本书是国内第一部全英文西方文明史教材，系统讲述从古希腊罗马时期、中世纪到现代的西方文明发展进程，体现中国视角和批判性思维。感谢国际关系学院、昆明城市学院，以及中央党校(国家行政学院)副校长(副院长)李文堂、北大历史学系朱孝远、北师大历史学院杨共乐三位教授推荐，本书配套慕课已在“学习强国”“学堂在线”“智慧树”“中国高校外语慕课平台”和“国家高等教育智慧平台“上线，入选首批国家智慧教育公共服务平台国际版课程，被评为北京高校优质本科教材课件、北京高校优质本科课程、北京市课程思政示范课、云南省一流本科课程。 “沉舟侧畔干帆过，病树前头万木春。”不论是西方还是东方，人类文明的历史不就是在黑暗中不断摸索和寻求光明吗？文化要自信，文明要互鉴。这将是一场漫长而惊心动魄之旅，让我们从古希腊出发，一起领略西方文明的美妙与灿烂，也去发现其丑恶和黑暗。

刘俊阳 ---------------------------- 昆明城市学院教授、文学院院长，曾任国际关系学院文化与传播系主任；国际关系学院教学名师、北京市教育系统“教书育人先锋”、北京市课程思政教学名师；美国玛瑞艾塔大学与丹麦奥尔堡大学访问学者、中国国际广播电台特约访谈专家；参加过丹麦哥本哈根中国一北欧智库圆桌会议、亚洲文明对话大会“亚洲文明互鉴与人类命运共同体构建”分论坛、法国巴黎“神话与人文精神”国际研讨会；在《人民日报》《中国日报》《上海日报》发表20多篇英文文章讲述中国故事。

Chapter 1 Ancient Greek Civilization 1 1 Introduction 2 Greek Bronze Age and Dark Age (2500 BC—700 BC) 3 The Greek Gods 4 Archaic Age (700 BC—480 BC) 5 Athens and the Persian Wars Chapter 2 Ancient Greek Civilization 2 1 Classical Greece in the Fifth Century BC 2 Classical Greece in the Fourth Century BC 3 Classical Greek Philosophy 4 Athenian Drama 5 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World 6 Review of Greek Civilizations Chapter 3 Ancient Roman Civilization 1 1 The Roman Kingdom (753 BC—509 BC) 2 The Early Republic (509 BC—264 BC) 3 The Middle Republic (264 BC—146 BC) 4 The Late Republic 1 (146 BC—63 BC) 5 The Late Republic 2 (63 BC—27 BC) Chapter 4 Ancient Roman Civilization 2 1 The Pax Romana 1 (27 BC—69 AD) 2 The Pax Romana 2 (69—180) 3 The Crisis of the Third Century and Constantine 4 Christianity Became the State Religion of the Roman Empire 5 The Fall of the Roman Empire, the Rise of Islam, and the Survival of the Byzantine Empire 6 Review of Roman Civilizations Chapter 5 The Middle Ages 1 The Early Middle Ages (Fifth—Tenth Centuries) 2 The Carolingian Dynasty 3 The High Middle Ages (1000—1250) 4 The Late Middle Ages 1 (1250—1500) 5 The Late Middle Ages 2 (1250—1500) 6 Review of the Middle Ages Chapter 6 West in the Sixteenth Century 1 The Italian Renaissance (Fourteenth—Sixteenth Centuries) 2 The Protestant Reformation 3 The Italian Wars and the Rise of Russia 4 The Age of Discovery 5 French War of Religion, Revolt of the Netherlands, and Russia’s Time of Troubles 6 Review of the Sixteenth Century Chapter 7 West in the Seventeenth Century 1 The Thirty Years’ War (1618—1648) 2 The English Revolution 3 The Three Absolute Monarchs 4 The Dutch Golden Age 5 Science and Culture in the Seventeenth Century 6 Review of the Seventeenth Century Chapter 8 West from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries 1 The United Kingdom 2 The United States 3 The Age of Enlightenment 4 The French Revolution 5 West in the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Centuries Further Reading 后 记