World heritage sites : exploring the world's greatest places

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Jacobs, Justin, 1980-

2021, DVD , 4 videodiscs (approximately 709 min.) :

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Summary/Review: "Since 1972, UNESCO has designated World Heritage Sites across the globe, marking locations of outstanding value to humanity. This course tours 24 of more...

Summary/Review: "Since 1972, UNESCO has designated World Heritage Sites across the globe, marking locations of outstanding value to humanity. This course tours 24 of the foremost UNESCO sites, highlighting marvels of human culture, such as India's Taj Mahal, Egypt's Thebes, and Uzbekistan's Samarkand, plus natural wonders of our planet, such as the Great Barrier Reef, Japan's Mount Fuji, and Africa's Virunga National Park."

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Publication information:	Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2021.
ISBN:	1644652005
ISBN:	9781644652008
Language:	English
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles.
Record ID:	4191043
Format:	DVD
Physical description:	4 videodiscs (approximately 709 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 27 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Date acquired:	March 30, 2022
More creator details:	[lectured by] Justin M. Jacobs, professor of History at American University.
Series statement:	The great courses. Travel
Series title:	Great courses (DVD). Travel.
General note:	"Course no. 80000."
General note:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
General note:	Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes.
Contents note:	Disc 1: Paleolithic cave art of Spain and France -- The Taj Mahal of Agra -- Australia's Great barrier Reef -- The Mogao Grottoes and manuscripts -- Persepolis, the great persian Capital -- Easter Island and the Moai -- disc 2: Canada's Rocky Mountains -- Teotihuacan, largest city of Mesoamerica -- Samarkand, crossroads of Central Asia -- Ancient Egyptian Thebes -- The Forbidden City of Beijing -- Mount Fuji, the symbol of Japan -- disc 3: Timbuktu, Islam's center by the Sahara -- The ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Virunga National park, Gorilla Sanctuary -- Angkor Wat, the great Khmer temple -- Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle bones -- The Inca estate of Machu Picchu -- disc 4: Iceland's Great Assembly at Thingvellir -- Afghanistan's lost Bamiyan buddhas -- The Acropolis of Athens -- Tibet's Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple -- Palmyra, oasis in the Syrian Desert -- The Redwood Forests of California.
Credits:	Teaching Company, production company, publisher.
Performers:	Lecturer: Justin M. Jacobs.

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