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The Treasure Left Behind

The Treasure Left Behind

Author(s): Melvyn Weissman

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2014

Pages: 132

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The Treasure Left Behind follows examines those moments in Hellenic and Roman history, which while seminal for the West, were unable to compete with Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Mysticism and that became icons for Russia into the twentieth century.

INTRODUCTION
WHAT OF OUR BEGINNINGS: A STIRRING
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT; HELLAS: THE ROOTS OF WESTERN CULTURE THAT RUSSIA MIGHT HAVE SHARED, IF IT SO CHOSE
PERSIA
THE WORLD OF THE HELLENES: INSPIRATION THAT PROMPTED THE GOLDEN AGE
THE GOLDEN AGE
HELLAS: A NEW POWER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: ATHENS AND SPARTA, BRILLIANCE AND SUICIDE
ATHENS: IMPERIALISM
EXPLOITATION AND DEMOCRACY: THE EVOLUTION OF ATHENS
ARE THESES EXPERIENCES OF HELLENES OF VALUE TO RUSSIA AS IT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
SPARTA: THE STAND AGAINST ATHENS: FROM ALLIES TO ENEMIES
PHILOSOPHY: THE HELLENIC PURSUIT THAT RUSSIA WOULD REJECT
MACEDONIA: PHILIP AND ALEXANDER
THE GREATS: ALEXANDER AND PETER
AN AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OTHER EXAMPLES THAT EXEMPLIFY THE WEST
THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: ROME EMERGES
ETRUSCANS
ROME
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
THE MIDDLE REPUBLIC: 264 BCE–133 BCE: RECORDS ARE EXTANT
A WORLD OF PARALLELS
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 218 BCE–202 BCE: THE FUTURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WILL BE DECIDED
THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR
ROME: THE TURBULENCE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN DRAWS ROME’S ATTENTION
COMPARISON: ROME AND RUSSIA: NATIONS IN TRANSITION
SEEDS OF CIVIL UNREST: SLAVERY AND SERFDOM, ROME AND RUSSIA
THE AFTERMATH
JULIUS CAESAR, OCTAVIAN, AND PETER THE GREAT
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
MONOGRAPHS

Melvyn Weissman
Dr. Mel Weissman attended the University of Illinois, the University of Massachusetts, and received his Doctorate at Carnegie-Mellon University. He was awarded a Rotary International Grant for the purpose of teaching at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, where he was Professor in Residence, Department of International Affairs. He has also received two Fulbright Scholar Grants and taught and lectured, on both occasions, at Mari-State University,Mari-el Republic, Russian Federation. He spent the majority of his professional career teaching at the County College of Morris in Morris County, New Jersey. Dr. Weissman currently teaches courses at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Colorado State University, Pueblo. He and his wife Peggy live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Treasure Left Behind follows examines those moments in Hellenic and Roman history, which while seminal for the West, were unable to compete with Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Mysticism and that became icons for Russia into the twentieth century.

INTRODUCTION
WHAT OF OUR BEGINNINGS: A STIRRING
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT; HELLAS: THE ROOTS OF WESTERN CULTURE THAT RUSSIA MIGHT HAVE SHARED, IF IT SO CHOSE
PERSIA
THE WORLD OF THE HELLENES: INSPIRATION THAT PROMPTED THE GOLDEN AGE
THE GOLDEN AGE
HELLAS: A NEW POWER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: ATHENS AND SPARTA, BRILLIANCE AND SUICIDE
ATHENS: IMPERIALISM
EXPLOITATION AND DEMOCRACY: THE EVOLUTION OF ATHENS
ARE THESES EXPERIENCES OF HELLENES OF VALUE TO RUSSIA AS IT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
SPARTA: THE STAND AGAINST ATHENS: FROM ALLIES TO ENEMIES
PHILOSOPHY: THE HELLENIC PURSUIT THAT RUSSIA WOULD REJECT
MACEDONIA: PHILIP AND ALEXANDER
THE GREATS: ALEXANDER AND PETER
AN AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OTHER EXAMPLES THAT EXEMPLIFY THE WEST
THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: ROME EMERGES
ETRUSCANS
ROME
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
THE MIDDLE REPUBLIC: 264 BCE–133 BCE: RECORDS ARE EXTANT
A WORLD OF PARALLELS
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 218 BCE–202 BCE: THE FUTURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WILL BE DECIDED
THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR
ROME: THE TURBULENCE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN DRAWS ROME’S ATTENTION
COMPARISON: ROME AND RUSSIA: NATIONS IN TRANSITION
SEEDS OF CIVIL UNREST: SLAVERY AND SERFDOM, ROME AND RUSSIA
THE AFTERMATH
JULIUS CAESAR, OCTAVIAN, AND PETER THE GREAT
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
MONOGRAPHS

Melvyn Weissman
Melvyn Weissman
Dr. Mel Weissman attended the University of Illinois, the University of Massachusetts, and received his Doctorate at Carnegie-Mellon University. He was awarded a Rotary International Grant for the purpose of teaching at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, where he was Professor in Residence, Department of International Affairs. He has also received two Fulbright Scholar Grants and taught and lectured, on both occasions, at Mari-State University,Mari-el Republic, Russian Federation. He spent the majority of his professional career teaching at the County College of Morris in Morris County, New Jersey. Dr. Weissman currently teaches courses at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Colorado State University, Pueblo. He and his wife Peggy live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.