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ancient egypt www.marcom.com.au 20 GREAT EGYPTIANS Produced by Discovery Channel School - Study Notes. 6DISGE Akhenaten - The Rebel Pharaoh and the Mystery of Tutankhamen Akhenaten - his reign was so scandalous that his name was stricken from his family’s temples. Meet Akhenaten, who brought dramatic change to Egypt with his slogan ‘Living Truth.’ King Tut - compare Akhenaten’s legacy with that of the boy king. Was there a murderer lurking in King Tut’s court? Egyptologist Bob Brier does a little detective work to shore up a tale of power and intrigue in one of the world’s oldest whodunits. DVD - 6DISGE01 Price $137.50 The Real Cleopatra How did a Greek without a drop of Egyptian blood become one of the most famous Egyptians of all time? Go back to the time of Alexander the Great, who established Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty, into which Cleopatra was born. Explore the true source of her beguiling power, her intelligence. You’ll find that this study of Cleopatra as ruler, mother and consort reveals a woman very different from her reputation. DVD - 6DISGE02 Price $137.50 Hatshepsut - The Queen Who Would be King When her son tried to ascend to her dead husband’s throne, Queen Hatshepsut did the unthinkable and declared herself king. Learn how she overturned Egyptian tradition to become one of the most powerful and successful pharaohs in history. Then examine how ancient and modern prejudices conspired to withhold the credit due to this unstoppable ruler. DVD - 6DISGE03 Price $137.50 Sneferu - King of the Pyramids He had weaker PR than Tut and company, but lesserknown Sneferu gets the credit for making Egypt an international power. He and his sons built the pyramids, the region’s most lasting legacy. Join him as he presides over Egypt’s artistic and architectural heyday, then fast-forward to crawl through a surviving pyramid’s labyrinthine burial chambers. DVD - 6DISGE04 Price $137.50 Ramses the Great This man clearly was concerned with posterity: he built more monuments and fathered more children during his reign than any other pharaoh. View some of Ramses’ legacies, including the massive figures at Abu Simbel that inspired Mount Rushmore. Then examine a key battle Ramses may have lost - the one with Moses and the God of the Israelites. Judge for yourself how well archaeological evidence supports the events described in Exodus. DVD - 6DISGE05 Price $137.50 SAVE Full Series - Price $572 set of 5 5 x 50 The Hidden History of Egypt The pyramids and well known mummies of ancient Egypt get lots of attention, but what did people do there every day? From writing with hieroglyphs to using papyrus, the ancient Egyptians have had a long lasting influence. Explore what daily life was like in a typical house and what was on the menu for the common person. Discovery Channel School 2003 Study Notes Duration 26min DVD - 6DISHHE Price $137.50 Mummies - The Ultimate Guide They’ve been discovered all over the world, from South America to Antarctica, offering a glimpse of what life was like in ancient civilisations. Learn how scientists examine mummies to learn the secrets they can teach us about both the preservation techniques and belief systems of their makers. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x52min DVD - 6DISMUM Price $137.50 Death of a Pharaoh The ancient Egyptians were consummate builders and much of their works survive to this day. A look at the construction of a pyramid and the relocation of the pyramid of Abu Simbel. The tomb of Tutankhamon, the Great Pyramids and the Book of the Dead. NEAR, Spain 2000 Duration 18min DVD - 6DDVH06 Price $71.50 Empires Egypt ‘Empires Egypt’ presents the most extraordinary period in Egyptian history from 1560 to 1080 BC, when the Egyptian Empire reached its zenith. In 1560 BC, when Rome was still a marsh, Egypt was already 1,000 years old. The New Kingdom would be an empire forged by conquest, maintained by intimidation and diplomacy. ‘Empires Egypt’ reveals with startling clarity the hopes and dreams of the Pharaohs and ordinary citizens who created the first great empire in history. SBS Television 2002 Duration 165min DVD - 6SBEME Price $49.95 Toward Civilisation Trace the development of human civilization from the earliest hunter-gatherers to the remarkable society of ancient Egypt. Four segments span the African plains, the mountains of Europe and the Nile Delta. Segments include: Before We Ruled the Earth, Out of Africa, Secrets of the Iceman and The Nile: Where Egypt Began. Discovery Channel School Duration 54min DVD - 6DISTC Price $137.50 When Civilisations End What factors lead to the downfall of a great civilisation? Students will find commonalities and differences in the ways civilizations met their ends. Segments address former empires in China, Peru and Africa. Segments include: The Forbidden City, The Mummies of Peru, Zimbabwe - Lost City of Africa, The Scramble for African Colonies. Discovery Channel School Duration 54min DVD - 6DISWC Price $137.50 BEST SELLER BEST SELLER
