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SEASON 1: Ancient World to 1491


Hello! Welcome to Season 1 of Great Big History Podcast.  

Below are the Youtube Video Version of the Lectures.  These are used distributed to my students of Camden County College.  Season 1 is the podcast/lectures for the HISTORY 101 World Civilization class.  The Time Frame goes from pre-history (about 10,000 BCE) to 1491, right before Columbus lands in the New World and changes everything.

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If you would like to see the videos on Youtube please check out the playlists below.

First Third (Nomads to Ancient Hebrews)

Second Third (Greeks, Romans, Ancient China and Ancient India)

Final Third (Africa, Byzantines, Arab Caliphate, the Indigenous Americans, Europe of the Renaissance) 



101 - Episode 01 - Nomadic Lifestyles

 

 

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101 - Episode 02 - Nomadic Warfare

 

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101 - Episode 03 - Nomadic Government and Law

 

 

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Episode 4 - the Problems of Settling Down

 

 

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Episode 05: King Me - Solving the Problems of Settling Down

 

 

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Babylon: City of the Universe

(its long - so here are the time stamps in Minutes to do in sections)

(0.00 to 15min. - Babylon, City of the Universe)

(15.00 to 22.00 min. - Code of Hammurabi - Law and Punishment)

(22 - 51 min. - Women and the Code of Hammurabi)

(51 min to the End - Chariot Warfare and the Bronze Age Collapse)

 

 

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Assyria: After the Bronze Age Collapse

 

 

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Persia

 

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Egyptian geography and Old kingdom

 

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Egyptian Middle and New Kingdoms

 

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Hebrew Geography

 

 

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Hebrew Defeat and Trauma

 

 

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Greek Geography

 

 

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Greek Phalanx

 

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Greek Military and Effects on Politics

 

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Persian Wars

 

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Peloponnesian War and Fall of Greece

 

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Greek Culture Part 1: Drama

 

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Greek Culture Part 2: Philosophy

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Roman Warfare and the Empire of the Republic

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Collapse of the Roman Republic

 

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Indian Geography

 

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Ancient India Culture and Politics

 

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Buddhism

 

 

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Mauryan Empire and Politics of India

 

 

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China Geography and Early Politics

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China's Political Philosophy: Confucius

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China's Political History: Qin and Han Dynasties

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END Season 1


thank you

  • Blog
  • Great Big History Podcast
    • Subscribe >
      • Stitcher: GBH Podcast
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    • Season 1: HIS 101: Ancient World to 1491
    • Season 2: HIS 102: 1492 - 2000
    • Season 3: Murder, War, Heroes: Scandinavia 1520-1809
    • Extra Episodes!
  • Sweden in 1650s Book