The Decisive Battles Of World History - Gregory S Aldrete

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
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