Human prehistory and the first civilizations /
Narrative of the story of human origins and the many ties that still bind us deeply to the world before writing.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[2003]
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| Series: | Great courses (DVD)
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. disc 1. Introducing human prehistory ; In the beginning ; Our earliest ancestors ; The first human diaspora ; The first Europeans ; The Neanderthals
- disc 2. The origins of Homo sapiens sapiens ; The great diaspora ; The world of the Cro-Magnons ; Artists and mammoth hunters ; The first Americans ; The Paleo-Indians and afterward
- pt. 2. disc 3. After the Ice Age ; The first farmers ; Why farming? ; The first European farmers ; Farming in Asia and settling the Pacific ; The story of maize
- disc 4. The origins of states and civilization ; Sumerian civilization ; Ancient Egyptian civilization to the Old Kingdom ; Ancient Egypt : Middle and New Kingdoms ; The Minoan civilization of Crete ; The eastern Mediterranean world
- pt. 3. disc 5. The Harappan civilization of South Asia ; South and Southeast Asia ; Africa : a world of interconnectedness ; The origins of Chinese civilization ; China : Zhou to the Han ; Southeast Asian civilizations
- disc 6. Pueblos and moundbuilders in North America ; Ancient Maya civilization ; Highland Mesoamerican civilization ; The origins of Andean civilization ; The Inka and their predecessors ; Epilogue.