The Western Tradition
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★ 7 📅 1989 📺 1 Season
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Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.
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Season 1 (52 eps)
EP 1
The Dawn of History
EP 2
The Ancient Egyptians
EP 3
Mesopotamia
EP 4
From Bronze to Iron
EP 5
The Rise of Greek Civilization
EP 6
Greek Thought
EP 7
Alexander the Great
EP 8
The Hellenistic Age
EP 9
The Rise of Rome
EP 10
The Roman Empire
EP 11
Early Christianity
EP 12
The Rise of the Church
EP 13
The Decline of Rome
EP 14
The Fall of Rome
EP 15
The Byzantine Empire
EP 16
The Fall of Byzantium
EP 17
The Dark Ages
EP 18
The Age of Charlemagne
EP 19
The Middle Ages
EP 20
The Feudal Order
EP 21
Common Life in the Middle Ages
EP 22
Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
EP 23
The Late Middle Ages
EP 24
The National Monarchies
EP 25
Renaissance & the Age of Discovery
EP 26
Renaissance & the New World
EP 27
The Reformation
EP 28
The Rise of the Middle Class
EP 29
The Wars of Religion
EP 30
The Rise of the Trading Cities
EP 31
The Age of Absolutism
EP 32
Absolutism and the Social Contract
EP 33
The Enlightened Despots
EP 34
The Enlightenment
EP 35
The Enlightenment and Society
EP 36
The Modern Philosophers
EP 37
The American Revolution
EP 38
The American Republic
EP 39
The Death of the Old Regime
EP 40
The French Revolution
EP 41
The Industrial Revolution
EP 42
The Industrial World
EP 43
Revolution and Romantics
EP 44
The Age of the Nation-States
EP 45
A New Public
EP 46
Fin de Siècle
EP 47
The First World War and the Rise of Fascism
EP 48
The Second World War
EP 49
The Cold War
EP 50
Europe and the Third World
EP 51
The Technological Revolution
EP 52
Toward the Future
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