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020    1598033255 
020    9781598033250 
024 3  9781598033250 
028 01 8080|bThe Teaching Co. 
035    (OCoLC)165241891 
040    ABG|beng|cABG|dABG|dGNU 
049    GNUA 
050 14 D21.3|b.S77 2007 
082 04 909|222 
100 1  Stearns, Peter N. 
245 12 A brief history of the world /|cPeter N. Stearns. 
264  1 Chantilly, VA :|bThe Teaching Co.,|c[2007] 
300    18 audio discs :|bdigital ;|c4 3/4 in. +|e3 course 
       guidebooks (22 cm.). 
336    spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 
337    audio|bs|2rdamedia 
338    audio disc|bsd|2rdacarrier 
490 1  The great courses : teaching that engages the mind. 
       History 
500    Course guidebooks include lecture outlines and notes, a 
       time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
500    GMD: sound recording. 
505 00 |gPt. 1. lecture 1.|tWhat and why is world history? ;
       |glecture 2.|tThe Neolithic revolution ;|glecture 3.|tWhat
       is a civilization? ;|glecture 4.|tThe Classical period in 
       world history ;|glecture 5.|tCultural change in the 
       Classical period ;|glecture 6.|tSocial inequalities in 
       Classical societies ;|glecture 7.|tThe Roman Empire and 
       Han China ;|glecture 8.|tThe Silk Road  ; Classical period
       contacts ;|glecture 9.|tThe decline of the Classical 
       civilizations ;|glecture 10.|tThe Postclassical period, 
       500-1450 ;|glecture 11.|tWorld religions and their 
       consequences ;|glecture 12.|tThe impact of Islam -- 
505 80 |gpt. 2. lecture 13.|tPostclassical trade and contacts ;
       |glecture 14.|tPostclassical patterns of imitation ;
       |glecture 15.|tWestern civilization in world context ;
       |glecture 16.|tThe Mongol years ;|glecture 17.
       |tCivilizations in the Americas and in Africa ;|glecture 
       18.|tThe world in 1450 ;|glecture 19.|tThe early modern 
       period, 1450-1750 ;|glecture 20.|tThe world economy, 1450-
       1750 ;|glecture 21.|tTransformations in Western Europe ;
       |glecture 22.|tThe rise of Russia ;|glecture 23.|tAsian 
       Empires and a Shogunate ;|glecture 24.|tThe long 19th 
       century -- 
505 80 |gpt. 3. lecture 25.|tAbolition of slavery and serfdom ;
       |glecture 26.|tModernization and nationalisms ;|glecture 
       27.|tFormation of Latin American civilization ;|glecture 
       28.|tChina and Japan : 19th century pressures ;|glecture 
       29.|tThe 20th-21st centuries as a new period ;|glecture 
       30.|tThe world economy : change and continuity ;|glecture 
       31.|tAn age of revolutions ;|glecture 32.|tThe United 
       States in world history ;|glecture 33.|tContemporary 
       democracy ;|glecture 34.|tContemporary cultural change ;
       |glecture 35.|tGender in contemporary world history ;
       |glecture 36.|tGlobalization and world history. 
511 0  Lecturer: Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University. 
520    Thirty-six lectures that provide a survey of the expanse 
       of human development and civilization across the globe, 
       beginning with the  invention of agriculture in the 
       Neolithic era and ending with the urbanized, 
       technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century. 
538    Compact disc. 
650  0 World history. 
655  0 Compact discs. 
655  7 Audiobooks.|2lcgft 
710 2  Teaching Company. 
830  0 Great courses (Compact disc) 
994    02|bGNU