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02791agm a2200373 i 4500 001 E630BBA643A911EDB03EF1395EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221004010048 007 vd cvaizu 008 220106t20212021vau709 vleng d 020 $a 1644652005 020 $a 9781644652008 035 $a (OCoLC)1291218421 040 $a JRY $b eng $e rda $c JRY $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TEF $d OCLCO $d TOH $d OCO $d VP@ $d LE# $d SILO 245 00 $a World heritage sites : $b exploring the world's greatest places. 264 1 $a Chantilly, VA : $b The Teaching Company, $c 2021. 300 $a 4 videodiscs (approximately 709 min.) : $b sound, color ; $c 4 3/4 in. + $e 1 course guidebook (ii, 27 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). 490 1 $a The great courses. Travel 500 $a Title from container. 500 $a "Course no. 80000." 500 $a Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. 500 $a Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes. 505 00 $g disc 4: $t The Redwood Forests of California. $t The Taj Mahal of Agra -- $t Australia's Great barrier Reef -- $t The Mogao Grottoes and manuscripts -- $t Persepolis, the great persian Capital -- $t Easter Island and the Moai -- $g disc 2: $t Canada's Rocky Mountains -- $t Teotihuacan, largest city of Mesoamerica -- $t Samarkand, crossroads of Central Asia -- $t Ancient Egyptian Thebes -- $t The Forbidden City of Beijing -- $t Mount Fuji, the symbol of Japan -- $g disc 3: $t Timbuktu, Islam's center by the Sahara -- $t The ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum -- $t Virunga National park, Gorilla Sanctuary -- $t Angkor Wat, the great Khmer temple -- $t Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle bones -- $t The Inca estate of Machu Picchu -- $g disc 4: $t Iceland's Great Assembly at Thingvellir -- $t Afghanistan's lost Bamiyan buddhas -- $t The Acropolis of Athens -- $t Tibet's Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple -- $t Palmyra, oasis in the Syrian Desert -- $t The Redwood Forests of California. 511 0 $a Lecturer: Justin M. Jacobs, professor of History at American University. 520 $a "Since 1972, UNESCO has designated World Heritage Sites across the globe, marking locations of outstanding value to humanity. This course tours 24 of the foremost UNESCO sites, highlighting marvels of human culture, such as India's Taj Mahal, Egypt's Thebes, and Uzbekistan's Samarkand, plus natural wonders of our planet, such as the Great Barrier Reef, Japan's Mount Fuji, and Africa's Virunga National Park." 538 $a DVD. 700 1 $a Jacobs, Justin, $d 1980- $e lecturer. 710 2 $a Teaching Company, $e production company. 830 0 $a Great courses (DVD). $p Travel. 941 $a 2 945 $a dvv 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031120.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221004010407.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E630BBA643A911EDB03EF1395EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search