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An extremely valuable and helpful resource that will save hours for the busy teacher or homeschooling parent. It will also enable the 5th-8th grade student to work his way independently through the 37 chapters of The Old World and America. Clear, easy to use, well laid out. Gives page numbers for easy reference. Any potential difficulties are noted. Makes using the text a pleasure.

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 janvier 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618907264
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	10 Mo

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The Old World and America
Rev. Philip J. Furlong, Ph.D.
Nihil Obstat:   Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D. Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: ✠ Patrick Cardinal Hayes Archbishop of New York August 2, 1937
Originally published by William H. Sadlier, Inc., New York, New York. Edition I—M & L.
Copyright © 1937 by Philip J. Furlong.
Copyright © 1984 by TAN Books
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 82-51247
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina www.TANBooks.com
1984
SIGNING THE MAGNA CARTA
Archbishop Langton and the English Barons force King John to sign this document which is the basis of English and American rights and liberties.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
This text, although based upon the author's "Old World and American History," is really a new book. The changes in content and in organization from the earlier book were dictated by classroom experience.
To the many teachers who contributed ideas for this text, the author is profoundly grateful. In a most real sense this book is theirs. The author is indebted to his colleague, Dr. Joseph Moody, for reading the manuscript and to Mr. Frank X. Sadlier and F. Sadlier Dinger for their help in preparing the book for publication. Mr. Brendan Byrne provided the teaching material. Wherever the book may have failed the blame must rest entirely with the author.
P.J.F.
CONTENTS
Unit I
THE BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
Part 1. The Foundations of History
Part 2. Our Debt to the Ancient East
Unit II
OUR DEBT TO THE GREEKS
Part 1. The Greeks and Democracy
Part 2. The Greeks and Courage
Part 3. The Greeks and Life
Unit III
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROME TO CIVILIZATION
Part 1. The Roman People
Part 2. The Roman Empire
Part 3. Roman Accomplishments
Unit IV
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH
Part 1. The Saviour of the World
Part 2. The Catholic Church
Part 3. Shepherds of the Flock
Unit V
THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH
Part 1. The Age of Invasions
Part 2. The Successors of the Apostles
Part 3. The Great Kings
Unit VI
THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Part 1. Lords and Serfs
Part 2. Castles and Knights
Part 3. Townspeople and Craftsmen
Unit VII
THE IDEALS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Part 1. Order
Part 2. Learning
Part 3. Beauty
Unit VIII
THE AGE OF NEW INTERESTS
Part 1. Crusades and Crusaders
Part 2. Silks and Spices
Part 3. Missionaries and Travelers
Unit IX
THE AGE OF CHANGE
Part 1. New Loyalties
Part 2. New Interest in Old Ideas
Part 3. New Inventions
Unit X
THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
Part 1. The Forerunners of Columbus
Part 2. The Discovery of the New World
Part 3. The Followers of Columbus
Unit XI
SPAIN'S WORLD EMPIRE
Part 1. Spain's Fearless Explorers
Part 2. Spain's Heroic Missionaries
Part 3. Spain's Gifts to the New World
Unit XII
RIVALRIES IN EUROPE
Part 1. The Division of Christendom
Part 2. Spain's French and Dutch Rivals
Part 3. The Elizabethan Sea Dogs
Unit XIII
THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA
Part 1. England In the New World
Part 2. England's Rivals In the New World
Summary
AIM
        To understand that everything in the present comes from the past.
        To realize that the earliest peoples knew how to do things that are useful to us in our daily lives.
T O BLESS yourself you make the Sign of the Cross. The Sign of the Cross is a reminder of the most important facts in history, that Jesus Christ was born for us, lived and died for us, and rose from the dead the third day after His death. These all important events occurred nineteen centuries ago in the Old World. From this you can understand why it is quite necessary to study about the Old World and American History.
Unit I
Part 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF HISTORY
        Everything in your life is connected with the past. The prayers that you say, the knowledge that you learn in school, the style of your clothes, and the sort of food that you eat, all are related in some way with the past.
THE UNITED STATES FROM MANY NATIONS. The motto of the United States is "E Pluribus Unum." These three Latin words mean "one from many." There is a good reason for having this motto, for our great country is one nation made up of many states. But this motto might also tell us that our country is "one from many" nations. There are many things that prove this. Notice the names of the shopkeepers on the windows along the streets in your town. Look through the telephone book and see the different kinds of names there. These names may be seen: Italian, German, Irish, English, Polish and French. They are now the names of Americans.
Why are there such differences among American names? This is because America has drawn her population from the various European countries. Each of these countries in the Old World has had a share in the making of our wonderful nation.
THE DISTANT PAST. The influence of the Old World on America goes back many years. When people began to come to America, they brought with them much that was known in their own country. Thus the English settlers brought to America among other things certain important ideas about government and the law. The Spaniards introduced their religion. They also introduced their art and architecture and their way of farming. The European nations were many centuries learning the things that their early explorers and colonists brought to our shores.

