Lecture Presentations
History of World Civilization I
Prehistory:
Maslov: Evolution of Civilization
Karen Armstrong; "A Short History of Myth"
The Neolithic Period-Mythology of the Farmers (8000-4000 BCE)
Creation Stories of Ancient Civilizations
The Role of Myth in World History
The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE
Ancient Mesopotamia:
The Meaning of Cities: from Village to City States
Early Urbanization Some Modern Critiques
Part I: Mesopotamian Myth: "By the Rivers of Babylon"
Part II: "By the Rivers of Babylon"
Ancient Egypt:
Ancient Hebrews:
The Ten Commandments and American Law
Thou Shalt Not Kill Commandment Analysis
Asia, Oceania and Europe to 1000 BCE
Ancient India:
The Radiance of a Thous and Suns-The Myths of India
American Civilizations:
Axial Age 800-200 BCE
Hinduism and Buddhism:
The Greek World:
The Rise of Greek Civilization
Greek Philosophers and Greek Thought
Part II: Was Greece Even a Theocracy
Part III: Creation Stories of Greece
Hellenistic Civilization, to 200 BCE
Part II: Hellenistic Civilization, Alexander the Great
Rome, Jews & Christians 500 CE
Roman Empire: Decline - Fall and Legacy to Western Civilization
Byzantine Empire Lecture Presentation
Persia: The Sassanids, 162-500 CE
India, East Asia, Oceania and America, to 500 CE
Making Way for Islam
Early Medieval European History
Middle Ages The Church and Economic Growth 1000-1300
The Far and Middle East; to the 1400s
Christendom, Africa
and the Americas, to 1500 CE