| Description |
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
Great courses. Ancient history |
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Great courses (DVD). Ancient history.
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| Contents |
Episode 1 The Lure of the City Episode 2 Çatalhöyük Episode 3 Jericho and Its Walls Episode 4 Uruk Episode 5 Mysterious Mohenjo-daro Episode 6 Kahun Episode 7 Work and Life at Deir el-Medina Episode 8 Amarna Episode 9 Knossos Episode 10 Akrotiri Episode 11 Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon Episode 12 Athens Episode 13 Athenian Domestic Architecture Episode 14 Hippodamian Planning Episode 15 Olynthus Episode 16 Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria Episode 17 Pergamon Episode 18 The Good Life in Rome Episode 19 The Lives of the Poor in Rome Episode 20 Ostia Episode 21 Timgad Episode 22 Karanis Episode 23 Constantinople Episode 24 Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Steven L. Tuck, Miami University. |
| Summary |
We live in a world of cities - for the first time ever, the majority of the population lives in an urban environment - and reflecting on ancient models of the "city" as a human phenomenon offers important lessons for our culture today. Cities of the Ancient World is your opportunity to survey the breadth of the ancient world through the context of its urban development. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient.
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Extinct cities.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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History, Ancient.
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| Added Author |
hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12157469 |
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