The foundations of Western civilization
From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and Alexander the Great. It then considers Western Europe as it expands physically and culturally, and initiates the globalization of Western civilization with the Portuguese and Spanish voyages of exploration and discovery.
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- ISBN: 1568688752
- Physical Description 8 videodiscs (approximately 1440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2002]
- Copyright ©2002
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| General Note: | Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, maps, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. GMD: videodisc. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1 "Western," "Civilization," and "Foundations" ; Lecture 2 History begins at Sumer ; Lecture 3 Egypt: The gift of the Nile ; Lecture 4 The Hebrews: Small states and big ideas ; Lecture 5 A succession of empires ; Lecture 6 Wide-ruling Agamemnon -- Disc 2. Lecture 7 Dark age and archaic Greece ; Lecture 8 The Greek polis: Sparta ; Lecture 9 The Greek polis: Athens ; Lecture 10 Civic culture: Architecture and drama ; Lecture 11 The birth of history ; Lecture 12 From Greek religion to Socratic philosophy. Part 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13 Plato and Aristotle ; Lecture 14 The failure of the polis and the rise of Alexander ; Lecture 15 The Hellenistic world ; Lecture 16 The rise of Rome ; Lecture 17 The Roman republic: Government and politics ; Lecture 18 Roman imperialism -- Disc 4. Lecture 19 The culture of the Roman republic ; Lecture 20 Rome: From republic to empire ; Lecture 21 The Pax Romana ; Lecture 22 Rome's golden and silver ages ; Lecture 23 Jesus and the New Testament ; Lecture 24 The emergence of a Christian church. Part 3: Disc 5. Lecture 25 Late antiquity: Crisis and response ; Lecture 26 Barbarians and emperors ; Lecture 27 The emergence of the Catholic Church ; Lecture 28 Christian culture in late antiquity ; Lecture 29 Muhammad and Islam ; Lecture 30 The birth of Byzantium -- Disc 6. Lecture 31 Barbarian kingdoms in the West ; Lecture 32 The world of Charlemagne ; Lecture 33 The Carolingian Renaissance ; Lecture 34 The expansion of Europe ; Lecture 35 The chivalrous society ; Lecture 36 Medieval political traditions, I. Part 4: Disc 7. Lecture 37 Medieval political traditions, II ; Lecture 38 Scholastic culture ; Lecture 39 Vernacular culture ; Lecture 40 The crisis of Renaissance Europe ; Lecture 41 The Renaissance problem ; Lecture 42 Renaissance portraits -- Disc 8. Lecture 43 The northern Renaissance ; Lecture 44 The Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther ; Lecture 45 The Protestant Reformation: John Calvin ; Lecture 46 Catholic reforms and "Confessionalization" ; Lecture 47 Exploration and empire ; Lecture 48 What challenges remain? |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer/editor, Jaimee M. Aigret ; directors, Jon Leven, Tom Dooley ; content supervisor, Maggie Lyons. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Forty-eight lectures of thirty minutes each by Thomas F.X. Noble, Director, Medieval Institute and professor of history, Notre Dame University. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| 520 | . | ‡aFrom the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and Alexander the Great. It then considers Western Europe as it expands physically and culturally, and initiates the globalization of Western civilization with the Portuguese and Spanish voyages of exploration and discovery. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gPart 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1 ‡t"Western," "Civilization," and "Foundations" ; ‡gLecture 2 ‡tHistory begins at Sumer ; ‡gLecture 3 ‡tEgypt: The gift of the Nile ; ‡gLecture 4 ‡tThe Hebrews: Small states and big ideas ; ‡gLecture 5 ‡tA succession of empires ; ‡gLecture 6 ‡tWide-ruling Agamemnon -- ‡gDisc 2. Lecture 7 ‡tDark age and archaic Greece ; ‡gLecture 8 ‡tThe Greek polis: Sparta ; ‡gLecture 9 ‡tThe Greek polis: Athens ; ‡gLecture 10 ‡tCivic culture: Architecture and drama ; ‡gLecture 11 ‡tThe birth of history ; ‡gLecture 12 ‡tFrom Greek religion to Socratic philosophy. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gPart 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13 ‡tPlato and Aristotle ; ‡gLecture 14 ‡tThe failure of the polis and the rise of Alexander ; ‡gLecture 15 ‡tThe Hellenistic world ; ‡gLecture 16 ‡tThe rise of Rome ; ‡gLecture 17 ‡tThe Roman republic: Government and politics ; ‡gLecture 18 ‡tRoman imperialism -- ‡gDisc 4. Lecture 19 ‡tThe culture of the Roman republic ; ‡gLecture 20 ‡tRome: From republic to empire ; ‡gLecture 21 ‡tThe Pax Romana ; ‡gLecture 22 ‡tRome's golden and silver ages ; ‡gLecture 23 ‡tJesus and the New Testament ; ‡gLecture 24 ‡tThe emergence of a Christian church. |
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