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Western Civ

Western Civ

By: Adam Walsh
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 A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.Copyright Adam Walsh Social Sciences World
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  • Episode 533: Blood and Iron

    Episode 533: Blood and Iron
    Apr 24 2026
    In the span of a decade, Bismarck does the unthinkable. He unites Germany, changing the history of western civilization forever.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 532: Italy

    Episode 532: Italy
    Apr 17 2026
    Over a period of thirty years, Italy goes from a fragmentation of independent, kind of, states and kingdoms and into a unified, kind of, nation.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 531: Canons to the Right of Them!

    Episode 531: Canons to the Right of Them!
    Apr 10 2026
    The Crimean War really does sound the advance warning of the death knell for the Concert of Europe. If only anyone knew that...

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    39 mins
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