A rich, relevant collection of primary sources at an exceptional value, Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations features a diverse range of primary sources, including classic and contemporary documents of varying length as well as visual sources. In this Seventh Edition, the documents have been refreshed based on instructor feedback, reflecting the texts and images most widely assigned in the course, and new documents touch on the theme of migration, highlighting the dynamism and movement of European people, cultures, and ideas. Together, this makes Perspectives from the Past the most student-friendly and relevant reader-all at an incredible value. Highlights, Over 250 primary-source documents across two volumes, roughly 20% new to this edition, Longer selections-many more than twice the length of those in other readers, Historical illustrations and photographs throughout, A balanced collection of widely assigned and fresh selections, informed by instructor feedback, Readable and accessible modern translations, with careful editorial apparatus, A new focus on the theme of migration, highlighting the dynamism and movement of European people, cultures, and ideas, Examples of New Sources in Volume 1 (Chapters 1-16) Include, Herodotus's commentary on the manners and customs of the Scythians, describing tribes of nomadic warriors from what is today Siberia (Chapter 2), An excerpt from Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander, which illustrates the breadth f the Macedonian ruler's military campaigns (Chapter 4), Ibn Fadlan's account of the Rus', in which an Arab chronicler comes into contact with a group of Scandinavian traders (Chapter 7), An excerpt from Martin Luther's astonishingly hateful treatise On the Jews and Their Lies (Chapter 13) Book jacket.