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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World

Auteur(s): Robert Garland, The Great Courses
Narrateur(s): Robert Garland
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Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.

The past truly comes alive as you take a series of imaginative leaps into the world of history's anonymous citizens, people such as a Greek soldier marching into battle in the front row of a phalanx; an Egyptian woman putting on makeup before attending an evening party with her husband; a Greek citizen relaxing at a drinking party with the likes of Socrates; a Roman slave captured in war and sent to work in the mines; and a Celtic monk scurrying away with the Book of Kells during a Viking invasion.

Put yourself in the sandals of ordinary people and discover what it was like to be among history's 99%. What did these everyday people do for a living? What was their home like? What did they eat? What did they wear? What did they do to relax? What were their beliefs about marriage? Religion? The afterlife?

This extraordinary journey takes you across space and time in an effort to be another person - someone with whom you might not think you have anything at all in common - and come away with an incredible sense of interconnectedness. You'll see the range of possibilities of what it means to be human, making this a journey very much worth taking.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2012 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)2012 The Great Courses

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Loved it!

I've always enjoyed learning about history, but I've always thought that most of history focuses on the powerful elite, Kings, Emperors and the wars they fought, etc. I've often wondered what the mundane details of life were like for the common person. What beliefs did they hold? What was their daily routine like? If you are like me in this regard, then you absolutely have to get this lecture series. The professor does an amazing job at bringing the details of daily ancient life into focus. Historical writings have left out so many of the details of what life was really like, and the professor does an incredible job at them in.

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A must have for anyone with a interest in history.

I've listened to a handful of the great courses, and by far this is the most interesting well laid out one I've come across yet. if you want to know everything there is to know about ancient civilizations from the dawn of humans until the middle ages ~1400 CE. this is the course for you.

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Emotional journey

This was a wonderful group of lectures and I was surprised at how emotional I felt at the end. I felt as though I was saying goodbye to close and distant relatives. The Narrator asked, at the end, “Do you think that you are closer, or less close, to these everyday people, than you were before?” I would have to say that I was less close for the most part. I had a Hollywood version of what people were like in ancient times. I’ve read great Novels and seen several movies but those characters are nothing like the people of the Middle Ages or Ancient Greece or Sparta or Egypt. Life was hard. Work was back breaking and life expectancy was short. Education was almost non-existent and whether you worked on a farm or toiled in the military, life was rough. By the end of the presentation I had put my feet in the sandals of several men and even some women! And I tried to feel their trials and their joy. As we said goodbye I had a very real, familial, empathy for the people that brought us all to the modern world.

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Sounds like robot

Difficult to listen to the narrator. He pauses after each word, making it sound like the words are chopped and pasted together or like a robot is reading. Sounds like individual words, not a sentence. So distracting. Otherwise the stories are interesting. They don’t go too in depth, just a brief overview of different cultures and time periods. Kind of disappointing.

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Informative and engaging with excellent delivery

I really enjoyed this course by Professor Garland. His knowledge on the course subject is evident; he provides an informative overview of thousands of years of history, showing glimpses of everyday life in different cultures and eras. Professor Garland really paints a realistic picture of what life was like for people throughout history in the western ancient world.

It is understandable that he could not go into too much details on every period or aspect of history (then this course would be 100+ hours!), but he provides enough information for a good understanding of the subject discussed, with room to do more personal research if wanted to.

I highly recommend this course to history lovers.

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Riveting!!!

What an amazing journey through time!
Absolutely amazing, fascinating, a fabulous listen !!!! I would definitely recommend it.
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Historical daily lives.

I found it very interesting and entertaining. It added more to my knowledge of the ancient world.

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Interesting

The most interesting part of history are the human stories. I enjoy this perspective. Kept me interested all the way through. I found myself wanting to make up fictions about the people in every age here. can some author do that for me? Maybe I will do it myself ...

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One of the best courses yet.

The lecturer has great passion for his work and does a wonderful job of sharing it. He injects a bit more personal opinion into this account than most historians would, but only in the best way and it’s much to the benefit. I only wish it had been longer.

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Incredible Knowledge and Passion

I greatly enjoyed this man's writing, passion and narration. He clearly knows his stuff and loves his work. I learned a great deal about the ancient world and how it affects us now. Especially word origins and customs.

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