CD Audiobook
The world was never the same : events that changed history / J. Rufus Fears.
Professor J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma, delivers thirty-six lectures on great events that have shaped world history.
Record details
- ISBN: 159803684X
- ISBN: 9781598036848
- Physical Description: 18 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (vi, 132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm).
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2010]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. Hammurabi issues a code of law ; Moses and monotheism -- disc 2. The enlightenment of the Buddha ; Confucius instructs a nation -- disc 3. Solon, democracy begins ; Marathon, democracy triumphant -- disc 4. Hippocrates takes an oath ; Caesar crosses the Rubicon -- disc 5. Jesus, the trial of a teacher ; Constantine I wins a battle -- disc 6. Muhammad moves to Medina, the Hegira ; Bologna gets a university -- disc 7. Dante sees Beatrice ; Black death, pandemics and history -- disc 8. Columbus finds a new world ; Michelangelo accepts a commission -- disc 9. Erasmus, a book sets Europe ablaze ; Luther's new course changes history -- disc 10. The defeat of the Spanish Armada ; The battle of Vienna -- disc 11. The battle of Lexington ; General Pickett leads a charge -- disc 12. Adam Smith versus Karl Marx ; Charles Darwin takes an ocean voyage -- disc 13. Louis Pasteur cures a child ; Two brothers take flight -- disc 14. The Archduke makes a state visit ; One night in Petrograd -- disc 15. The day the stock market crashed ; Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany -- disc 16. Franklin Roosevelt becomes president ; The atomic bomb is dropped -- disc 17. Mao Zedong begins his long march ; John F. Kennedy is assassinated -- disc 18. Dr. King leads a march ; September 11, 2001. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma. |
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| Subject: | World history. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 909 F288w 2010 (Text) | 33126023511110 | Recorded Lectures | Available | - |