Bibliograph

The foundations of Western civilization, Thomas F.X. Noble, Part 1

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The foundations of Western civilization, Thomas F.X. Noble, Part 1

Language

eng

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instructional materials

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Literary text for sound recordings

lectures speechesinstruction

Main title

The foundations of Western civilization

Oclc number

51856306

Responsibility statement

Thomas F.X. Noble

Series statement

The great courses

Summary

This course of 48 lectures explores the essential contours of the human experience in what has come to be called "Western civilization." From its humble beginnings in the ancient Near East to the dawn of the modern world, these presentations cover developments from about 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600

Table Of Contents

pt. 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 ; 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

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