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









