Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WORCall number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 3
Bartlett, Kenneth R.
Summary: "This course traces the development of the Italian city-states of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, showing how the modern nation of Italy was forged out of the rivalries, allegiances, and traditions of a vibrant and diverse people"--Publisher's web site.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 ITACall number: DVD 937 ITA PART 1
Call number: DVD 937 ITA PART 2
Vickery, Kenneth Powers.
Summary: "This course of 36 lectures is intended to provide a general introduction to Africa and its history ... This course will focus primarily on Africa south of the Sahara Desert" --p. 1 of guidebook.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960 AFRSummary: 'To know the history of the American South, within its own context, is to come to terms with one of modern history's most astonishing, polarizing, and illuminating stories. In these 24 lectures, you'll relive the unforgettable drama of the South, from the rise and fall of the slave South to the making of the New South, examining the full scope of a historical epoch that still affects life in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 NEWSummary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC