Discover the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Taking on the Other Side of History
- 02: Being Paleolithic
- 03: Living in Mesopotamia
- 04: Being Egyptian
- 05: Belonging to an Egyptian Family
- 06: Practicing Egyptian Religion
- 07: Being a Dead Egyptian
- 08: Being an Egyptian Worker
- 09: Being Minoan and Mycenaean
- 10: Being Greek
- 11: Growing Up Greek
- 12: Being a Greek Slave
- 13: Being a Greek Soldier or Sailor
- 14: Being a Greek Woman
- 15: Relaxing Greek Style
- 16: Being a Greek Refugee
- 17: Being a Sick or Disabled Greek
- 18: Practicing Greek Religion
- 19: Being an Old Greek
- 20: Being a Dead Greek
- 21: Being Persian
- 22: Living in Hellenistic Egypt
- 23: Being Roman
- 24: Being a Roman Slave
- 25: Being a Roman Soldier
- 26: Being a Roman Woman
- 27: Being a Poor Roman
- 28: Being a Rich Roman
- 29: Being a Roman Celebrity
- 30: Being a Roman Criminal
- 31: Relaxing Roman Style
- 32: Practicing Roman Religion
- 33: Being Jewish under Roman Rule
- 34: Being Christian under Roman Rule
- 35: Being a Celt in Ancient Britain
- 36: Being a Roman Briton
- 37: Being Anglo-Saxon
- 38: Being a Viking Raider
- 39: Living under Norman Rule
- 40: Being Medieval
- 41: Being Poor in the Middle Ages
- 42: Being a Medieval Woman
- 43: Being a Medieval Christian or Heretic
- 44: Being a Medieval Knight
- 45: Being a Crusader
- 46: Being a Pilgrim
- 47: Relaxing Medieval Style
- 48: Daily Life Matters
Taught by
Robert Garland, Ph.D.