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.

16 - Rome - Republic to Empire

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.

15 - Rome - Prehistory to Republic

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

14 - Hellenistic Culture

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

13 - Intro to the Hellenistic World

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

12 - Classical Greece

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.

11 - Peloponnesian Wars and Classical Greece

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.

10 - The Persian Wars

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

9 - Life in Archaic Greece

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

8 - Bonus Episode - Greek Poetry

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

7 - Athens

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.

6 - Greek Colonies and Sparta

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

5 - Rise of Greek Civilization

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.

4 - Bronze Age and Non-Western Civilizations

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

3 - Neolithic Era

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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