Between the rivers : the history of ancient Mesopotamia
In this course, we will explore Mesopotamian societies from the Neolithic era (c. 9,000 B.C.) to the defeat of the great Persian Empire at Gaugamela by Alexander the Great (331 B.C.) The study will take us from the world of international diplomacy with powerful neighbors in Egypt, Syria, and Anatolia to the mundane issues of daily life, such as providing food for the family, curing disease, and settling legal disputes. It examines archaeological discoveries, historical documents, and literary texts to explore how these lands between the rivers created a civilization that has contributed to the development of our own. A recurring them of the course is the creation of an urban lifestyle, which becomes increasingly sophisticated and complex as cultures expand.
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| Iraq > History > To 634. Iraq > Civilization > To 634. |
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| Video recordings. |
- ISBN: 9781598032604
- Physical Description 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2006]
- Copyright ©2006
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Ancient & medieval history"--Container cover insert Course consists of 12 lectures in 3 parts. Each part consists of 2 videodiscs and each videodisc consists of six lectures. Course No. 3180. Course guidebooks contain outlines of each 30 minute lecture. With bibliographical references. GMD: videodisc. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. The rise of civilizaton. Lecture 1. The Iraq Museum -- Lecture 2. Geography and environment -- Lecture 3. Discovering Mesopotamia -- Lecture 4. Archaeological methods -- Lecture 5. Farming and early settlements -- Lecture 6. The Uruk phenomenon -- Lecture 7. Writing -- Lecture 8. Temples -- Lecture 9. Mesopotamian deities -- Lecture 10. Gilgamesh -- hero and king -- Lecture 11. The early dynastic period -- Lecture 12. Warfare and diplomacy. Part 2. The great city-states. Lecture 13. The Royal Cemetery at Ur -- Lecture 14. The Akkadians -- Lecture 15. Ideology of kingship -- Naram-Sin and Gudea -- Lecture 16. The Ur III dynasty -- Lecture 17. Life in a Mesopotamian city -- Lecture 18. Food and drink -- Lecture 19. Assyrian trade networks -- Lecture 20. Hammurabi of Babylon -- Lecture 21. Zimri-Lim of Mari -- Lecture 22. Laws -- Lecture 23. Medicine, science, and math -- Lecture 24. Poetry and literature. Part 3. Empires of the East. Lecture 25. Internationalism -- Lecture 26. Assyrian expansion -- Lecture 27. Sargon II -- Lecture 28. Ideology of empire -- Lecture 29. Control and revolt -- Lecture 30. Medes and the neo-Babylonian state -- Lecture. 31. The rise of the Achaemenids -- Lecture 32. Persians in Egypt and Greece -- Lecture 33. Xerxes's invasion of Greece -- Lecture 34. Persian and art culture -- Lecture 35. Alexander the Great -- Lecture 36. After Alexander. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Professor Alexis Q. Castor, Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |