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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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Castor, Alexis Q..
Great Courses Audio. Spoken word ;
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Great courses. History. Ancient history.
Spoken word.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Lecturer: the author. |
| Summary |
All cultures lie in the shadow of ancient Mesopotamia-the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that is now mostly encompassed by the borders of modern Iraq. In this fascinating series of 36 lectures, an award-winning teacher leads you on a vivid journey through Mesopotamian history-from Neolithic times to the age of Alexander the Great-and into the lives of mighty emperors, struggling farmers, ambitious merchants, and palace servants to reveal why this ancient culture occupies such a foundational position in our history. The lectures look back to the time when the first cities arose in Mesopotamia and kings created complex bureaucracies to rule their expanding territories, thus fostering the invention of writing and other technologies. You peer into the lives and fortunes of Mesopotamia's people and learn about the birth of the urban lifestyle. Professor Castor creates a detailed image not only of larger Mesopotamian society but of life on the level of the individual Mesopotamian as well. Among the many fascinating insights into daily Mesopotamian life you examine are how they ate, worked, learned, worshiped, married, and reared children; used scientific ideas to help them order and understand the natural world; engaged with their powerful neighbors in Egypt, Syria, and Anatolia (modern-day Turkey); waged war and experienced peace; and endured the collapse of their cities. All Lectures: 1. The Iraq Museum 2. Geography and Environment 3. Discovering Mesopotamia 4. Archaeological Methods 5. Farming and Early Settlements 6. The Uruk Phenomenon 7. Writing 8. Temples 9. Mesopotamian Deities 10. Gilgamesh-Hero and King 11. The Early Dynastic Period 12. Warfare and Diplomacy 13. The Royal Cemetery at Ur 14. The Akkadians 15. Ideology of Kingship-Naram-Sin and Gudea 16. The Ur III Dynasty 17. Life in a Mesopotamian City 18. Food and Drink 19. Assyrian Trade Networks 20. Hammurabi of Babylon 21. Zimri-Lim of Mari 22. Laws 23. Medicine, Science, and Math 24. Poetry and Literature 25. Internationalism 26. Assyrian Expansion 27. Sargon II 28. Ideology of Empire 29. Control and Revolt 30. Medes and the Neo-Babylonian State 31. The Rise of the Achaemenids 32. Persians in Egypt and Greece 33. Xerxes's Invasion of Greece 34. Persian Art and Culture 35. Alexander the Great 36. After Alexander |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Iraq -- History -- To 634.
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Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.
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| Added Author |
Castor, Alexis Q..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781682767191 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1682767191 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12329181 |
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