| Other author/creator | Barzyk, Fred. |
| Other author/creator | Weber, Eugen, 1925-2007. |
| Other author/creator | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| Other author/creator | WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) |
| Other author/creator | Annenberg Media. |
| Contents |
Part 1. discs 1-7 Disc 1-1. The dawn of history -- 2. The ancient Egyptains -- 3. Mesopotamia -- 4. From bronze to iron -- 5. Disc 2 - The rise of Greek civilization -- 6. Greek thought -- 7. Alexander the Great -- 8. The Hellenistic Age -- 9. Disc 3 - The rise of Rome -- 10. The Roman Empire -- 11. Early Christianity -- 12. The rise of the Church -- 13. Disc 4 - The decline of Rome -- 14. The fall of Rome -- 15. The Byzantine Empire -- 16. The fall of Byzantium -- 17. Disc 5- The dark ages -- 18. The age of Charlemagne -- 19. The middle ages -- 20. The feudal order -- 21. Disc 6 - Common life--Middle Ages -- 22. Cities and cathedrals--Middle Ages -- 23. The late Middle Ages -- 24. The national monarchies -- 25. Disc 7 - The Renaissance and the age of discovery -- 26. The Renaissance and the new world. |
| Contents |
Part 2. discs 8-14 Disc 8 -27. Reformation -- 28. Rise of the Middle Class -- 29. Disc 9 - Wars of religion -- 30. Rise of trading cities -- 31. Age of absolutism -- 32. Absolutism and the social contract -- 33. Disc 10 - Enlightened despots -- 34. The Enlightenment. -- 35. The Enlightenment and society -- 36. Modern philosophers -- 37. Disc 11- American revolution -- 38. American republic -- 39. Death of the Old Regime -- 40. French Revolution -- 41. Disc 12 - Industrial Revolution -- 42. Industrial world -- 43. Revolution and the Romantics -- 44. Age of the Nation-States -- 45. Disc 13 - A New public -- 46. Fin de Siecle -- 47. First World War and the rise of facism -- 48. Second World War -- 49. Disc 14 - Cold War -- 50. Europe and the Third World -- 51. Technological revolution -- 52. Toward the future. |
| Abstract |
Two semester telecourse on western civilization built around the classroom lectures of Eugen Weber, author, historian, and professor at UCLA. Weber's lectures survey developments in politics, economics, industry, agriculture, art, philosophy, and daily life from ancient Egypt to our own time. |
| General note | Originally released Fall 1989. |
| General note | Each program is approximately 30 min. |
| Performer |
Eugen Joseph Weber, lecturer. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| ISBN | 1576807002 (Part 1) |
| ISBN | 9781576807002 (Part 1) |
| ISBN | 157680707X (Part 2) |
| ISBN | 9781576807071 (Part 2) |
