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The Greek and Persian Wars

Hale, John R., 1951- Book on CD - 2008 BOCD 938.03 Ha Oversize 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Compact disc.
Twenty-four lectures.
Lecture 1. The first encounter -- lecture 2. Empire builders, the Persians -- lecture 3. Intrepid voyagers, the Greeks -- lecture 4. The Ionian revolt -- lecture 5. From Mount Athos to Marathon -- lecture 6. Xerxes prepares for war -- lecture 7. The Athenians build a fleet -- lecture 8. Heroes at the pass -- lecture 9. Battle in the straits -- lecture 10. The freedom fighters -- lecture 11. Commemorating the great war -- lecture 12. Campaigns of the Delian League --
Lecture 13. Launching a golden age -- lecture 14. Herodotus invents history -- lecture 15. Engineering the fall of Athens -- lecture 16. Cyrus, Xenophon, and the ten thousand -- lecture 17. The march to the sea -- lecture 18. Strange bedfellows -- lecture 19. The Panhellenic dream -- lecture 20. The rise of Macedon -- lecture 21. Father and son -- lecture 22. Liberating the Greeks of Asia -- lecture 23. Who is the great king? -- lecture 24. When east met west.
Lecturer: John R. Hale, University of Louisville.
From the ancient battlefields of Thermopylae, Marathon, and Gaugamela, to the imperial halls of Persepolis, to the bustling marketplace of Athens, survey the conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians, as well as its impact on the world at large.

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Great courses. Ancient & medieval history.



PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 140 p. : maps ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598034295
1598034294

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Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
Greece -- Civilization.
Iran -- History -- To 640.