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A Brief History of Western Civilization Western Civilization: A Brief History, Jackson J. Spielvogel, Beijing University Press, Beijing 2009 Textbook A Brief History of Western Civilization: the Unfinished Legacy, Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, and Patricia O’Brien, China Renmin University Press, Beijing 2008 evergreenxisu@126.com xisu8765 Chapter One The First Civilization I. The Idea of Western Civilization 1. The West The West is an idea. The Ural Mountains – the theoretical boundary between East and West Originally, Europe -- central Greece the whole Greek mainland and the landmass to the north. Roman explorers carried Europe north and west to its modern boundaries. The West rerfers to the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America. 2. Civiliz