DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

The big history of civilizations / Craig G. Benjamin, professor

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2016.

6 videodiscs (ca. 18 hr.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Discover the grand sweep of human history with this multidisciplinary perspective from Professor Craig G. Benjamin.

The great courses. History. Civilization & culture

Great courses (DVD)

World history.

Civilization.

Filmed lectures.

Educational films.

Nonfiction films.

Benjamin, Craig. lecturer.

Teaching Company.

In container (19 cm.).

36 lectures ; 30 minutes per lecturer

Course no. 8060

Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 306-332.)

Presenter, Dr. Craig G. Benjamin, professor of history at Grand Valley State University.

DVD.

In English ; closed-captioned

A tale of two ancient cities -- The rise of humanity -- Foraging in the Old Stone Age -- Origins of agriculture -- Power, cities, and states -- The era of agrarian civilizations -- Innovations of Mesopotamia -- The downfall of Sumer -- Egypt: divine rule in the black land -- Society and culture of Egypt -- Early Mediterranean civilizations -- Mysteries of the Indus Valley -- South Asian civilizations and beliefs -- China : born in isolation -- China's dynasties and influence -- The importance of the nomads -- Oxus civilization and powerful Persia -- Greece in its golden age -- Greek gods, philosophy, and science -- Alexander's conquests and Hellenism -- Building the Roman Republic -- Triumphs and flaws of imperial Rome -- New ideas along the Silk Road -- Chaos and consolidation in Eurasia -- Islamic expansion and rule -- Legacy of the Mongols -- North American peoples and tribes -- Agrarian civilizations of Mesopotamia -- Culture and empire in South America -- African kingdoms and trade -- Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific -- The advent of global commerce -- The Industrial Revolution and modernity -- The transformative 20th and 21st centuries -- Civilization, the biosphere, and tomorrow -- Civilizations of the distant future.

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