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.
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| S01E01 | "Western," "Civilization," and "Foundations" |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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33 | |
| S01E02 | History Begins at Sumer |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E03 | Egypt - The Gift of the Nile |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E04 | The Hebrews - Small States and Big Ideas |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E05 | A Succession of Empires |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E06 | Wide-Ruling Agamemnon |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E07 | Dark Age and Archaic Greece |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E08 | The Greek Polis - Sparta |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E09 | The Greek Polis - Athens |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E10 | Civic Culture - Architecture and Drama |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E11 | The Birth of History |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E12 | From Greek Religion to Socratic Philosophy |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E13 | Plato and Aristotle |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E14 | The Failure of the Polis and the Rise of Alexander |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E15 | The Hellenistic World |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E16 | The Rise of Rome |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E17 | The Roman Republic - Government and Politics |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E18 | Roman Imperialism |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E19 | The Culture of the Roman Republic |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E20 | Rome - From Republic to Empire |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E21 | The Pax Romana |
January 1, 2002
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31 | |
| S01E22 | Rome's Golden and Silver Ages |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E23 | Jesus and the New Testament |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E24 | The Emergence of a Christian Church |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E25 | Late Antiquity - Crisis and Response |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E26 | Barbarians and Emporers |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E27 | The Emergence of the Catholic Church |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
32 | |
| S01E28 | Christian Culture in Late Antiquity |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E29 | Muhammad and Islam |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E30 | The Birth of Byzantium |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E31 | Barbarian Kingdoms in the West |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E32 | The World of Charlemagne |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E33 | The Carolingian Renaissance |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E34 | The Expansion of Europe |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E35 | The Chivalrous Society |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E36 | Medieval Political Traditions, I |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E37 | Medieval Political Traditions, II |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E38 | Scholastic Culture |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E39 | Vernacular Culture |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E40 | The Crisis of Renaissance Europe |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E41 | The Renaissance Problem |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E42 | Renaissance Portraits |
January 1, 2002
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31 | |
| S01E43 | The Northern Renaissance |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E44 | The Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E45 | The Protestant Reformation - John Calvin |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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31 | |
| S01E46 | Catholic Reforms and Confessionalisation |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
|
31 | |
| S01E47 | Exploration and Empire |
January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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30 | |
| S01E48 |
What Challenges Remain
series finale
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January 1, 2002
The Great Courses
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33 |
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