One From Many
People from over all the world have given themselves to America. They brought with them from their native lands gifts of useful knowledge.
B.C. AND A.D. You will often see on the cornerstone of an important building something like this, "A.D. 1900." That means that the building was put up in the year 1900. The letters A.D. stand for the Latin words "Anno Domini" which mean "In the year of Our Lord." Whenever you see "A.D." linked with a date, it means that the event happened so many years after Our Lord's birth. The meaning of "B.C." you can guess. These letters in connection with a date tell us that the event took place "before Christ."

A.D. and B.C.
Count the years backward for "B.C." Count the years forward for "A.D."
THE FOUNDATIONS OF HISTORY. Those who study history carefully will learn that the many wonderful things we enjoy come from the past in some way. For example, the radio, by which we are able to hear a concert given hundreds of miles away, is an invention of recent times. But the invention of the radio was possible only because of the knowledge the scientists of the past had given us concerning electricity and the air.
THE PAST THE TEACHER OF THE PRESENT. The present learns from the past somewhat in the manner in which a family might become wealthy after many, many years. Think of a man years ago working hard and saving a small fortune. He hands this on to his son who in turn labors very hard, saving money. This man in turn gives to his son the fortune he received from his father plus what he had earned himself. Suppose this went on for two hundred years. At the end of that time the fortune would be large. But it is large only because each generation added to what it had received, and passed along the increased fortune. So it is with civilization.
Each century receives the benefit of much that the earlier centuries have done, it adds something of its own, and gives the enlarged treasure to the next century. However, there are times when nations lose or waste the gifts of preceding ages just as a person might waste the fortune handed down to him. You have heard of such a case in the story of the Prodigal Son. Although some nations have been wasteful of their inheritance, people in general have made use of the intelligence God has given them. Consequently, we of today owe a great debt to those who have gone before us.
PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY. We hope to learn something about the contributors to our country's greatness. We shall find that our study will lead us over all Europe and through many centuries. Is it not remarkable that the motto of the United States should be in Latin? Latin is no longer the language of any country. It was, however, the language of a great and powerful nation two thousand years ago. After all these years we go back to that country for words to tell the world about ourselves. Our country is great not only because she has received much from the past but particularly because she has used well what the past has given her. In this book we shall learn something about what the Old World has done for America.

THE BEGINNINGS OF HISTORY
THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION. God created the world. God created man and made man master of the earth. He told man to "rule it." And so man began to use his beautiful world that God had given him. In time there were many people living on the earth. Some were skilled in making iron and brass implements. We learn this from the Bible. ( Gen . 4:21-22).

Before the Dawn of Civilization
Thousands of years ago great beasts roamed the earth. Nothing is left of them now but their bones. From these skeletons scientists are able to show us what they may have looked like.
Unfortunately man neglected God. The Bible tells us that "it repented God that He had made man." God then sent a great flood which destroyed all living things except those which Noah, by command of God, took into a great boat or ark.

PRIMITIVE MAN
PRE-HISTORIC PEOPLE. There are no written records about some of the earliest people, But we know some things concerning them from what they left behind them. Thus we know that some people who lived long ago (sometimes they are called primitive people) dwelt in caves. As time went on men made other dwellings. Sometimes these were huts of wood or clay, sometimes they were made of stone. Men knew how to make fire and to