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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
Weekend 1: The Birth of Western Literature
Day 1: The Iliad and The Odyssey
Day 2: Origins of Theater: Greek Drama
Weekend 2: The Most Violent Century in History
Day 1: World War I: The War to End All Wars
Day 2: World War II: Tens of Millions Killed
Weekend 3: American Popular Music I
Day 1: The Great American Songbook
Day 2: The Origins of Rock
Weekend 4: Japan: A Brief History
Day 1: Ancient Civilization through 1868
Day 2: 1868–Present
Weekend 5: Ancient Egypt
Day 1: Political History
Day 2: A Cultural History
Weekend 6: A History of Classical Music
Day 1: Classical Music to the Romantic Period
Day 2: Beethoven and the Romantic Era
Weekend 7: The American Civil War
Day 1: Slavery and the Road to Civil War
Day 2: A House Divided: The American Civil War
Weekend 8: The Computer Revolution
Day 1: The History of Computing
Day 2: The Internet and the World Wide Web
Weekend 9: The World on the Brink
Day 1: The Cold War
Day 2: Nuclear Weapons
Weekend 10: The Universe
Day 1: The Big Bang, Stars, and Galaxies
Day 2: The Sun and Its Family
Weekend 11: The United States After the Civil War
Day 1: The Gilded Age
Day 2: The Progressive Era
Weekend 12 : The Bible
Day 1: The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament
Day 2: The New Testament
Weekend 13: The World in Your Living Room
Day 1: The Radio Music Box
Day 2: The Revolution Will Be Televised
Weekend 14: The Major Religions of Asia
Day 1: Hinduism
Day 2: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism
Weekend 15: The Written Word
Day 1: Writing and Printing
Day 2: Newspapers and Magazines
Weekend 16: Medicine: A Brief History
Day 1: Medicine From the Ancients to the Enlightenment
Day 2: Modern Medicine
Weekend 17: Islam
Day 1: The Religion of Islam
Day 2: The Expansion of Islam
Weekend 18: The Renaissance
Day 1: Literature and Ideas
Day 2: Renaissance Art
Weekend 19: “The World Turned Upside Down”
Day 1: The American Revolution
Day 2: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
Weekend 20: The Environment
Day 1: Global Warming and Climate Change
Day 2: Pollution and the Rise of Environmentalism
Weekend 21: William Shakespeare
Day 1: His Life and Work
Day 2: Shakespeare’s Major Plays
Weekend 22: Homo sapiens and the Birth of Civilization
Day 1: The Peopling of the World
Day 2: The Rise of Civilization (ca. 3000–1500 B.C.)
Weekend 23: Physics: A Brief History
Day 1: The Basics
Day 2: Matter, Energy, and Einstein
Weekend 24: The Reformation of the Christian World
Day 1: The Protestant Revolution
Day 2: The Counter-Reformation and the Wars of Religion
Weekend 25: Opera and Dance
Day 1: Opera: A Brief History
Day 2: The History of Dance
Weekend 26: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era
Day 1: To Kill a King: The French Revolution
Day 2: Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of Europe
Weekend 27: Energy
Day 1: Oil
Day 2: Nuclear Power
Weekend 28: The Art Instinct
Day 1: Prehistoric and Ancient Art
Day 2: Art in the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Weekend 29: The European Novel
Day 1: The French, German, and Russian Novel
Day 2: The English Novel, 1700–1900
Weekend 30: The Sixties
Day 1: The Civil Rights Movement
Day 2: The Vietnam War
Weekend 31: Forms of Life
Day 1: The Animal Kingdom
Day 2: The Kingdoms of Life
Weekend 32: The Jazz Age and New Deal
Day 1: The Roaring Twenties
Day 2: The Great Depression and New Deal
Weekend 33: English Poetry: An Overview
Day 1: From Beowulf to Paradise Lost
Day 2: English Poetry: Romantics and Victorians
Weekend 34: Great American Writers
Day 1: American Prose
Day 2: American Poetry
Weekend 35: The Human Story
Day 1: Evolution: The Theory and the Evidence
Day 2: Genetics: The Blueprint of Life
Weekend 36: China
Day 1: The Mandate Of Heaven: China To A.D. 1600
Day 2: Modern China: From Foreign Rule to World Power
Weekend 37: Europe Conquers the World
Day 1: The Age of European Expansion
Day 2: Europe Colonizes the World (1650–1815)
Weekend 38: Judeo–Christian Religions
Day 1: Judaism
Day 2: Christianity
Weekend 39: American Popular Music II
Day 1: From the Blues to Hip-Hop
Day 2: Folk and Country Music
Weekend 40: Philosophy: The Life of the Mind
Day 1: Rational Thought in the Ancient World
Day 2: From Faith to Reason
Weekend 41: The Law
Day 1: Law in the Ancient World
Day 2: The American Constitutional System
Weekend 42: Modern Thought
Day 1: Modern Philosophy
Day 2: Psychology: Science and the Human Mind
Weekend 43: Modernism in Art and Music
Day 1: The Shock and the New: 20th-Century Art
Day 2: 20th-Century Classical Music
Weekend 44: The Earth and Its Elements
Day 1: The Earth
Day 2: The Elements
Weekend 45: The Industrial Revolution
Day 1: Origins of the Modern Economic World
Day 2: Marx and the Challenge to the New Order
Weekend 46: Poetry: An Introduction
Day 1: Poetry from the Greeks to the Middle Ages
Day 2: How Poetry Works
Weekend 47: Languages of the World
Day 1: Origins and Groups
Day 2: The English Language Today
Weekend 48: Painting in the 19th Century
Day 1: American Painting
Day 2: Impressionism and After
Weekend 49: Marvels of Modern Technology
Day 1: Electricity
Day 2: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Weekend 50: Ancient Rome
Day 1: From Republic to Empire
Day 2: The Empire
Weekend 51: American Film
Day 1: American Film: A Brief History
Day 2: Great American Film Directors
Weekend 52: Mathematics
Day 1: A History Of Mathematics
Day 2: Branches Of Mathematics
Index
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