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Western Civilization & World History

Civilizations, nations, institutions, and historical developments across the Western tradition and beyond.

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Western Civilization & World History

42 lessons

21h 39m

Western Civilization to 1500

Trace Western civilization from ancient Near Eastern and Hebrew foundations through Greece, Rome, Christianity, Byzantium, Islam, and medieval Europe to the crises that reshaped society before 1500.

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Jason Jewell

Professor of Humanities · Faulkner University

Western Civilization & World History

42 lessons

22h 13m

Western Civilization Since 1500

Trace Western civilization from Renaissance humanism and religious reform through state-building, revolution, industrialization, nationalism, global warfare, the Cold War, and the development of European and international institutions.

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Jason Jewell

Professor of Humanities · Faulkner University

Western Civilization & World History

165 lessons

66h 19m

Western Civilization From 1493

Trace Western civilization from the Reformation through revolutions, industrialization, ideological conflict, world wars, decolonization, the Cold War, and globalization, with sustained attention to liberty, state power, religion, economics, and culture.

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Tom Woods

Author, Historian, and Podcast Host · The Tom Woods Show

Western Civilization & World History

180 lessons

67h 51m

Western Civilization to 1492

Survey Western civilization from its Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Christian, and Germanic foundations through medieval institutions, Renaissance humanism, political centralization, and the transformative encounters of the Age of Discovery.

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Tom Woods

Author, Historian, and Podcast Host · The Tom Woods Show

Western Civilization & World History

2 lessons

The History and Heritage of Western and American Civilization

Examine Western and American civilization from Genesis through the Cold War through contextualized primary documents, classroom lectures, and discussions that place thinkers such as Aristotle and Tocqueville within a broad historical narrative.

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Bradley Birzer

Professor of History · Hillsdale College

Western Civilization & World History

13 lessons

7h 43m

Crimes of Communism

Survey communist ideology, state repression, revolutionary violence, forced labor, famine, persecution, espionage, and resistance across the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Afghanistan.

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Jason Jewell

Professor of Humanities · Faulkner University

Western Civilization & World History

10 lessons

7h 33m

Colonial Latin American History

Explore colonial Latin America from pre-Columbian civilizations and Iberian expansion through conquest, colonial institutions, labor, religion, intellectual life, and the reforms and grievances that prepared the way for independence.

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Dedra McDonald Birzer

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief · South Dakota Historical Society Press

Western Civilization & World History

14 lessons

8h 33m

History of England

Trace England’s development from Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms through medieval monarchy, Tudor and Stuart upheavals, imperial and industrial power, world war, postwar reform, and contemporary Britain.

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Jason Jewell

Professor of Humanities · Faulkner University