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- Episode 1 : The Dawn of History
- Episode 2 : The Ancient Egyptians
- Episode 3 : Mesopotamia
- Episode 4 : From Bronze to Iron
- Episode 5 : The Rise of Greek Civilization
- Episode 6 : Greek Thought
- Episode 7 : Alexander the Great
- Episode 8 : The Hellenistic Age
- Episode 9 : The Rise of Rome
- Episode 10 : The Roman Empire
- Episode 11 : Early Christianity
- Episode 12 : The Rise of the Church
- Episode 13 : The Decline of Rome
- Episode 14 : The Fall of Rome
- Episode 15 : The Byzantine Empire
- Episode 16 : The Fall of Byzantium
- Episode 17 : The Dark Ages
- Episode 18 : The Age of Charlemagne
- Episode 19 : The Middle Ages
- Episode 20 : The Feudal Order
- Episode 21 : Common Life in the Middle Ages
- Episode 22 : Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
- Episode 23 : The Late Middle Ages
- Episode 24 : The National Monarchies
- Episode 25 : Renaissance & the Age of Discovery
- Episode 26 : Renaissance & the New World
- Episode 27 : The Reformation
- Episode 28 : The Rise of the Middle Class
- Episode 29 : The Wars of Religion
- Episode 30 : The Rise of the Trading Cities
- Episode 31 : The Age of Absolutism
- Episode 32 : Absolutism and the Social Contract
- Episode 33 : The Enlightened Despots
- Episode 34 : The Enlightenment
- Episode 35 : The Enlightenment and Society
- Episode 36 : The Modern Philosophers
- Episode 37 : The American Revolution
- Episode 38 : The American Republic
- Episode 39 : The Death of the Old Regime
- Episode 40 : The French Revolution
- Episode 41 : The Industrial Revolution
- Episode 42 : The Industrial World
- Episode 43 : Revolution and Romantics
- Episode 44 : The Age of the Nation-States
- Episode 45 : A New Public
- Episode 46 : Fin de Siècle
- Episode 47 : The First World War and the Rise of Fascism
- Episode 48 : The Second World War
- Episode 49 : The Cold War
- Episode 50 : Europe and the Third World
- Episode 51 : The Technological Revolution
- Episode 52 : Toward the Future
The Western Tradition
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.
Genre: Documentary
First Air Date: Jan 01, 1989
Last Air date: Jan 01, 1989
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 52 Episode
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Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Keyword: agriculture, religion, economics, art, demographic movements
Subtitle:
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