The Development of
World Civilization

UGIS 55A:
World Civilization to 1500

Fall 1997

World Civilization Videographies from the Media Resources Center

On this page you'll find links to videographies for the World Civilizations under consideration in UGIS 55A and some viewing suggestions (listed by title and call number) to help you make the most of the knowledge you've acquired in lectures and discussion sections.

Ancient and Classical Civilizations
A complete videography of materials available at UCB's
Media Resource Center, 1st Floor, Moffit Library

Ancient Civilizations of Asia
  • China: The Mandate of Heaven (V/C #3019)
  • The First Emperor of China (V/D #22)
  • India: The Empire of the Spirit (V/C #3018)
  • Old Treasures From New China (V/C # 3018)
  • Paradise on Earth:Ancient Spirits, China and Japan (V/C 4118)
  • 600 Millennia: China's History Unearthed (V/C # 44)
  • Xian: Imperial City (V/C # 311)

Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
  • The Buried Mirror: The Conflicts of the Gods (V/C #2392:2)
  • Central America: The Burden of Time (V/C #3021)
  • Religion in Mesoamerica (V/C #4677)
  • The Lost World of the Maya (V/C #250)
  • Monuments of Ancient Mexico (V/C #2614)
  • Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya (V/C #2425)

Ancient Civilizations of the Mediterranean
  • Art of the Western World (V/C #1675)
  • The Athenian Trireme (V/C #3508)
  • Crete & Mycenae (V/C #1016)
  • The Greeks: An Outline History of Europe (V/C #574)
  • From Darkness to Light: The Mystery Religions of Ancient Greece (V/C #1630)
  • Aeschylus' Oresteia
    Agamemnon (Oresteia Part I) V/C #988
    Agamemnon (Oresteia Part I) V/C #4053
    Choephori (Oresteia, pt. 2) V/C #989
    Eumenides (Oresteia, pt. 3) V/C #990

Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East and North Africa
  • Arabs: A Living History (V/C # 11-69:1-10)
  • Faces of Islam (V/C # 4086)
  • Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization (V/C #3017)
  • The Torchbearers (V/C # 4602)
  • The World of Islam (V/C # 2507-2512)

Medieval European Civilizations
  • The Middle Ages: An Outline History of Europe (V/C #574)


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