We discuss the Introduction of Rodney Stark's excellent book, How the West Won.

We discussed Chapter 1 on Stagnant Empires and the Greek Miracle and Chapter 2 on Jerusalem's Rational God in Rodney Stark's How the West Won.

We discuss chapter 3 on the Roman Interlude and chapter 4 on the Blessings of Disunity and how the Dark Ages were not so dark after all.

We are reviewing How the West Won by Rodney Stark, and in this episode we discuss chapter 5 - "Northern Lights over Christendom" and focus on the false histories we've been taught about the Vikings and the Crusades.

We discuss Chapter 6 - Freedom and Capitalism in Rodney Stark's How the West Won.

We discuss chapter 7 on "Climate, Plague, and Social Change" in Rodney Stark's How the West Won.

We discuss Chapter 8 - The Pursuit of Knowledge in Rodney Stark's How the West Won. Contrary to what we've been taught there were numerous scientific discoveries in the Middle Ages, and there was no Scientific Revolution.

We discuss Chapters 9 & 10 about the advances in technology during the Middle Ages which enabled Europeans to sail around the world and make new discoveries.

We cover chapter 11 "New World Conquests and Colonies" in How the West Won by Rodney Stark. We discuss things we were never told about slavery in America and the myth of the Noble Savage.

We discuss chapter 12 "The Golden Empire" which is about why Spain did not advance like the rest of Europe, and chapter 13 "The Lutheran Reformation: Myths and Realities" in Rodney Stark's book, How the West Won.

We discuss chapter 14 "Exposing Muslim Illusions" in Rodney Stark's How the West Won. This was the most illuminating chapter in the book.

We discuss chapter 15 "Science Comes of Age" in How the West Won by Rodney Stark. Science could only develop in a culture that believed in a rational Creator who created an orderly universe.

We discuss chapters 16 "The Industrial Revolution" and 17 "Liberty and Prosperity" in How the West Won by Rodney Stark.

We conclude our series with chapter 18 "Globalism and Colonialism" in How the West Won by Rodney Stark. This is an important chapter because it dispels the modern sentiment that it is prideful to think that western culture is better than other cultures.