Introduction: Axial Age, the Golden Age of Human Wisdom Unit One A Long and Hot Debate about the Birth of the World Unit Two Two Views Concerning Cultural Studies Section One: Cultural Relativism Section Two: Cultural Imperialism Unit Three Cultural Traditions and Roots Section One: Theology Section Two: Philosophy Section Three: Science Unit Four Time and History in the Context of Culture Section One: Ancient History of the World Section Two: The Middle Ages Section Three: Modern History Section Four: Contemporary Time Unit Five Compositions and Elements of Culture Section One: Faith, a Spiritual Pillar of a Person Section Two: Language, An Important Element of Culture Section Three: Mythology, an Area of Human Imagination Section Four: Institution Section Five: Norms, Code of Conduct for Human Society Unit Six Powerful and Pervasive Ideas Section One: Colonialism, a Propelling Force of the West Section Two: Capitalism, a Magic Power of the West Section Three: Communism, the Highest Ideal of Mankind Section Four: Constitutionalism, the Idea of Rule of Law Section Five: Nationalism, a Theoretic Foundation of Nation-State Unit Seven Great Ideas Spread Through Great Books Section One: Analects, a Collection of Wisdom of China Section Two: The Bible, the Holy Scripture in the World Section Three: Quran, the Holy Scripture of Islam Section Four: Buddhist Texts Unit Eight An Eventful Human History Section One: The Roman Empire Section Two: Heliocentricism Section Three: The Crusades Section Four: Mongol Conquests Section Five: Columbus and His Significant Voyages Section Six: The Ottoman Empire Section Seven: The Founding of the United States of America Section Eight: The Opium Wars Section Nine: The United Nations, an Instrument for Peace Unit Nine Milestone Figures For Human History Section One: Abraham, Father of Three Major Religions Section Two: Jesus Christ, God for Christians Section Three: Muhammad, Prophet of Muslims Section Four: Shakyamuni, the Buddha of Buddhist Adherents Section Five: Confucius, a Holy Figure of Traditional China Section Six: Socrates, Founding Father of Western Philosophy Section Seven: Sir Isaac Newton, a Towering Scientist Section Eight: Karl Marx, a Profound Thinker Who Changed the World Section Nine: Albert Einstein, a Modem Isaac Newton Unit Ten A Study of Civilizational History of the World Section One: The Ancient Egyptian Civilization Section Two: The Andes Civilization Section Three: Ancient Chinese Civilization Section Four: Minoan Civilization Section Five: Sumer Civilization Section Six: Maya Civilization Section Seven: History of Ancient India Section Eight: Hittites, Ancient Anatolian People Section Nine: Ancient Greek Civilization Section Ten: The Western or Occidental Civilization Section Eleven: The Eastern Orthodox Church Civilization Section Twelve: Far Eastern Civilization Ring Section Thirteen: Orthodox Christian Civilization Section Fourteen: The Ancient Persian Civilization Section Fifteen: Islamic Civilization At its Golden Age Section Sixteen: Hindu Civilization Section Seventeen: The Mexica Section Eighteen: Yucatec Maya Civilization Section Nineteen: Ancient Babylonian Civilization Unit Eleven A Possible Form of a Future Global Culture Section One: Cultural Implications of Cultural Diversity Section Two: Cultural, Social and Political Implications of UNESCO Universal Declaralion on Cultural Diversity