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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
Episodes
  • Episode 539: The Miracle at the Marne

    Episode 539: The Miracle at the Marne
    Jun 5 2026
    Germany nearly won World War One in the first six weeks, just as it planned. Nearly.

    But it turns out that timetables are a heck of a lot easier to work out on paper than in real life....

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    28 mins
  • Episode 538: The Spark

    Episode 538: The Spark
    May 29 2026
    Somehow, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, throws the entire world into war. Of course, it was not an accident. The alliance systems, the militarism, the nationalism, all of it conspires to doom Europe to its own destruction. But it all starts with two bullets fired by a nineteen-year-old assassin.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 537: Sleepwalkers

    Episode 537: Sleepwalkers
    May 22 2026
    World War One did not happen accidentally. There were a multitude of factors that led up to the Great War. Today we cover them.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
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