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Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 49 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Great Courses Audio ; |
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Benjamin, Craig G..
Great Courses Audio. Spoken word ;
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Great Courses.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Craig G Benjamin. |
| Summary |
The history of human civilization is an astonishing story of migration, innovation, and social development. Over 200,000 years, humans have populated the planet, adapted to environmental challenges, experimented with systems of government, and left such a strong mark on the earth that scientists now refer to our era as the Anthropocene-the era of humanity. All Lectures: 1. A Tale of Two Ancient Cities 2. The Rise of Humanity 3. Foraging in the Old Stone Age 4. Origins of Agriculture 5. Power, Cities, and States 6. The Era of Agrarian Civilizations 7. Innovations of Mesopotamia 8. The Downfall of Sumer 9. Egypt: Divine Rule in the Black Land 10. Society and Culture of Egypt 11. Early Mediterranean Civilizations 12. Mysteries of the Indus Valley 13. South Asian Civilizations and Beliefs 14. China: Born in Isolation 15. China's Dynasties and Influence 16. The Importance of the Nomads 17. Oxus Civilization and Powerful Persia 18. Greece in Its Golden Age 19. Greek Gods, Philosophy, and Science 20. Alexander's Conquests and Hellenism 21. Building the Roman Republic 22. Triumphs and Flaws of Imperial Rome 23. New Ideas along the Silk Road 24. Chaos and Consolidation in Eurasia 25. Islamic Expansion and Rule 26. Legacy of the Mongols 27. North American Peoples and Tribes 28. Agrarian Civilizations of Mesoamerica 29. Culture and Empire in South America 30. African Kingdoms and Trade 31. Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific 32. The Advent of Global Commerce 33. The Industrial Revolution and Modernity 34. The Transformative 20th and 21st Centuries 35. Civilization, the Biosphere, and Tomorrow 36. Civilizations of the Distant Future |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
History.
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| Added Author |
Benjamin, Craig G. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781682768402 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1682768406 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12329112 |
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