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The foundations of Western civilization [videorecording] / Professor Thomas F. X. Noble, University of Notre Dame.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565855752 :
- ISBN: 9781565855755
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (1440 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + book (293 p.)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2002.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Contains 48 lectures, 30 minutes plus course guidebook. "Course no. 370"--Disc label. |
| 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 Hebrews: small states and big ideas ; Lecture 5 Succession of empires ; Lecture 6 Wide-ruling Agamemnon -- Disc 2. Lecture 7 Dark age and archaic Greece ; Lecture 8 Greek polis: Sparta ; Lecture 9 Greek polis: Athens ; Lecture 10 Civic culture: architecture and drama ; Lecture 11 Birth of history ; Lecture 12 From Greek religion to Socratic philosophy. Part 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13 Plato and Aristotle ; Lecture 14 Failure of the polis and the rise of Alexander ; Lecture 15 Hellenistic world ; Lecture 16 Rise of Rome ; Lecture 17 Roman Republic: government and politics ; Lecture 18 Roman imperialism -- Disc 4. Lecture 19 Culture of the Roman Republic ; Lecture 20 Rome: from republic to empire ; Lecture 21 Pax Romana ; Lecture 22 Rome's golden and silver ages ; Lecture 23 Jesus and the New Testament ; Lecture 24 Emergence of a Christian church. Part 3: Disc 5. Lecture 25 Late antiquity: crisis and response ; Lecture 26 Barbarians and emperors ; Lecture 27 Emergence of the Catholic Church ; Lecture 28 Christian culture in late antiquity ; Lecture 29 Muhammad and Islam ; Lecture 30 Birth of Byzantium -- Disc 6. Lecture 31 Barbarian kingdoms in the West ; Lecture 32 World of Charlemagne ; Lecture 33 Carolingian Renaissance ; Lecture 34 Expansion of Europe ; Lecture 35 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 Crisis of Renaissance Europe ; Lecture 41 Renaissance problem ; Lecture 42 Renaissance portraits -- Disc 8. Lecture 43 Northern Renaissance ; Lecture 44 Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther ; Lecture 45 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. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Civilization, Western > History. Civilization, Western > Philosophy. Religion > History. Europe > Civilization. Middle East > Civilization > To 622. |
| Genre: | Filmed lectures. Educational films. Instructional and educational works. |
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| Fort St. John Public Library | GRC 909 FOU DVD (Text) | 35211000277881 | GREAT COURSES | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-19 |
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