In three containers (19 cm.). J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma.
Contents:
disc 6. disc 1. Bologna gets a university. Moses and monotheism -- disc 2. The enlightenment of the Buddha ; Confucius instructs a nation -- disc 3. Solon, democracy begins ; Marathon, democracy triumphant -- disc 4. Hippocrates takes an oath ; Caesar crosses the Rubicon -- disc 5. Jesus, the trial of a teacher ; Constantine I wins a battle -- disc 6. Muhammad moves to Medina, the Hegira ; Bologna gets a university. disc 12. disc 7. Charles Darwin takes an ocean voyage. Black death, pandemics and history -- disc 8. Columbus finds a new world ; Michelangelo accepts a commission -- disc 9. Erasmus, a book sets Europe ablaze ; Luther's new course changes history -- disc 10. The defeat of the Spanish Armada ; The battle of Vienna -- disc 11. The battle of Lexington ; General Pickett leads a charge -- disc 12. Adam Smith versus Karl Marx ; Charles Darwin takes an ocean voyage. disc 18. disc 13. September 11, 2001. Two brothers take flight -- disc 14. The Archduke makes a state visit ; One night in Petrograd -- disc 15. The day the stock market crashed ; Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany -- disc 16. Franklin Roosevelt becomes president ; The atomic bomb is dropped -- disc 17. Mao Zedong begins his long march ; John F. Kennedy is assassinated -- disc 18. Dr. King leads a march ; September 11, 2001.
Summary:
Professor J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma, delivers thirty-six lectures on great events that have shaped world history.
Series:
The great courses. Topic, History. Subtopic, Civilization & culture
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