DVD.

Computer disc contains PDF of course workbook.

Lecturer, Linwood Thompson.

Lectures: Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent -- Egypt: the gift of the Nile -- Early India and China -- The ancient Greeks -- Ancient Rome -- The growth of Christianity -- The fall of Rome -- The Byzantine Empire -- The rise of Islam -- Early Russia and the fall of Constantinople -- The early Christian church -- The Vikings -- Medieval life -- The Crusades -- The 1300's, the age of despair -- The Renaissance -- Africa: the civilizations of the Sub-Sahara -- China -- The Mongols and Marco Polo -- Early Japan through the Tokugawa period -- Discoverers and conquistadors -- North American explorers -- The Old World vs. New World: hazards and benefits -- Civilizations of the Americas -- The Protestant Reformation -- Tudor England -- The English Civil War and Parliament -- The monarchs of Europe -- The growth of democracy -- The American Revolution.