TV4K UHDDolby AtmosEndedUnited States of America1989•1 Season7.0

The Western Tradition

Name: The Western Tradition
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7

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.

The Western Tradition

Seasons

Episodes

1. The Dawn of History

2. The Ancient Egyptians

3. Mesopotamia

4. From Bronze to Iron

5. The Rise of Greek Civilization

6. Greek Thought

7. Alexander the Great

8. The Hellenistic Age

9. The Rise of Rome

10. The Roman Empire

11. Early Christianity

12. The Rise of the Church

13. The Decline of Rome

14. The Fall of Rome

15. The Byzantine Empire

16. The Fall of Byzantium

17. The Dark Ages

18. The Age of Charlemagne

19. The Middle Ages

20. The Feudal Order

21. Common Life in the Middle Ages

22. Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages

23. The Late Middle Ages

24. The National Monarchies

25. Renaissance & the Age of Discovery

26. Renaissance & the New World

27. The Reformation

28. The Rise of the Middle Class

29. The Wars of Religion

30. The Rise of the Trading Cities

31. The Age of Absolutism

32. Absolutism and the Social Contract

33. The Enlightened Despots

34. The Enlightenment

35. The Enlightenment and Society

36. The Modern Philosophers

37. The American Revolution

38. The American Republic

39. The Death of the Old Regime

40. The French Revolution

41. The Industrial Revolution

42. The Industrial World

43. Revolution and Romantics

44. The Age of the Nation-States

45. A New Public

46. Fin de Siècle

47. The First World War and the Rise of Fascism

48. The Second World War

49. The Cold War

50. Europe and the Third World

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