The Foundations of Western Civilization. Episode 11 The Birth of History [digital video].

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Title:

The Foundations of Western Civilization. Episode 11 The Birth of History [digital video].

Added Author:

F. X. Noble, Thomas, actor.

Series:

Great courses (Streaming video)

Publication Date:

2002

2025

Publication Information:

The Great Courses, 2002.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2025.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

What does it mean to say that the Greeks, while certainly not the first people to reflect on the past, nonetheless "invented" history? How did Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, each in his own unforgettable way, contribute to this basic turning of the Western mind?

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Title from title frames.

Film

Performers:

Thomas F. X. Noble

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Social sciences.

History, Ancient.

Education.

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