Summary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Durant, Will
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 901.9 DURKundera, Milan
Summary: This short collection of early essays offers context for the Milan Kundera's subsequent career and holds a mirror to recent European history.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.12 KunderaBlanning, Tim
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.25 BLAHirst, John (John Bradley)
Summary: "An ultra-accessible master class on three millennia of Europe's history, from Ancient Greece through World War II-and how it shaped the continent of today"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940 HIRBarzun, Jacques
Summary: Showcases the triumphs and defeats of five hundred years of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions of women and arguing that decadence is required in order to spark creativity in the next era.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 BARCahill, Thomas.
Summary: Discusses the Renaissance and Reformation from the late fourteenth through the early seventeenth centuries, explaining how the period's artistic and scientific innovations changed the Western world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013