Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Ancient Civilizations Courses Critical Thinking Courses Archaeology Courses

Course Description

Overview

Decipher the secrets of lost and mysterious civilizations such as the Minoans, the Carthaginians, and many others in this course on the first empires in Western history.

Syllabus

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01: Cradles of Civilization
02: First Cities of Sumer
03: Mesopotamian Kings and Scribes
04: Hammurabi’s Babylon
05: Egypt in the Pyramid Age
06: The Middle Kingdom
07: Imperial Egypt
08: New Peoples of the Bronze Age
09: The Collapse of the Bronze Age
10: From Hebrews to Jews
11: Imperial Assyria
12: The Persian Empire

Taught by

Kenneth W. Harl

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