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The Great Courses : The Decisive Battles Of World History



36 lectures  

30 minutes each

2014

MPEG-3

128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels

English

0.99 GB





Synopsis: Nothing changes the world as quickly and inexorably as war. In warfare, the future course of entire civilizations, regions, and continents can be determined in as little as a few hours.



Content:



01.What Makes a Battle Decisive?

02.1274 B.C. Kadesh— Greatest Chariot Battle

03.479 B.C. Plataea—Greece Wins Freedom

04.331 B.C. Gaugamela—Alexander’s Genius

05.197 B.C. Cynoscephalae—Legion vs. Phalanx

06.31 B.C. Actium—Birth of the Roman Empire

07.260–110 B.C. China—Struggles for Unification

08.636 Yarmouk & al-Qadisiyyah—Islam Triumphs

09.751 Talas & 1192 Tarain—Islam into Asia

10.1066 Hastings—William Conquers England

11.1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster

12.1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped?

13.1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights

14.Frigidus, Badr, Diu—Obscure Turning Points

15.1521 Tenochtitlán—Aztecs vs. Conquistadors

16.1532 Cajamarca—Inca vs. Conquistadors

17.1526 & 1556 Panipat—Babur & Akbar in India

18.1571 Lepanto—Last Gasp of the Galleys

19.1592 Sacheon—Yi’s Mighty Turtle Ships

20.1600 Sekigahara—Samurai Showdown

21.1683 Vienna—The Great Ottoman Siege

22.1709 Poltava—Sweden’s Fall, Russia’s Rise

23.1759 Quebec—Battle for North America

24.1776 Trenton—The Revolution’s Darkest Hour

25.1805 Trafalgar—Nelson Thwarts Napoleon

26.1813 Leipzig—The Grand Coalition

27.1824 Ayacucho—South American Independence

28.1836 San Jacinto—Mexico’s Big Loss

29.1862 Antietam—The Civil War’s Bloodiest Day

30.1866 Königgrätz—Bismarck Molds Germany

31.1905 Tsushima—Japan Humiliates Russia

32.1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved

33.1939 Khalkin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII

34.1942 Midway—Four Minutes Change Everything

35.1942 Stalingrad—Hitler’s Ambitions Crushed

36.Recent & Not-So-Decisive Decisive Battles