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Human prehistory and the first civilizations /

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"This course brings you the answers that the latest scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins, how populations developed, and the ways in which civilizations spread throughout the globe"--Teaching Co. Web site.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fagan, Brian M.
Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2002]
Series:Great courses (Compact disc)
Subjects:
Civilization, Ancient.
History, Ancient.
Prehistoric peoples.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. lecture 1. Introducing human prehistory ; lecture 2. In the beginning ; lecture 3. Our earliest ancestors ; lecture 4. The first human diaspora ; lecture 5. The first Europeans ; lecture 6. The Neanderthals ; lecture 7. The origins of Homo sapiens sapiens ; lecture 8. The great diaspora ; lecture 9. The world of the Cro-Magnons ; lecture 10. Artists and mammoth hunters ; lecture 11. The first Americans ; lecture 12. The Paleo-Indians and afterward
  • pt. II. lecture 13. After the Ice Age ; lecture 14. The first farmers ; lecture 15. Why farming? ; lecture 16. The first European farmers ; lecture 17. Farming in Asia and settling the Pacific ; lecture 18. The story of maize ; lecture 19. The origins of states and civilization ; lecture 20. Sumerian civilization ; lecture 21. Ancient Egyptian civilization to the Old Kingdom ; lecture 22. Ancient Egypt : Middle and New Kingdoms ; lecture 23. The Minoan civilization of Crete ; lecture 24. The eastern Mediterranean world
  • pt. III. lecture 25. The Harappan civilization of South Asia ; lecture 26. South and Southeast Asia ; lecture 27. Africa : a world of interconnectedness ; lecture 28. The origins of Chinese civilization ; lecture 29. China : Zhou to the Han ; lecture 30. Southeast Asian civilizations ; lecture 31. Pueblos and moundbuilders in North America ; lecture 32. Ancient Maya civilization ; lecture 33. Highland Mesoamerican civilization ; lecture 34. The origins of Andean civilization ; lecture 35. The Inka and their predecessors ; lecture 36. Epilogue.