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The Foundations of Western Civilization

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.

About the Authors

Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble

Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble is Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his B.A. in History from Ohio University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval History from Michigan State University. Professor Noble has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and research grants from the American Philosophical Society. In 2008 he received the Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Teaching from Notre Dame. In 1999 he was awarded the Alumni Distinguished Professor Award and a David Harrison III Award for outstanding undergraduate advising, both from the University of Virginia. Professor Noble is the author, coauthor, or editor of 10 books and has published more than 40 articles, chapters, and essays. His coauthored textbook, Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, is in its 5th edition. His research has concentrated on late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, focusing on the history of the city of Rome, the history of the papacy, and the age of Charlemagne.

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All Course Lessons (48)

#	Lesson Title	Duration
1	1 "Western", "Civilization", and "Foundations" Demo	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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