ANCIENT ROME Produced by Discovery Channel School, Study Notes. 6DISAR Rise to Power It’s a history conceived in a legend - twin boys suckled by a wolf. ‘Rise to Power’ traces the early chapters in Rome’s history from Romulus and Remus to the dawn of an empire. On the mudflats of the Tiber River, life under decadent Etruscan kings led to full-scale revolt, and the Roman Republic was born. DVD - 6DISAR01 Price $137.50 Struggles for Power There was no turning back. In one decisive moment, Julius Caesar marched his troops across the Rubicon to Rome. He came, saw and conquered, transforming the world’s first representative government into an autocracy. Julius Caesar did not know that absolute power corrupts absolutely. He could not foresee that by creating an empire, he was sowing the seeds of Rome’s eventual decline. DVD - 6DISAR02 Price $137.50 Expansion and Conquest Rank amateurs filled its ranks, but the Roman army was able to conquer the known world. What makes a man fit to serve in the Roman legions? How did Rome keep her soldiers loyal? ‘Expansion and Conquest’ will send your students over the Alps on elephants with great general Hannibal and take them into the thick of the Roman army’s first great test, the Punic Wars. DVD - 6DISAR03 Price $137.50 Fall of an Empire Everything must come to an end, and the glory that was Rome ended in the onslaught of Germanic tribes. Alaric, king of the Visigoths, unlettered, rude and ruthless brought the empire to her knees. ‘Fall of an Empire’ follows the sad, last days of the Romans. But it will also remind your students how the Roman legacy persists today in art, architecture, politics and medicine. DVD - 6DISAR04 Price $137.50 Prosperity and Decline It was the longest peacetime in European history - the Pax Romana. Fifty million people were free to travel, trade and build. So what went wrong? ‘Prosperity and Decline’ traces the Romans’ road to ruin, uncovers the warning signs of decay, and proves that you can have too much of a good thing. DVD - 6DISAR05 Price $137.50 SAVE Full Series - Price $550 set of 5 5 x 52 Byzantium Rome fell in 476, but the empire moved east and lasted another thousand years. Part One of Byzantium describes how Constantine, a Christian convert, moved the centre of power to this former Greek city and made it the glory of the Christian world. Part two examines the legacy of Byzantium, conquered by the Ottomans in 1453. Learn how Byzantium refugees helped spark the Renaissance by bringing classic Greek and Roman texts back from the East. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x52min DVD - 6DISBYZ Price $137.50 Parthenon - Design and Architecture Learn about the building techniques of the ancient Greeks, from quarrying huge blocks of marble in the mountains around Athens to the intricate carvings of magnificent sculptures that adorned the Parthenon. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x52min DVD - 6DISPDA Price $137.50 Spartan Warriors Ancient Greek Culture During the 5th and 6th centuries B.C., Sparta was the most powerful city state in Greece. Discover how the Spartans’ devotion to military training fueled their rise and also led the to their downfall. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 33min DVD - 6DISSW Price $137.50 Jerusalem - City of Heaven Few cities have seen as much religious and political turmoil over the centuries as Jerusalem, born 5000 years ago at the site of a sacred rock. Visit the place that for Jews, Christians and Muslims is the holiest of cities, one that has attracted conflict and controversy even as it continues to dominate Western civilisation. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x50min DVD - 6DISJCH Price $137.50 The Great Wall of China Stretching 1,500 miles from the Yellow Sea to the central Asian desert, the 2,000 year old Great Wall of China has shaped not only China’s past, but all of Europe’s as well. Meet a photographer whose passion for the Great Wall has driven him to uncover thousands of forgotten miles of the barrier built by China’s dynasties. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 2x52min DVD - 6DISGWC Price $137.50 Archaeological Detective Imagine digging a flowerbed in your front yard and unearthing human bones! Such an alarming find gets explored in this show as detectives, coroners and archaeologists work together to solve a crime committed years ago. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 26min DVD - 6DISFD2 Price $137.50 BEST SELLER BEST SELLER BEST SELLER ancient history www.marcom.com.au 21
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