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
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Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 3
Brownworth, Lars.
Summary: Historian Brownworth presents an absorbing look at the forgotten Byzantine Empire, its surprising role in shaping Western civilization, and the lessons it holds for modern societies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 BROGibbon, Edward
Summary: An abridged, profusely illustrated edition of the classic work originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 937 GIBTreadgold, Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 TREHarris, Jonathan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hambledon Continuum 2007