Bibliograph

Origins of great ancient civilizations, the Teaching Company

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Origins of great ancient civilizations, the Teaching Company

Language

eng

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videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated (Ont.)

Main title

Origins of great ancient civilizations

Oclc number

1060706927

Responsibility statement

the Teaching Company

Runtime

360

Series statement

Great courses. History. Ancient history

Summary

Professor Harl begins with the Bronze Age and the emergence of urban-based literate civilizations and carries the story forward until the demise of Persia's great empire at the hands of the Greeks, who embraced many of the achievements of these Near East civilizations but clearly represented a different kind of civilization, built on different institutions. Along the way, he examines advances like the invention and evolution of writing; the development of vast empires dependent not only on military might but on laws and administration; the growth of trade; and the contributions of the Hebrews to the religious and ethical future of Western civilization

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Cradles of civilization ; First cities of Sumer ; Mesopotamian kings and scribes ; Hammurabi's Babylon ; Egypt in the pyramid age ; The Middle Kingdom -- disc 2. Imperial Egypt ; New peoples of the Bronze Age ; The collapse of the Bronze Age ; From Hebrews to Jews ; Imperial Assyria ; The Persian Empire

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live action

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