The Foundations of Western Civilization

24h 40m
English
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In this sweeping course, you get the classic grand tour of ancient Western civilization, taught by an award-winning professor of history at Notre Dame.

You can discover the essential nature, evolution, and perceptions of Western civilization from its humble beginnings in the great river valleys of Iraq and Egypt to the dawn of the modern world. This broad, sweeping series helps you cover an enormous amount of historical material as you see how Western civilization evolved. Concentrating on the period 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, Professor Thomas F. X. Noble unfolds for you the fascinating story of how the global reach of the West came to exist, what makes it distinctive and unique, and its possible future.

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1 "Western", "Civilization", and "Foundations" Demo
32:41
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2 History Begins at Sumer
30:28
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3 Egypt - The Gift of the Nile
31:10
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4 The Hebrews - Small States and Big Ideas
30:45
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5 A succession of Empires
30:40
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6 Wide-Ruling Agamemnon
30:09
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7 Dark Age and Archaic Greece
30:35
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8 The Greek Polis-Sparta
30:26
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9 The Greek Polis-Athens
30:33
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10 Civic Culture - Architecture and Drama
30:37
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11 The Birth of History
30:54
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12 From Greek Religion to Socratic Philoshophy
30:47
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13 Plato and Aristotle
31:15
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14 The Failure of the Polis and the Rise of Alexander
30:46
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15 The Hellenistic World
30:49
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16 The Rise of Rome
30:50
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17 The Roman Republic-Government and Politics
30:12
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18 Roman Imperialism
30:01
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19 The Culture of the Roman Republic
30:17
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20 Rome - From Republic to Empire
30:26
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21 The Pax Romana
30:32
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22 Rome's Golden and Silver Ages
31:04
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23 Jesus and the New Testament
30:44
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24 The Emergence of a Christian Church
30:43
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25 Late Antiquity-Crisis and Response
30:45
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26 Barbarians and Emperors
31:02
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27 The Emergence of the Catholic Church
31:40
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28 Christian Culture in Late Antiquity
30:13
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29 Muhammad and Islam
30:02
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30 The Birth of Byzantium
30:48
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31 Barbarian Kingdoms in the West
30:50
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32 The World of Charlemagne
30:49
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33 The Carolingian Renaissance
30:44
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34 The Expansion of Europe
30:43
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35 The Chivalrous Society
30:50
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36 Mediaval Political Traditions, I
30:41
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37 Medieval Political Traditions, II
31:12
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38 Scholastic Culture
30:33
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39 Vernacular Culture
30:56
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40 The Crisis of Renaissance Europe
30:45
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41 The Renaissance Problem
30:53
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42 Renaissance Portraits
31:20
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43 The Northern Renaissance
31:17
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44 The Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther
31:12
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45 The Protestant Reformation - John Calvin
31:10
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46 Catholic Reforms and "Confessionalization"
31:21
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47 Exploration and Empire
29:44
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48 What Challenges Remain?
33:06

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