Rome's civil engineering contributed as much to the empire as did its weapons.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Metals revolutionized tools, as well as societies, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Through its army, Rome built an empire that shaped the West.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Alexander's conquests quadrupled the size of the world known to the Greeks.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Egyptian irrigation created one of the first great civilizations.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civilizations of the Middle East.

Lecture by Eugen Weber.
The origins of the human race are traced from anthropoid ancestors to the agricultural revolution.