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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52 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dawn of History | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Ancient Egyptians | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mesopotamia | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 4 | From Bronze to Iron | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Rise of Greek Civilization | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Greek Thought | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alexander the Great | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Hellenistic Age | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Rise of Rome | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Roman Empire | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Early Christianity | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Rise of the Church | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Decline of Rome | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Fall of Rome | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Byzantine Empire | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Fall of Byzantium | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Dark Ages | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Age of Charlemagne | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Middle Ages | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Feudal Order | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Common Life in the Middle Ages | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Late Middle Ages | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The National Monarchies | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Renaissance & the Age of Discovery | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Renaissance & the New World | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Reformation | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Rise of the Middle Class | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Wars of Religion | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Rise of the Trading Cities | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Age of Absolutism | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Absolutism and the Social Contract | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 33 | The Enlightened Despots | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 34 | The Enlightenment | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 35 | The Enlightenment and Society | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 36 | The Modern Philosophers | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 37 | The American Revolution | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 38 | The American Republic | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 39 | The Death of the Old Regime | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 40 | The French Revolution | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 41 | The Industrial Revolution | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 42 | The Industrial World | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Revolution and Romantics | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 44 | The Age of the Nation-States | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 45 | A New Public | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Fin de Siècle | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 47 | The First World War and the Rise of Fascism | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 48 | The Second World War | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 49 | The Cold War | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Europe and the Third World | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 51 | The Technological Revolution | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Toward the Future | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
