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Human prehistory and the first civilizations

Fagan, Brian M. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary: Narrative of the story of human origins and the many ties that still bind us deeply to the world before writing.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1565855892
  • ISBN: 1565856880
  • ISBN: 9781565855892
  • ISBN: 9781565856882
  • ISBN: 9791565855891
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (21 cm) in 3 cases (25 cm).
  • Edition: Full screen
  • Publisher: [Chantilly, Va.] : The Teaching Company, [2003]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: part I. Introducing human prehistory -- In the beginning -- Our earliest ancestors -- The first human diaspora -- The first Europeans -- The Neanderthals -- The origins of Homo sapiens sapiens -- The great diaspora -- The world of the Cro-Magnons -- Artists and mammoth hunters -- The first Americans -- The Paleo-Indians and afterward -- part II. After the Ice Age -- The first farmers -- Why farming? -- The first European farmers -- Farming in Asia and settling the Pacific -- The story of maize -- The origins of states and civilization -- Sumerian civilization -- Ancient Egyptian civilization to the Old Kingdom -- Ancient Egypt : Middle and New Kingdoms -- The Minoan civilization of Crete -- The eastern Mediterranean world -- part III. The Harappan civilization of South Asia -- South and Southeast Asia -- Africa : a world of interconnectedness -- The origins of Chinese civilization -- China : Zhou to the Han -- Southeast Asian civilizations -- Pueblos and moundbuilders in North America -- Ancient Maya civilization -- Highland Mesoamerican civilization -- The origins of Andean civilization -- The Inka and their predecessors -- Epilogue.
Participant or Performer Note: Professor Brian M. Fagan, speaker.
Subject: Civilization, Ancient
History, Ancient
Prehistoric peoples
Genre: Video recordings.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Old Fort Branch Library 930 FAG GUIDEBK (Text)
: DVD COURSES PARTS 1-3 SHELVED SEPARATELY [ CM @ OLD_FORT ]
37810435332100 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library AUDIOCD 930 FAG P3 6DISC (Text)
: GUIDEBOOK SHELVED SEPERATELY [ CM @ OLD_FORT ]
37810435332092 Adult Audiobook Available -

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