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Turning points in Middle Eastern history / Eamonn Gearon.
Discover the majestic cultures and astonishing history of the Middle East, looking behind the headlines to understand this significant region.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629972510
- ISBN: 1629972517
- ISBN: 9781629972534
- ISBN: 1629972533
- ISBN: 9781629972534
- ISBN: 1629972533
- Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 course guidebook (vi, 309 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm) and 2 transcript books (iv, 375 pages and iv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm ).
- Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. "Course no. 8340." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Muslim empires : land, language, religion -- Muhammad and the dawn of Islam, 622 -- Arab invasion of North Africa, 639 -- Umayyad caliphate in Damascus, 661 -- Battle of Karbala, 680 -- Arab invasion of Andalusia, 711 -- Battle of Talas, 751 -- The founding of Baghdad, 762 -- Islamic Golden Age begins, 813 -- Qairouan University, 859 -- The Fatimids of Cairo, 969 -- Umayyad exile in Cordoba, 784-1031 -- Al Ghazali and orthodoxy, 1090 -- Crusaders capture Jerusalem, 1099 -- Muslims in the court of Roger II, 1130 -- Saladin : chivalry and conquest, 1187 -- The Egyptian Mamluks, 1250 -- Mongols sack Baghdad, 1258 -- Ottoman Empire rises, 1299 -- Mansa Musa, richest man, 1324 -- Ibn Khaldun's masterpiece, 1377 -- Ottomans seize Constantinople, 1453 -- Fall of Granada, 1492 -- Safavid dynasty of Persia, 1501-- Selim the Grim, 1512 -- Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520 -- Second Siege of Vienna, 1683 -- The Saud-Wahhab Pact, 1744 -- Napoleon invades Egypt, 1798 -- Murder at the Citadel, 1811 -- French invasion of Algeria, 1830 -- East India Company in Yemen, 1839 -- Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal, 1869 -- Discovering Middle East Oil, 1908 -- World War I in the desert, 1914 -- The last caliphate falls, 1924. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer, Professor Eamonn Gearon, Johns Hopkins University. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Middle East > History. |
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Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 4 of 4 copies available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)
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| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 956 Turn GC055 (Text) | 33294002073856 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 956 Turn GC055 (Text) | 33294002074284 | DVDs | Available | - | |
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 956 Turn GC055 (Text) | 33294002074292 | DVDs | Available | - | |
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 956 Turn GC055 (Text) | 33294005006663 | DVDs | Available | - |
