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Castor, Alexis Q.
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Iraq -- History -- To 634.
Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.
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Castor, Alexis Q.
Iraq -- History -- To 634.
Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.
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Between
the
rivers
[videorecording (DVD)] : the
history
of
ancient
Mesopotamia
/ Alexis Q. Castor.
by
Castor, Alexis Q.
Teaching Co., c2006.
Call #:
DVD 935 C354b
Subjects
Iraq --
History
-- To 634.
Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.
Series
Great courses (DVD).
Ancient
& medieval
history
.
Great courses (DVD)
ISBN:
1598032607
9781598032604
Alternate title:
Great Courses.
Between
the
rivers
[videorecording (DVD)] : the
history
of
ancient
Mesopotamia
History
of
ancient
Mesopotamia
[videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] :
Description:
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.)
Notes:
Course No. 3180.
"36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Course guidebooks contain outlines of each 30 minute lecture. With bibliographical references.
Home use only.
Contents:
Part 1. Disc 1. The rise of civilizaton: The Iraq Museum -- Geography and environment -- Discovering
Mesopotamia
-- Archaeological methods -- Farming and early settlements -- The Uruk phenomenon -- Disc 2. Writing -- Temples -- Mesopotamian deities -- Gilgamesh : hero and king -- The early dynastic period -- Warfare and diplomacy -- Part 2. Disc 3. The great city-states: The Royal Cemetery at Ur -- The Akkadians -- Ideology of kingship : Naram-Sin and Gudea -- The Ur III dynasty -- Life in a Mesopotamian city -- Food and drink -- Disc 4. Assyrian trade networks -- Hammurabi of Babylon -- Zimri-Lim of Mari -- Laws -- Medicine, science, and math -- Poetry and literature -- Part 3. Disc 5. Empires of the East: Internationalism -- Assyrian expansion -- Sargon II -- Ideology of empire -- Control and revolt -- Medes and the neo-Babylonian state -- Disc 6. The rise of the Achaemenids -- Persians in Egypt and Greece -- Xerxes's invasion of Greece -- Persian and art culture -- Alexander the Great -- After Alexander.
Performers:
Professor Alexis Q. Castor, Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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