The Great Courses: A Brief History Of The World 6-Disc Set

Great Courses: A Brief History Of The World 6-Disc Set DVD VIDEO MOVIE Stearns Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Teaching Company Media: DVD STOCK IMAGES ONLY. COURSEBOOK NOT INCLUDED. 36 university level lessons/6 DVDs. A compelling overview of the human experience presented by a pioneering scholar and multi-award-winning teacher in world history, Professor Peter N. Stearns. 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. 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 Civili