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Surveys major developments in world history from ancient early civilizations to the 18th century, with emphasis on Western European topics.

Course on music appreciation and history.

Forty-eight lectures on the history of ancient Rome beginning with pre-Roman Italy and ending with the fall of Rome.

Presents a study of events that shaped modern Europe, from political revolution in the late 18th century to the collapse of communism at the end of the 20th century. Professor Childers details the political, social, cultural, and economic conditions leading to each of these events and traces their implications across the decades.

24 lectures on the historical origins of the Hebrew Bible, Christian thought and Biblical themes in Western literature, and main elements of the development of Western religious thought.

Dr. Greenberg examines eighteenth and nineteenth century music through the examples of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Liszt.

A series of 12 half-hour lectures on a college course level. Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power.

Professor King delivers twelve 30-min. lectures exploring the evolutionary links humans share with monkeys and apes, and explains the significance of those links in understanding human behavior.