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(Set) Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

(Set) Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

(Set) Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

Travel back to the ancient world in this two-course set. Meet some of history’s least known influential figures in Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World. Then, broaden your appreciation of the distant past with the globe-spanning journey of History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective.

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The 24 lectures of Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World focus on antiquity’s underappreciated overachievers. These brilliant engineers, dynamic rebels, accomplished athletes, awe-inspiring military commanders, eloquent orators, meticulous travel writers, and cunning tricksters have long remained in the shadows with limited mainstream recognition. Get an updated and more complete view of history with Professor Gregory Aldrete, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, as your expert guide.

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We live in a world of cities—for the first time ever, the majority of the population lives in an urban environment—and reflecting on ancient models of the “city” as a human phenomenon offers important lessons for our culture today. Cities of the Ancient World is your opportunity to survey the breadth of the ancient world through the context of its urban development. These 24 eye-opening lectures not only provide an invaluable look at the design and architecture of ancient cities, they also offer a flesh-and-blood glimpse into the daily lives of ordinary people and the worlds they created.

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History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

Look at ancient history from a fresh, innovative vantage point with the 48 lectures of History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective. Historian and Professor Gregory S. Aldrete’s course examines the ancient world’s greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas—including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. This multidisciplinary journey covers not only the traditional domains of politics and war but also religion, philosophy, architecture, technology, and the visual arts.

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