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Author
Series
Great Courses volume 3
Language
English
Description
Turn to the second group of ancient Indian communities: the urban people of the Indus Valley. Many mysteries abound regarding this long-lost Bronze Age civilization, but Professor Fisher takes you through excavated cities, examines art and artifacts, and reveals what we know about this intriguing society-and what may have happened to them.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 552 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the producers of America: The Story of Us comes the epic tale of the rise of civilization. Mankind: The Story of All of Us, a 12-hour series, spans the first flourishing of life in Mesopotamia through the discovery of America, capturing the danger, action, struggle, heroism, and adrenaline using groundbreaking techniques.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 9 hr., 12 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Language
English
Description
From the producers of America: "The Story of Us" comes the epic tale of the rise of civilization. Mankind: The Story of All of Us, a 12-hour series, spans the first flourishing of life in Mesopotamia through the discovery of America, capturing the danger, action, struggle, heroism, and adrenaline using groundbreaking techniques.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (670 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Art historian Sir Kenneth Clark presents an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considers to be the crucial phases of its development. This lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was broadcast in 1969.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (iv, 169 pages ; 22 cm)
Language
English
Description
Examines the fundamental question of our times: why was the 20th century so violent? It looks at the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems and relates the terrible human toll of attempts to realize these ideas.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (iv, 179 pages ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
History is made not only by kings, queens, presidents, and generals, but equally by inventors and the technological powers they unleash. This course explores the inventions that have changed the world from prehistoric times to the 21st century. Along with recounting famous inventions such as the steam engine, airplane, atomic bomb and computer chip, these lectures explore a number of surprising innovations, including beer, pagodas, indoor plumbing...
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