The Western Tradition (1989): where to watch online · Filmghar

The Western Tradition (1989): where to watch online · Filmghar

Episodes

1
The Dawn of History
1989-01-01 · 30m
The origins of the human race are traced from anthropoid ancestors to the agricultural revolution.
2
The Ancient Egyptians
1989-01-01 · 30m
Egyptian irrigation created one of the first great civilizations.
3
Mesopotamia
1989-01-01 · 30m
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civilizations of the Middle East.
4
From Bronze to Iron
1989-01-01 · 30m
Metals revolutionized tools, as well as societies, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia.
5
The Rise of Greek Civilization
1989-01-01 · 30m
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.
6
Greek Thought
1989-01-01 · 30m
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.
7
Alexander the Great
1989-01-01 · 30m
Alexander's conquests quadrupled the size of the world known to the Greeks.
8
The Hellenistic Age
1989-01-01 · 30m
Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean.
9
The Rise of Rome
1989-01-01 · 30m
Through its army, Rome built an empire that shaped the West.
10
The Roman Empire
1989-01-01 · 30m
Rome's civil engineering contributed as much to the empire as did its weapons.
11
Early Christianity
1989-01-01 · 30m
Christianity spread despite contempt and persecution from Rome.
12
The Rise of the Church
1989-01-01 · 30m
The old heresy became the Roman empire's official religion under the Emperor Constantine.
13
The Decline of Rome
1989-01-01 · 30m
While enemies slashed at Rome's borders, civil war and economic collapse destroyed the empire from within.
14
The Fall of Rome
1989-01-01 · 30m
Despite the success of emperors such as Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius, Rome fell victim to barbarian invasions.
15
The Byzantine Empire
1989-01-01 · 30m
From Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire carried on the traditions of Greece and Rome.
16
The Fall of Byzantium
1989-01-01 · 30m
Nearly a thousand years after Rome's fall, Constantinople was conquered by the forces of Islam.
17
The Dark Ages
1989-01-01 · 30m
Barbarian kingdoms took possession of the fragments of the Roman Empire.
18
The Age of Charlemagne
1989-01-01 · 30m
Charlemagne revived hopes for a new empire in Western Europe.
19
The Middle Ages
1989-01-01 · 30m
Amid invasion and civil disorder, a military aristocracy dominated the kingdoms of Europe.
20
The Feudal Order
1989-01-01 · 30m
Bishop, knight, and peasant exemplified some of the social divisions of the year 1000 A.D.
21
Common Life in the Middle Ages
1989-01-01 · 30m
Famine, disease, and short life expectancies were the conditions that shaped medieval beliefs.
22
Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
1989-01-01 · 30m
The great churches embodied the material and spiritual ambitions of the age.
23
The Late Middle Ages
1989-01-01 · 30m
Two hundred years of war and plague debilitated Europe.
24
The National Monarchies
1989-01-01 · 30m
A new urban middle class emerged, while dynastic marriages established centralized monarchies.
25
Renaissance & the Age of Discovery
1989-01-01 · 30m
Renaissance humanists made man "the measure of all things." Europe was possessed by a new passion for knowledge.
26
Renaissance & the New World
1989-01-01 · 30m
The discovery of America challenged Europe.
27
The Reformation
1989-01-01 · 30m
Voiced by Martin Luther, Protestantism shattered the unity of the Catholic Church.
28
The Rise of the Middle Class
1989-01-01 · 30m
As the cities grew, new middle-class mores had an impact on religious life.
29
The Wars of Religion
1989-01-01 · 30m
For more than a century, the quarrels of Protestants and Catholics tore Europe apart.
30
The Rise of the Trading Cities
1989-01-01 · 30m
Amid religious wars, a few cities learned that tolerance increased their prosperity.
31
The Age of Absolutism
1989-01-01 · 30m
Exhausted by war and civil strife, many Europeans exchanged earlier liberties and anarchies for greater peace.
32
Absolutism and the Social Contract
1989-01-01 · 30m
Arguments about the legitimate source of political power centered on divine right versus natural law.
33
The Enlightened Despots
1989-01-01 · 30m
Monarchs considered reforms in order to create more efficient societies, but not at the expense of their own power.
34
The Enlightenment
1989-01-01 · 30m
Intellectual theories about the nature of man and his potential came to the fore.
35
The Enlightenment and Society
1989-01-01 · 30m
Scientists and social reformers battled for universal human rights during a peaceful and prosperous period.
36
The Modern Philosophers
1989-01-01 · 30m
Freedom of thought and expression opened new vistas explored by French, English, and American thinkers.
37
The American Revolution
1989-01-01 · 30m
The British colonists created a society that tested Enlightenment ideas and resisted restrictions imposed by England.
38
The American Republic
1989-01-01 · 30m
A new republic, the compromise of radicals and conservatives, was founded on universal freedoms.
39
The Death of the Old Regime
1989-01-01 · 30m
In France the old order collapsed under revolutionaries' attacks and the monarchy's own weakness.
40
The French Revolution
1989-01-01 · 30m
Liberty, equality, and fraternity skidded into a reign of Terror.
41
The Industrial Revolution
1989-01-01 · 30m
Technology and mass production reduced famine and ushered in higher standards of living.
42
The Industrial World
1989-01-01 · 30m
A consumer revolution was fueled by coal, public transportation, and new city services.
43
Revolution and Romantics
1989-01-01 · 30m
Leaders in the arts, literature, and political theory argued for social justice and national liberation.
44
The Age of the Nation-States
1989-01-01 · 30m
The great powers cooperated to quell internal revolts, yet competed to acquire colonies.
45
A New Public
1989-01-01 · 30m
Public education and mass communications created a new political life and leisure time.
46
Fin de Siècle
1989-01-01 · 30m
Everyday life of the working class was transformed by leisure, prompting the birth of an elite avant-garde movement.
47
The First World War and the Rise of Fascism
1989-01-01 · 30m
Old empires crumbled during World War I to be replaced by right-wing dictatorships in Italy, Spain, and Germany.
48
The Second World War
1989-01-01 · 30m
World War II was a war of new tactics and strategies. Civilian populations became targets as the Nazi holocaust exterminated millions of people.
49
The Cold War
1989-01-01 · 30m
The U.S. and Soviet Union dominated Europe and confronted each other in Korea.
50
Europe and the Third World
1989-01-01 · 30m
Burdened with the legacy of colonial imperialism, the Third World rushed development to catch up with its Western counterparts.
51
The Technological Revolution
1989-01-01 · 30m
Keeping up with the ever-increasing pace of change became the standard of the day.
52
Toward the Future
1989-01-01 · 30m
Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on life in the 20th century.