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Ancient Chinese / by Binns, Tristan Boyer,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet address and index.Presents an overview of ancient Chinese civilization, including its geography, government, religion, social classes, recreation, art, and architecture.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.The world after Alexander was cosmopolitan, prosperous, and dominated by Greeks and Macedonians all over the Mediterranean and far out into the old Persian Empire. Literature, science, and new philosophies flourished.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.Since 1839, scholars have been associating the Carolingians with a "renaissance." Why? What is Carolingian culture's distinctive contribution to the West, and how does it set them apart from their Muslim and Byzantine contemporaries?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.What happened when the Renaissance and its "new learning" crossed the Alps? Humanists could be found on both sides of the mountains, but they turned to different sources north and south, with fateful results.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.So, what's the problem? Actually, there are four - or at least one problem with four sides. Here are two clues: How did a movement that began in Italy wind up with a French name? And how can a "re-birth" be something new?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.As with ancient Israel or 1st-century Palestine, no one could have predicted that 7th-century Arabia would become the cradle of a world-changing new religion. Yet new as it was in many ways, Islam had important ties to Greece and Rome as well as the scriptural traditions of the West.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.The three-part medieval scheme of fighting men, praying men, and working men is worth pondering, but so are all those whom it omits.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.Why is it important for you to grasp the archaeological record of the period from 1500 - 1200 B.C. in order to understand "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" - two poems composed 500 years later?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.The goal of this lecture is to explain why Raphael's famous painting, "The School of Athens," has Plato pointing up and Aristotle pointing down, and why both are defending and extending the work of Socrates.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.You leave the West in 1600, on the cusp of the Age of Empire, the Scientific Revolution, and the Baroque Period. It's a long way from those mud-walled villages in Mesopotamia to the threshold of its modern era, but certain patterns, problems, and possibilities endure to make the West what it is.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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