Title:
The decisive battles of world history
Series:
Summary:
"Many of the most decisive turning points in the history of the world have been battles. More than just conflicts between armies, such moments often represent fundamental clashes among rival religions; cultures; and social, political, and economic systems. The outcomes of these battles have dramatically transformed and shaped the course of history, often sending it on unexpected or completely new paths. This course examines more than three dozen such pivotal moments, highlighting and exposing the key incidents and personalities responsible for these critical shifts. During the course of these lectures, we'll discover how the Battle of Yarmouk contributed to the establishment of Islam in the Middle East; how the Battle of the Talas River curbed the expansion of the Tang dynasty of China; how the Battle of Boyaca resulted in South American independence from Spain; and how the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, fought on the borders of Mongolia and Manchuria, influenced the entire direction of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific."--p. 1.
Audience:
Not rated.
General Note:
36 lectures (30 min. each).
"Course No. 8140."--Container.
Contents:
What makes a battle decisive? -- 1274 B.C. Kadesh--greatest chariot battle -- 479 B.C. Plataea--Greece wins freedom -- 331 B.C. Gaugamela--Alexander's genius -- 197 B.C. Cynoscephalae--Legion vs. Phalanx -- 31 B.C. Actium--birth of the Roman empire -- 260-110 B.C. China--struggles for unification -- 636 Yarmouk & al-Qadisiyyah--Islam triumphs -- 751 Talas & 1192 Tarain--Islam into Asia -- 1066 Hastings--William conquers England -- 1187 Hattin--crusader desert disaster -- 1260 Ain Jalut--can the Mongols be stopped? --
1410 Tannenberg--cataclysm of knights -- Frigidus, Badr, Diu--obscure turning points -- 1521 Tenochtitlán--Aztecs vs. Conquistadors -- 1532 Cajamarca--Inca vs. Conquistadors -- 1526 & 1556 Panipat--Babur & Akbar in India -- 1571 Lepanto--last gasp of the galleys-- 1592 Sacheon--Yi's mighty turtle ships -- 1600 Sekigahara--Samurai showdown -- 1683 Vienna--the great Ottoman siege -- 1709 Poltava--Sweden's fall, Russia's price -- 1759 Quebec--battle for North America -- 1776 Trenton--the revolution's darkest hour.
1805 Trafalgar--Nelson thwarts Napoleon -- 1813 Leipzig--the grand coalition -- 1824 Ayacucho--South American independence -- 1836 San Jacinto--Mexico's big loss -- 1862 Antietam--the civil war's bloodiest day -- 1866 Königgrätz--Bismarck molds Germany -- 1905 Tsushima--Japan humiliates Russia -- 1914 Marne--Paris is saved -- 1939 Khalkhin Gol--sowing the seeds of WWII -- 1942 Midway--four minutes change everything -- 1942 Stalingrad--Hitler's ambitions crushed -- Recent & not-so-decisive decisive battles.
Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 260 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Added Corporate Author:
Publisher:
Teaching Co.,
Publication Date:
2014
ISBN:
9781629970578
Publication Information:
[Chantilly, VA] : Teaching Co., c2014.
Call Number:
GC 355 ALDRETE