Kenneth W Harl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Embark on an unforgettable trip into the historical glories of the past with these 24 lectures that immerse you in the history of an often overlooked region of the ancient world. With Professor Harl as your guide, you'll plunge into the history of Asia Minor's great ancient civilizations and come face to face with eye-opening historical milestones. Among these: the rise of the Hittites, the legendary Trojan War, the birth of Western philosophy, the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This course examines the career of Alexander, with emphasis on his military genious and his impact on the Hellenic world, Near East, and India. It also explores the historical conditions that produced this greatest of conquerors as well as his impact and legacy that endures to the present day.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Professor Harl begins during the Bronze Age and the emergence of urban-based literate civilizations and carries the story forward until the demise of Persia's great empire at the hands of the Greeks, who embraced many of the achievements of these Near East civilizations but clearly represented a different kind of civilization, built on different institutions. Along the way, he examines advances like the invention and evolution of writing; the development...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"This course examines not only the career of Alexander but also the historical, military, and social conditions that produced this greatest of conquerors. We journey through the world that Alexander inhertedc, the world that he manipulated, and the world that he left in his wake. In the process, we peel back centuries of misrepresentaions and mythologies to discover what we can about the man behind the name"--Course guidebook cover, p.[4].
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This course addresses three broad chronological spans. The first third of the course covers the nomadic steppe peoples from antiquity to 550 A.D., from their domestication of the horse through their interactions with the civilizations of China, the Near East, the Greeks, and Imperial Rome. The second third of the course deals with the early Middle Ages, a period of time that was dominated by the spread of the Turkish language across the steppe zones....
13) The Vikings
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Why did pagan Rome, which had a history of tolerating other faiths, clash with early Christians? What was it like, under Roman law, to be a Jew or a Christian? What led to the great persecutions of Christians? Above all else, how did Christianity ultimately achieve dominance in the Roman Empire, eclipsing paganism in one of the most influential turning points in the history of Western civilization? These and many other questions are answered in Professor...
17) The Vikings
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
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