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