General Note:
Course no. 3630.
Compact discs.
Teaching Company: 3630 (Course number). Additional nos. on various parts: PC3630A (compact discs) ; IC3630A-01--IC3630A-04 (CD containers) ; PB3630A (course guidebook).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references in guidebook.
Formatted Contents Note:
Journey to the East -- Yin and Yang -- the geography of China -- Early China and the mysterious Xia -- The coming of the Shang -- The Shang and writing for the Gods -- The Zhou and the mandate of heaven -- Great ideas of the Zhou -- Confucianism -- Great ideas of the Zhou -- later Confucianism -- Great ideas of the Zhou -- Daoism -- Great ideas of the Zhou -- legalism -- The Qin and the first emperor of China -- Contact with the West -- the early Han -- Triumph and tragedy -- the later Han -- Silk roads -- in the footsteps of nomads -- Silk roads -- the envoy Zhang Qian -- Silk roads -- perils of camels and caravans -- Silk roads -- Rome and roads from the West -- Silk roads -- the lost Kushan empire -- Origins of Buddhism -- The age of disunity -- The great Taizong and the rise of the Tang -- Changan and the glittering Tang -- Korea -- mysterious beginnings -- Korea -- the land of morning calm -- Korea -- the unified Silla -- Korea -- the Koryo -- Japan -- geography and early cultures -- Japan -- treasures of the tomb period -- Japan -- Nara and the great Eastern Temple -- Japan -- the world of the Heian -- Southeast Asia -- Vietnam -- Southeast Asia -- Indian and Islamic influences -- The industrial revolution of the Song -- Intellectual and cultural life of the Song -- The Mongols conquer the world -- Shaking the foundation -- Mongols in the East -- The rise of the Ming -- Great treasure fleets of the Ming -- The Qing -- nomads return from the north -- The Qing -- the last emperor of China -- Korea Choson -- rise of the Yangban -- Korea Choson -- the last dynasty -- Medieval Japan -- Samurai and Shoguns -- Tokugawa and Meiji Japan -- The people's Republic of China -- Isolation and Cold War conflicts -- The rise of the East Asian Tigers -- The enduring ideas of Eastern civilization.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lectures by Craig G. Benjamin, Grand Valley State University.
CD Audiobook