As Western Civilization is clearly coming to an end… Now is the perfect time to explore and  discuss its conception and birth! We go from the siege of Troy and the end of the Heroic Age to the Fall of Byzantium.  
Featured Books: 
Why is the Trojan war so important to Western culture (including Western literature)? Nick Nielsen
Opening to the epic poem: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Fall of Ancient Greece: https://greece.mrdonn.org/fall.html
Ancient Civilizations https://www.ushistory.org/civ/6f.asp 
Early Middle Ages and Western Society https://courses.lumenlearning.com
CHAPTER 11: BYZANTIUM https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/
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