The Foundations of Western Civilization. Episode 11 The Birth of History

F., Thomas, (actor.). The Great Courses (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: What does it mean to say that the Greeks, while certainly not the first people to reflect on the past, nonetheless "invented" history? How did Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, each in his own unforgettable way, contribute to this basic turning of the Western mind?

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: The Great Courses, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Thomas F. X. Noble
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.