doubt that the central claims of the Christian faith are deeply intertwined with historical events: A Christian ignorant of history is a Christian without any sense of his own identity. Nevertheless, ignorance of our past has never been more widespread among educated Westerners than it is today; despite the technological marvels of modernity, the post-Christian West has lost its memory and thus stands in danger of losing its very soul.
As with all educational problems, this crisis has its foundations in childhood education, which has moved resolutely over the past three decades away from teaching “history” in the traditional sense, substituting the social sciences and mere cultural exposure in history’s place. In many school curricula for children, the only appearance “history” makes is as a form of trivia—arbitrary facts about far-away times and places that are unlikely to make a radical impact on the young student’s understanding of the world and his place in it. Catholic children are left without a robust sense of identity as Catholics; instead, the media and prevailing culture fill the vacuum, providing students with, at best, a poor understanding of their Church’s history and of the civilizations and societies shaped by Catholic culture.
Thus there is a tremendous responsibility imposed on the Catholic parents and educators of today. I would even argue that they are tasked with providing historical training as surely as they are tasked with providing moral and religious formation. Without the former, the latter will always rest on an imperfect foundation, for a young person without a proper historical education is liable to be swept away when confronted with false or tendentious narratives or with slanders against the history of his Church.
False historical narratives are not hard to find; in fact, many of them are embedded in the fabric of our culture, saturating our minds with prejudices and preconceptions that are hostile to our Church and its traditions, and hostile to historical fact. The prevalence of anti-Catholic historical narratives is especially marked in the English-speaking world, where the legacy of Reformation-era propaganda and “Confessional” history is enduringly anti-Catholic. The crude slanders of John Foxe in his sixteenth-century Book of Martyrs gave way, over the centuries, to the more sophisticated (and more decidedly anti-Christian) rationalism of Edward Gibbon in the eighteenth century and to the socially respectable, casual anti-Catholicism of Henry Charles Lea in the nineteenth. English-language historiography is thus leavened with anti-Catholicism in a way that has unavoidably influenced English-speaking Catholics. One can detect the echoes of this tradition even today, as many otherwise fine school textbooks retain an anti-Catholic tone, even to the point of including myths that have been long since debunked by professional historical scholarship.
Outside the English-speaking world, moreover, the aggressive secularism of our time has taken a similar toll, even in countries that were devoutly Catholic in their former days. Famously, the 2004 proposed constitution for the European Union neglected to mention Christianity at all, even among the historically shared values of Europeans. Thus we live in a time of great need; parents and educators have to be able to turn somewhere for materials to educate their children on the history of the Western world.
Into this gaping breach steps TAN Books, which for decades has been fighting a lonely and increasingly desperate battle against the misinformation about the Church that dominates the press and the airwaves. Over the years, TAN has sought to publish both new works and reprinted classics on Catholic devotional life, dogma, liturgy, theology, and history. Now TAN has accepted a new challenge, responding to the needs of the time: providing the materials that homeschooling parents desperately need. I can personally attest to the timeliness of TAN’s new mission; as a homeschooling father, I know how hard it can be to find materials that are trustworthy, intellectually stimulating, and engaging for children. Phillip Campbell’s new Story of Civilization series is all of the above and more. Both he and TAN deserve enormous praise for bringing this project to fruition; more so than any other academic field, history has had an unfulfilled need for materials just like this for many, many years.
Here in Volume I, Phillip Campbell brings the history of the ancient world to life with vivid, colorful narratives and lucid explanations. This is no small task: He covers the foundations of civilization in the ancient Fertile Crescent, the flourishing of the primordial empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia, the unique and fascinating history of the Israelites, and the glorious achievements of the Greeks and Romans. The Hittites and Canaanites are here, as are Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians. He not only presents an insightful, fascinating take on the ancient world, from the dawn of history to the conversion of Constantine, but manages to infuse his narrative with passionate excitement, a flair for the dramatic, and a level of attention to the human element that will please any educator and charm any young student. What you hold in your hands is a treasure, a gift of tremendous value to today’s world.
Brendan J. McGuire, PhD
Associate Professor of History, Christendom College
INTRODUCTION
Your Time Has Come
Have you ever heard the expression “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it”? The quote is attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish politician and author who lived in the eighteenth century. What did Mr. Burke mean when he said this?
To answer that question, imagine this scenario: You are four years old, sitting in the den and playing with your toys, when your older brother walks into the room. You look up and notice that he has a scar on his right hand, a burn mark you had never noticed. You have two options: You can either ask where the burn came from or ignore the new observation you have made and continue playing with your toys.
Let’s say you choose the second option and stick to your toys. Your brother walks past you and you never discover where the burn mark came from. Then let’s suppose a week later you are in the kitchen and your mother has just removed a delicious batch of her famous chocolate chip cookies. You cannot stand to wait for them to cool, so you run up and grab one, placing your hand directly on the hot pan.
Do you see where this is going? Probably so!
Minutes later, as your mother sits consoling you and icing down your burned hand, your older brother walks in and says, “I did that very same thing when I was your age; look, I have the burn to prove it!”
If we make the decision to ignore what happened in the past—just like we ignored our brother’s scar in the previous example—we are likely to make the same mistakes as those who came before us. It won’t be long before we are grabbing at the delicious cookies atop the hot pan and burning ourselves. But if we had chosen to ask him where his burn mark came from—if we had learned the history of his scar—we would have learned from his experience and waited for the pan to cool.
Now take this simple, everyday story of your brother burning his hand and turn it into the story