RT Generic DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 695585744 LA English T1 Foundations of Western civilization A1 Noble, Thomas F. X., Blandford, James., Dunton, Tom., Burnham, Phil., Teaching Company., PB Teaching Co. PP Chantilly, VA YR 2002 SN 1565855752 9781565855755 AB 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 Alexander the Great. It then considers Western Europe as it expands physically and culturally, and initiates the globalization of Western civilization with the Portuguese and Spanish voyages of exploration and discovery.