| Description |
18 audio discs (approximately 18 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm. + 1 course workbook (PDF) on additional disc |
| Series |
The great courses |
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The great courses. History. Civilization & culture
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Compact disc. |
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In container (17 cm.). |
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"36 lectures/30 minutes per lecture"-- Container. |
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Bonus disc contains PDF course workbook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. A tale of two ancient cities -- Rise of humanity -- Disc 2. Foraging in the Old Stone Age -- Origins of agriculture -- Disc 3. Power, cities, and states -- Era of agrarian civilizations -- Disc 4. Innovations of Mesopotamia -- Downfall of Sumer -- Disc 5. Egypt: divine rule in the black land -- Society and culture of Egypt -- Disc 6. Early Mediterranean civilizations -- Mysteries of the Indus Valley -- Disc 7. South Asian civilizations and beliefs -- China : born in isolation -- Disc 8. China's dynasties and influence -- Importance of the nomads -- Disc 9. Oxus civilization and powerful Persia -- Greece in its golden age -- Disc 10. Greek gods, philosophy, and science -- Alexander's conquests and Hellenism -- Disc 11. Building the Roman Republic -- Triumphs and flaws of imperial Rome -- Disc 12. New ideas along the Silk Road -- Chaos and consolidation in Eurasia -- Disc 13. Islamic expansion and rule -- Legacy of the Mongols -- Disc 14. North American peoples and tribes -- Agrarian civilizations of Mesopotamia -- Disc 15. Culture and empire in South America -- African kingdoms and trade -- Disc 16. Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific -- Advent of global commerce -- Disc 17. Industrial Revolution and modernity -- Transformative 20th and 21st centuries -- Disc 18. Civilization, the biosphere, and tomorrow -- Civilizations of the distant future. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Craig G. Benjamin. |
| Summary |
Discover the grand sweep of human history with this multidisciplinary perspective from Professor Craig G. Benjamin. |
| System Details |
PDF requires PC with Adobe Reader or other PDF reader. |
| Subject |
World history.
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Civilization.
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| Genre/Form |
Lectures.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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Recorded Books, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781501957659 |
| Music No. |
8060 Teaching Co. |
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GC1060 Recorded Books |
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