Lecture 1. Jews in the ancient world

Lecture 2. Jews and the Diaspora

Lecture 3. Ancient Greece

Lecture 4. Greek science, philosophy, and culture

Lecture 5. Rome as a city-state

Lecture 6. Augustus and the fall of the Roman Empire

Lecture 7. The birth and spread of Christianity

Lecture 8. Western Christianity after Augustus

Lecture 9. The challenge of Islam

Lecture 10. Feudalism and western kingship

Lecture 11. The church's bid for power

Lecture 12. Origins of the modern state

Lecture 13. Italian city-states and public finance: the nature of money, trade, and finance

Lecture 14. The Renaissance.