A companion course guidebook is shelved beside the course DVDs and is also available for check-out. Lecturer: Professor Robert Garland, Colgate University. Course no. 3843. Program contains twenty-four lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min.
Contents:
Lecture 24. Urban II Unleashes the First Crusade. Lecture 2. Marathon: The Persians Have Landed! -- Lecture 3. Oresteia: Judgment at the Dionysia -- Lecture 4. Attack on Attica: Pericles's Gamble -- Lecture 5. Socrates on Trial: For the Defense -- Lecture 6. Conspiracy! Murder of Philip II -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Alexander the Great: Punjab Revolt -- Lecture 8. Pyrrhus: Deadly Dreams of Empire -- Lecture 9. India's Ashoka the Great Repents -- Lecture 10. Hannnibal: Rome Holds Its Breath -- Lecture 11. The Final Days of Julius Caesar -- Lecture 12. Antony and Cleopatra's Death Pact -- Disc 3. Lecture 13. Jesus under Surveillance and Arrest -- Lecture 14. Jerusalem Tinderbox: Temple in Flames -- Lecture 15. Roman Colosseum: Blood in the Arena -- Lecture 16. Visigoth King Alaric Descends on Rome -- Lecture 17. Nika Riots at the Racetrack: Theodora -- Lecture 18. The Concubine Empress: Wu Zetian -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Muhammad's Awakening and Escape -- Lecture 20. Charles Martel Defeats the Muslims -- Lecture 21. Culture Shock! Travels of Ibn Fadlan -- Lecture 22. Vladimir Smashes the Idols of the Rus -- Lecture 23. Charlemagne Saves Leo III, Rogue Pope -- Lecture 24. Urban II Unleashes the First Crusade.
Summary:
"More than covering great events that change the contours of history, Professor Garland takes you into the scene and allows you to hear what he terms the "heartbeat of history." Rather than merely reviewing the facts of events such as the Battle of Marathon, the arrest and trial of Jesus, and the coronation of Charlemagne, you'll engage with a variety of first-hand accounts and authentic primary and secondary sources to experience what it was like to live these events as they occurred. From reports by historians such as Herodotus and Livy to official scrolls and administrative records, these eyewitness sources and ancient documents take you back in time through the eyes of people who were there."--provided from distributor's website.
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