Learn Through Videos: History
This is a collection of links to educational videos helpful for understanding history, which are made for a general audience, such as documentary films. The videos explain how humans could change their way of life from nomadic hunter-gatherers living in small groups to farmers living in large societies. The videos include lectures about world history from the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era to the present. And the videos tell the story about ancient empires, their cultures and inventions.
Bridging World History
Bridging World History is a multimedia course that looks at global patterns through time, seeing history as an integrated whole.
A Brief History of the World
This provides an overview of world history from the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era to the present.
Out of the Past
Use this humanistic approach to archaeology and anthropology to make connections between past civilizations and modern societies, looking at how societies function and change.
Stories from the Stone Age
This tries to explain how humans could change their way of life from nomadic hunter-gatherers living in small groups to farmers living in large societies.
Legacy: A Search for the Origins of Civilization
In this documentary series, Michael Wood travels around the world searching for the first civilizations and their continuing legacies.
Engineering an Empire
This is a History Channel documentary series hosted by Peter Weller, exploring the engineering feats accomplished by some of the great civilizations in history.
Ancient Greek Civilization
This consists of 24 lectures given by Professor Jeremy Mclnerney, exploring ancient Greek civilization from the late Bronze Age to the late 4th century BC.
Great Battles of the Ancient World
This consists of 24 lectures given by Professor Garrett Fagan, focusing on warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Greece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean
This is about how to understand the two dominant cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world in relation to one another.
Ancient Worlds
This is a BBC documentary series presented by Richard Miles, exploring the roots of Western civilization from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Egypt's Golden Empire
Egypt's Golden Empire is a history documentary series about 500 years of Egyptian history of the New Kingdom era.
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
This is a dramatized documentary series telling the story of the rise and fall of Ancient Rome through the six critical moments.
The Roman Empire in the First Century
The Roman Empire in the First Century is a PBS documentary series narrated by Sigourney Weaver, exploring the first hundred years of the Roman Empire.
Barbarians
This tells the story of four barbaric tribes - Goths, Mongols, Huns and Vikings - which once became powerful and fell again in the Middle Ages.
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance tells the story of a violent, dramatic and compelling age; a critical turning point in Western history.