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16 - Rome - Republic to Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 37:09


This episode discusses the cultural practices and influences of the Roman Republic, and the events that precipitated its government's transformation to an imperial system.Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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15 - Rome - Prehistory to Republic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 29:18


This episode discusses the early prehistory of Italy, the Etruscan monarchy, and the establishment and expansion of the Roman Republic.Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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14 - Hellenistic Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017 23:10


This episode discusses the cultural trends and achievements of Hellenistic Greece. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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13 - Intro to the Hellenistic World

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2017 20:10


This episode discusses the establishment and major political/economic events of Hellenistic Greece.Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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12 - Classical Greece

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017 48:53


This episode discusses Classical Greece of the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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11 - Peloponnesian Wars and Classical Greece

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2016 44:19


This episode discusses the major events of the Peloponnesian Wars, the aftermath, and general socio-political history in Classical Greece. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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10 - The Persian Wars

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2016 25:56


This episode lays out the last major series of events leading us up to Classical and Hellenistic Greece. Also review of what we've discussed so far. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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9 - Life in Archaic Greece

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 24:26


This episode describes social and cultural attributes of Ancient Greece. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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8 - Bonus Episode - Greek Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 4:45


This is a bonus episode with a reading of a poem by Tyrtaeus on the subject of the Citizen Soldier of Sparta.

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7 - Athens

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 26:18


Discussing the other major city-state of Greek Civilization, its reforms and changes. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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6 - Greek Colonies and Sparta

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 28:34


This episode discusses the expansion of Greek civilization via colonization and the major City-State of Sparta with its Peloponnesian League. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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5 - Rise of Greek Civilization

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2016 28:47


Minoans, Mycenaeans, the Middle/Dark Ages, Greek values, the Polis, and the Hoplite Phalanx. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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4 - Bronze Age and Non-Western Civilizations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 14:15


This episode explains the advent of the Bronze Age and gives you a very brief commentary on Non-Western Civilizations leading up to the Greeks. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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3 - Neolithic Era

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 9:06


10,000 BCE to ca. 3,100 BCE. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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2 - Paleolithic Era

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 12:41


1 million years ago to the year 10,000 B.C.E. Credit: The Western Heritage. 10th Ed. Kagan, Donald. 2010.

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