History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

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  • Estrenada: Ene 2011
  • Episodios: 48
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Cities, Civilizations, and Sources
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Ene 01, 2011
Learn about the different kind of approach the course will take in its explorations of the ancient world and hear a story that perfectly illustrates the risks inherent in letting one's .. show full overview
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From Out of the Mesopotamian Mud
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Ene 01, 2011
The course's first civilization reveals a theme that will appear again and again. Grasp the critical role of geography and resources in shaping not only Mesopotamia's method of .. show full overview
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Cultures of the Ancient Near East
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Ene 01, 2011
The lack of geographical barriers made it difficult for even the most powerful cities to retain their power. See how a succession of empires rose and fell, leaving behind legacies .. show full overview
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Ancient Egypt—The Gift of the Nile
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Ene 01, 2011
Your introduction to Egypt reveals a civilization irrevocably shaped by geography. You learn how the Nile's predictable annual flooding of its banks, though creating a fertile strip .. show full overview
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Pharaohs, Tombs, and Gods
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Ene 01, 2011
Discover how Egyptian views of death and tombs changed with the kingdom's occupation by—and eventual expulsion of—the Hyksos, including an examination of how the stark differences .. show full overview
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The Lost Civilization of the Indus Valley
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Ene 01, 2011
Your exploration of a once-lost civilization introduces a key theme of the course—the enormous problems faced by modern historians and archaeologists in interpreting an ancient .. show full overview
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The Vedic Age of Ancient India
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Ene 01, 2011
In an ironic reversal of the Indus legacy, the next great era of Indian history is known through an enormous bounty of texts, but relatively little archaeological or material evidence. .. show full overview
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Mystery Cultures of Early Greece
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Ene 01, 2011
Turn to the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Mediterranean. Learn about the historical underpinnings of the Minotaur myth, Plato's account of what might have been the basis for .. show full overview
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Homer and Indian Poetry
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Ene 01, 2011
Discover how a work or body of literature can become the core of an entire culture in this examination of the influence of Homer on the Greeks and of the centrality of the Vedas and Epics in the civilizations of ancient India.
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Athens and Experiments in Democracy
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Ene 01, 2011
Greece's most famous city-state is often praised for its creation of democracy. You examine the origins of that system and discover some surprising revelations, including the seminal .. show full overview
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Hoplite Warfare and Sparta
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Ene 01, 2011
Experience what it was like to be raised a Spartan man or woman, the changes in military tactics and equipment that made their armies so feared, and the tragic flaw that guaranteed that .. show full overview
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Civilization Dawns in China—Shang and Zhou
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Ene 01, 2011
Witness the early development of a unique culture that viewed itself as constituting the entirety of the world and thus the site of all cultural advancement, with the latter self-image .. show full overview
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Confucius and the Greek Philosophers
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Ene 01, 2011
From 700 to 500 B.C., thinkers around the world began to turn to fundamental philosophical questions. This lecture focuses on those whose concerns addressed this world and its pragmatic .. show full overview
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Mystics, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians
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Ene 01, 2011
Your attention shifts to those thinkers who looked beyond the physical world for answers to their questions about the fundamental issues of existence. Examine the impact of several key .. show full overview
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Persians and Greeks
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Ene 01, 2011
Discover the reasons the Greek city-states were able to emerge intact from their conflict with a vastly superior Persian Empire. Learn, too, how the defensive alignment put in place to .. show full overview
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Greek Art and Architecture
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Ene 01, 2011
Pause in your study of historical events to appreciate two of classical Greece's most important contributions to art and architecture. Learn the distinguishing characteristics of Greek .. show full overview
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Greek Tragedy and the Sophists
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Ene 01, 2011
Continue your examination of Greece's cultural heritage with this look at Greek theater—especially its greatest playwrights of tragedy, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—and the second .. show full overview
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The Peloponnesian War and the Trial of Socrates
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Ene 01, 2011
Learn how the end of Greek unity brought down the astonishing political and cultural successes of the early 5th century, culminating in one of the most shameful episodes in Greek .. show full overview
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Philip of Macedon—Architect of Empire
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Ene 01, 2011
Begin a four-lecture exploration of what has come to be known the Great Man Theory of History—that a single person could indeed alter the course of history—by reviewing the careers of .. show full overview
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Alexander the Great Goes East
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Ene 01, 2011
With the successful invasion of the western Persian Empire, Philip's son successfully carried out his father's plan. Alexander the Great would then create his own path, and you follow .. show full overview
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Unifiers of India—Chandragupta and Asoka
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Ene 01, 2011
Alexander's death in 323 B.C caused his vast empire to fragment. You meet the father and son who created the largest Indian empire that would be seen until the establishment of the modern Indian nation in 1947.
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Shi Huangdi—First Emperor of China
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Ene 01, 2011
Discover how the father of the Chinese nation combined ruthlessness and vision to unify his country, create the largest empire that part of the world had known, and execute a clear and .. show full overview
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Earliest Historians of Greece and China
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Ene 01, 2011
Consider what it must have been like to be among the very first historians, not only practicing your art, but having to define it and its standards, as well. See how fundamental .. show full overview
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The Hellenistic World
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Ene 01, 2011
Although the three centuries following Alexander were years of warfare, absolutism, and political stalemate, the Hellenistic era did leave a legacy of cultural richness and originality. .. show full overview
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The Great Empire of the Han Dynasty
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Ene 01, 2011
Much of the world in 200 B.C. was entering nearly 600 years of instability—but something different was happening in China and Rome. Focus on the first of these two powers, each of which would shape a stable empire for the next four centuries.
