Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 36 lectures. Bonus disc contains PDF course workbook. Guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-332). Lecturer: Professor Craig G. Benjamin.
Contents:
Disc 18. Civilizations of the distant future. The rise of humanity -- Disc 2. Foraging in the Old Stone Age -- Origins of agriculture -- Disc 3. Power, cities, and states -- The era of agrarian civilizations -- Disc 4. Innovations of Mesopotamia -- The downfall of Sumer -- Disc 5. Egypt: divine rule in the black land -- Society and culture of Egypt -- Disc 6. Early Mediterranean civilizations -- Mysteries of the Indus Valley -- Disc 7. South Asian civilizations and beliefs -- China : born in isolation -- Disc 8. China's dynasties and influence -- The importance of the nomads -- Disc 9. Oxus civilization and powerful Persia -- Greece in its golden age -- Disc 10. Greek gods, philosophy, and science -- Alexander's conquests and Hellenism -- Disc 11. Building the Roman Republic -- Triumphs and flaws of imperial Rome -- Disc 12. New ideas along the Silk Road -- Chaos and consolidation in Eurasia -- Disc 13. Islamic expansion and rule -- Legacy of the Mongols -- Disc 14. North American peoples and tribes -- Agrarian civilizations of Mesopotamia -- Disc 15. Culture and empire in South America -- African kingdoms and trade -- Disc 16. Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific -- The advent of global commerce -- Disc 17. The Industrial Revolution and modernity -- The transformative 20th and 21st centuries -- Disc 18. Civilization, the biosphere, and tomorrow -- Civilizations of the distant future.
Summary:
Discover the grand sweep of human history with this multidisciplinary perspective from Professor Craig G. Benjamin.
Series:
The great courses. History. Civilization & culture The great courses
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