| Description |
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sound, color. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
Great Courses series |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| Contents |
Episode 1 Uncovering Near Eastern Civilization Episode 2 Natufian Villagers and Early Settlements Episode 3 Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery Episode 4 Eridu and Other Towns in the Ubaid Period Episode 5 Uruk, the World's Biggest City Episode 6 Mesopotamia's First Kings and the Military Episode 7 Early Dynastic Workers and Worshipers Episode 8 Lugalzagesi of Umma and Sargon of Akkad Episode 9 Akkadian Empire Arts and Gods Episode 10 The Fall of Akkad and Gudea of Lagash Episode 11 Ur III Households, Accounts, and Ziggurats Episode 12 Migrants and Old Assyrian Merchants Episode 13 Royalty and Palace Intrigue at Mari Episode 14 War and Society in Hammurabi's Time Episode 15 Justice in the Old Babylonian Period Episode 16 The Hana Kingdom and Clues to a Dark Age Episode 17 Princess Tadu-Hepa, Diplomacy, and Marriage Episode 18 Land Grants and Royal Favor in Mittani Episode 19 The Late Bronze Age and the End of Peace Episode 20 Assyria Ascending Episode 21 Ashurbanipal's Library and Gilgamesh Episode 22 Neo-Assyrian Empire, Warfare, and Collapse Episode 23 Babylon and the New Year's Festival Episode 24 End of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Amanda H. Podany. |
| Summary |
Explore Mesopotamia, a civilization that flourished for more than 3,000 years. Mesopotamians built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast regions through warfare and diplomacy. However, much still remains to be discovered about this fascinating region. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Sumerians -- History.
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Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
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History.
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Iraq -- History -- To 634.
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| Added Author |
Podany, Amanda H., lecturer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12333348 |
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