A brief history of the world. Part 2 of 3

Stearns, Peter N. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary: This course provides a survey of the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe. It begins with the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era and ends with the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century.

Record details

ISBN: 9781598033250
ISBN: 1598033255
Physical Description: 6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (ii, 69 p. ; 22 cm.)
sound disc
sound recording
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Compact disc. Course guidebooks include lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:	Post classical trade and contacts -- Post classical patterns of imitation -- Western civilization in world context -- The Mongol years -- Civilizations in the Americas and in Africa -- The world in 1450 -- The early modern period, 1450-1750 -- The world economy, 1450-1750 -- Transformations in Western Europe -- The rise of Russia -- Asian Empires and a Shogunate -- The long 19th century.
Participant or Performer Note:	Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University.