#Short The Domino Theory with Matthew

05/11/20 • 2 min

In these #Shorts we get our students to define important concepts from history. In this first #Short, Matthew Andrews explains the Domino Theory.

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In these #Shorts we get our students to define important concepts from history. In this first #Short, Matthew Andrews explains the Domino Theory.

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#StudentSpecial The Epic of Gilgamesh with Mel and Natasha

This is our first #StudentSpecial. In these episodes we'll discuss some special interest topics with some of our students. In this one, Mel van Deventer and Natasha Peters join me to talk about the world's oldest written story. It was found on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia and tells the story of a famous king of Uruk. We lay out the different parts of the story and discuss some of the themes. We meet characters like Enkidu and Utnapishtim and consider the interesting twists in the story. We've drawn on the work of Professor Glenn S Holland @TheGreatCourses and Cynthia Stokes Brown at Oer Project.

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#19 The Rise of Agrarian Civilizations

In this episode we investigate why the very first farming civilizations did not appear in Africa which is considered to be the cradle of humankind. We then turn our attention to Mesopotamia and discuss how farming villages started there between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. We look at the first big city of Uruk and then consider some of the reasons for the rise of states. What are states and how do they form? How does an empire differ from a state? We then briefly explore the very first empires: the Akkadian and Assyrian Empires. What were some of the reasons for the rise of these empires, but also what contributed to their collapse. We've drawn quite extensively on the excellent work of the World History Project at the website oerproject.com.

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