Videos
This page gathers all of the videos related to the semester’s course material, including assignment overviews, quiz notes, and course content.
For a full list of all of my lecture and course content videos for all courses, see the video playlist page.
Assignment Overview
Welcome and Orientation (4:21)
Quick Overview: The Clouds Essay (19:52)
Quick overview: The Images Essay (11:00)
Formatting Musts (5:02)
Evidence Musts (12:07)
Structure Musts (9:01)
Course Content
MEETING 1
Eras of History (19:39)
Eras of History (19:39)
MEETING 1
Evidence (27:20)
Evidence (27:20)
MEETING 2
The Origins of Sumer (9:59)
The Origins of Sumer (9:59)
MEETING 2
Writing (20:07)
Writing (20:07)
MEETING 3
The Epic of Gilgamesh (21:15)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (21:15)
MEETING 4
The City-States of Sumer (14:54)
The City-States of Sumer (14:54)
MEETING 5
Mesopotamia and Empire (25:58)
Mesopotamia and Empire (25:58)
MEETING 6
Unification of Egypt (19:49)
Unification of Egypt (19:49)
MEETING 6
Old Kingdom Egypt (13:13)
Old Kingdom Egypt (13:13)
MEETING 7
New Kingdom Egypt (20:44)
New Kingdom Egypt (20:44)
MEETING 8
The Minoans (19:08)
The Minoans (19:08)
MEETING 8
Mycenaeans (22:00)
Mycenaeans (22:00)
MEETING 9
Philistines and Phoenicians (24:57)
Philistines and Phoenicians (24:57)
MEETING 9
The Hebrews (25:18)
The Hebrews (25:18)
MEETING 10
The Neo-Assyrian Empire (13:50)
The Neo-Assyrian Empire (13:50)
MEETING 11
The Persian Empire (25:10)
The Persian Empire (25:10)
MEETING 12
Eurasian cultures (22:26)
Eurasian cultures (22:26)
MEETING 14
The Greek Dark Age (1) (20:13)
The Greek Dark Age (1) (20:13)
MEETING 14
The Greek Dark Age (2) (17:01)
The Greek Dark Age (2) (17:01)
MEETING 14
The Clouds (22:21)
The Clouds (22:21)
MEETING 15
Archaic Greece (23:13)
Archaic Greece (23:13)
MEETING 16
Sparta (24:36)
Sparta (24:36)
MEETING 16
Early Athens (17:17)
Early Athens (17:17)
MEETING 17
Persian Invasions (19:57)
Persian Invasions (19:57)
MEETING 17
Fifth-Century Athens (1) (16:18)
Fifth-Century Athens (1) (16:18)
MEETING 18
Fifth-Century Athens (2) (16:39)
Fifth-Century Athens (2) (16:39)
MEETING 18
The Peloponnesian War (29:27)
The Peloponnesian War (29:27)
MEETING 19
The Fourth-Century Crisis (20:58)
The Fourth-Century Crisis (20:58)
MEETING 20
Alexander (17:36)
Alexander (17:36)
MEETING 20
The Hellenistic East (14:46)
The Hellenistic East (14:46)
MEETING 20
Hellenistic culture (30:11)
Hellenistic culture (30:11)
MEETING 21
Early Italy (Part 1) (16:28)
Early Italy (Part 1) (16:28)
MEETING 21
Early Italy (Part 2) (14:06)
Early Italy (Part 2) (14:06)
MEETING 21
Rome under the Kings (26:10)
Rome under the Kings (26:10)
MEETING 22
The Early Republic (Part 1) (21:38)
The Early Republic (Part 1) (21:38)
MEETING 22
The Early Republic (Part 2) (14:58)
The Early Republic (Part 2) (14:58)
MEETING 22
Roman Expansionism (23:10)
Roman Expansionism (23:10)
MEETING 23
The Punic Wars (26:55)
The Punic Wars (26:55)
MEETING 23
Roman Wars in the East (19:03)
Roman Wars in the East (19:03)
MEETING 24
The Acquisition of Empire (Part 1) (18:59)
The Acquisition of Empire (Part 1) (18:59)
MEETING 24
The Acquisition of Empire (Part 2) (25:55)
The Acquisition of Empire (Part 2) (25:55)
MEETING 25
Sulla and Pompey (Part 1) (18:54)
Sulla and Pompey (Part 1) (18:54)
MEETING 25
Sulla and Pompey (Part 2) (12:34)
Sulla and Pompey (Part 2) (12:34)
MEETING 26
Julius Caesar (20:26)
Julius Caesar (20:26)
MEETING 27
Augustus and the Principate (23:45)
Augustus and the Principate (23:45)
MEETING 27
The Early Principate (Part 1) (19:23)
The Early Principate (Part 1) (19:23)
MEETING 28
The Early Principate (Part 2) (16:05)
The Early Principate (Part 2) (16:05)
MEETING 28
The Roman World (25:44)
The Roman World (25:44)
MEETING 28
Christianity and the Romans (27:04)
Christianity and the Romans (27:04)