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Introduction: Europe, the seat of western civilization -- 1. The mediterranean cradle of western civilization -- 2. Contraction of the roman empire and expansion of the christian church, from Marcus Aurelius to Gregory the great -- 3. The early middle age in the west and the northward process of europeanization, from Charlemagne to hildebrand -- 4. The middle age of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ant the flowering of Europe, from Urban II to Dante ; 5. Late middle age: the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, from Edward III of England to Leonardo da vinci -- 6. Early modern times and religious upheaval in the west, from Charles V and Luther to Gustavus Adolphus and Philip IV -- 7. Power politics, colonial rivalry, and the "enlghtenment", from Richelieu to Voltaire ; 8. Revolutionary transition, from Cromwell to Napoleon -- 9. Romantic and liberal Europe, 1848-1871, from Mazzini to Napoleon III -- 10. Progressive and imperialist Europe, 1871-1914, from Bismark to Lloyd George -- 11. World war I and its aftermath, from William II to Hitler -- 12: World war II, 1939-1945 and since, from Stalin to Kennedy.
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