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People of the Toga—Etruscans, Early Rome
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Ene 01, 2011
In this first of five lectures tracing the rise of Roman civilization, you begin with Rome's geography, its traditional origin story, and the formative scars left by the experience of .. show full overview
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The Crucible—Punic Wars, Roman Imperialism
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Ene 01, 2011
Learn how the series of conflicts with Rome's burgeoning Mediterranean rival—the city-state of Carthage, whose forces were led by the brilliant Hannibal—were both the closest Rome ever .. show full overview
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The Death of the Roman Republic
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Ene 01, 2011
The century between 133 and 31 B.C. was a period when long-simmering tensions and resentments finally reached their boiling point. Grasp how the consequences, including political .. show full overview
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Augustus—Creator of the Roman Empire
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Ene 01, 2011
With Julius Caesar dead, who would seize power? Trace the struggle that involved the Brutus-led "liberators" who claimed a goal of restoring the republic; Caesar's lieutenant, Marc .. show full overview
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Roman Emperors—Good, Bad, and Crazy
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Ene 01, 2011
Follow the fortunes of the empire during the two centuries following Augustus and Tiberius, which included not only some of Rome's wisest and most conscientious emperors, like Trajan .. show full overview
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Han and Roman Empires Compared—Geography
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Ene 01, 2011
The peak four centuries of Rome's power coincided almost exactly with one of China's most enduring dynasties. Begin a multilecture comparison of these empires on several fronts, .. show full overview
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Han and Roman Empires Compared—Government
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Ene 01, 2011
The comparison continues, focusing initially on the administrative structure that allowed these two vast empires to identify and train the members of their evolving bureaucracies, and .. show full overview
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Han and Roman Empires Compared—Problems
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Ene 01, 2011
Consider the potential problems faced by the two empires—beginning with the emperor and examining the impact of imperial weakness, incompetence, or even insanity—before reflecting on the .. show full overview
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Early Americas—Resources and Olmecs
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Ene 01, 2011
Shift your attention to North and South America. These were among the last regions humans would settle, and you follow their progress from nomadic hunter-gatherers to the civilizations .. show full overview
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Pots and Pyramids—Moche and Teotihuacán
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Ene 01, 2011
Turn your focus to Peru and Mexico and the many cultures that left behind stunning examples of their now-vanished civilizations, from impressive pyramids and tombs to startling examples of artistic pottery, especially those produced by the Moche.
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Blood and Corn—Mayan Civilization
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Ene 01, 2011
Delve into the achievements of the Maya, who were among the longest-lasting, most geographically extensive, and most culturally sophisticated of all Mesoamerican cultures. Grasp how we .. show full overview
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Hunter-Gatherers and Polynesians
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Ene 01, 2011
Although civilization almost always tends to be an urban phenomenon, there are exceptions. Examine the origins of societies that evolved sophisticated cultures but did not build cities, .. show full overview
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The Art and Architecture of Power
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Ene 01, 2011
The structures unearthed by archaeologists are more than just evidence of the past or messages to the future; they were often meant as statements to their own time. Explore how ancient .. show full overview
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Comparative Armies—Rome, China, Maya
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Ene 01, 2011
Gain a sense of how the empires of the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas both defended themselves and brought their power to bear on others with this comparison of the structure, weapons, and tactics of the Roman, Chinese, and Mayan armies.
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Later Roman Empire—Crisis and Christianity
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Ene 01, 2011
Explore the century that followed Rome's Golden Age and the time of the "Five Good Emperors" as the empire suffered through political, military, and economic crises that brought it to .. show full overview
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
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Ene 01, 2011
The questions of when Rome fell—and why—are arguably the most famous ongoing historical debates in the Western tradition. One German scholar has even posited 210 plausible answers to the .. show full overview
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The Byzantine Empire and the Legacy of Rome
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Ene 01, 2011
The eastern Roman—or Byzantine—Empire would outlast its counterpart in the West by a thousand years. Follow the fortunes of this flourishing hub, which included one of the most powerful .. show full overview
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China from Chaos to Order under the Tang
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Ene 01, 2011
Learn how the chaotic three-and-a-half centuries that followed the dissolution of the Han Empire spawned new philosophical and religious yearnings and paved the way for the founding of the next great dynasty.
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The Golden Age of Tang Culture
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Ene 01, 2011
Examine some of the most impressive aspects of the Tang dynasty. This highly urbanized culture is commonly regarded as one of the cultural pinnacles of Chinese civilization, producing .. show full overview
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The Rise and Flourishing of Islam
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Ene 01, 2011
Grasp how the tribes of the Arabian peninsula—within only 100 years of their conversion to Islam—were able to conquer half the Mediterranean world, shattering its unity, spinning its .. show full overview
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Holy Men and Women—Monasticism and Saints
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Ene 01, 2011
Gain new insights into the key church fathers of Christianity's first centuries—whose actions, ideas, and writings irrevocably shaped the faith—as well as the influential religious .. show full overview
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Charlemagne—Father of Europe
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Ene 01, 2011
Learn why the word "great," though applied to any number of famous and infamous rulers, may be fully justified in the case of Charlemagne, whose impact in the areas of war, politics, .. show full overview
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Endings, Beginnings, What Does It All Mean?
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Ene 01, 2011
A discussion of the early 20th-century historian Henri Pirenne puts Charlemagne in a new perspective and underlines why it is so important to understand each of the civilizations you .. show full overview

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