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The Western Tradition — S1E52
Toward the Future
Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on life in the 20th century.
More from Season 1
Episode 1
The Dawn of History
The origins of the human race are traced from anthropoid ancestors to the agricultural revolution.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 2
The Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian irrigation created one of the first great civilizations.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 3
Mesopotamia
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civilizations of the Middle East.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 4
From Bronze to Iron
Metals revolutionized tools, as well as societies, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 5
The Rise of Greek Civilization
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 6
Greek Thought
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.
30m 1989-01-01
