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Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations

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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

  • By This Professor
  • 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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