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1 online resource (1 audio file (1080 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Great Courses Audio ; |
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Stearns, Peter N..
Great Courses Audio. Spoken word ;
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Great courses. Modern history. Spoken word.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Narrator not specified. |
| Summary |
The construction of the great pyramids of Egypt, the development of democracy in ancient Greece, the glories of ancient Rome - these stories are familiar to students of history. But what about the rest of the world? How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions? Learn the rest of the story with these 36 riveting lectures that survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe. From the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era to the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century, you'll apprehend "the big picture" of world history. You'll examine and compare the peoples, cultures, and nations of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas to understand how, throughout history, peoples all over the world have connected and interacted, traded goods and technology, and conquered and learned from each other. As you travel around the world and through time, Professor Stearns provides surprising insights that will overturn many of your assumptions about history. For instance, you'll see how the invention of agriculture brought with it a number of drawbacks, such as a new inequality between men and women and greater exposure to epidemic diseases. Fascinating episodes like these will give you a deep appreciation for the human experience as it was lived throughout the centuries. All Lectures: 1. What and Why Is World History? 2. The Neolithic Revolution 3. What Is a Civilization? 4. The Classical Period in World History 5. Cultural Change in the Classical Period 6. Social Inequalities in Classical Societies 7. The Roman Empire and Han China 8. The Silk Road; Classical Period Contacts 9. The Decline of the Classical Civilizations 10. The Post-Classical Period, 500 - 1450 11. World Religions and Their Consequences 12. The Impact of Islam 13. Postclassical Trade and Contacts 14. Postclassical Patterns of Imitation 15. Western Civilization in World Context 16. The Mongol Years 17. Civilizations in the Americas and in Africa 18. The World in 1450 19. The Early Modern Period, 1450 - 1750 20. The World Economy, 1450 - 1750 21. Transformations in Western Europe 22. The Rise of Russia 23. Asian Empires and a Shogunate 24. The Long 19th Century 25. Abolition of Slavery and Serfdom 26. Modernization and Nationalisms 27. Formation of Latin American Civilization 28. China and Japan - 19th-Century Pressures 29. The 20th - 21st Centuries as a New Period 30. The World Economy - Change and Continuity 31. An Age of Revolutions 32. The United States in World History 33. Contemporary Democracy 34. Contemporary Cultural Change 35. Gender in Contemporary World History 36. Globalization and World History |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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World history.
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Educational films.
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| Added Author |
Stearns, Peter N..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781682764626 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1682764621 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT12329140 |
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