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
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Physical Description
videodisc
8 videodiscs (approximately 1440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2002]
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Content descriptions
| 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. |
| 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. |