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Description The Great Courses: The Decisive Battles Of World History 36 lectures 30 minutes each 2014 MPEG-3 128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels English 0.99 GB Synopsis: Nothing changes the world as quickly and inexorably as war. In warfare, the future course of entire civilizations, regions, and continents can be determined in as little as a few hours. Content: 01.What Makes a Battle Decisive? 02.1274 B.C. Kadesh— Greatest Chariot Battle 03.479 B.C. Plataea—Greece Wins Freedom 04.331 B.C. Gaugamela—Alexander’s Genius 05.197 B.C. Cynoscephalae—Legion vs. Phalanx 06.31 B.C. Actium—Birth of the Roman Empire 07.260–110 B.C. China—Struggles for Unification 08.636 Yarmouk & al-Qadisiyyah—Islam Triumphs 09.751 Talas & 1192 Tarain—Islam into Asia 10.1066 Hastings—William Conquers England 11.1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster 12.1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped? 13.1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights 14.Frigidus, Badr, Diu—Obscure Turning Points 15.1521 Tenochtitlán—Aztecs vs. Conquistadors 16.1532 Cajamarca—Inca vs. Conquistadors 17.1526 & 1556 Panipat—Babur & Akbar in India 18.1571 Lepanto—Last Gasp of the Galleys 19.1592 Sacheon—Yi’s Mighty Turtle Ships 20.1600 Sekigahara—Samurai Showdown 21.1683 Vienna—The Great Ottoman Siege 22.1709 Poltava—Sweden’s Fall, Russia’s Rise 23.1759 Quebec—Battle for North America 24.1776 Trenton—The Revolution’s Darkest Hour 25.1805 Trafalgar—Nelson Thwarts Napoleon 26.1813 Leipzig—The Grand Coalition 27.1824 Ayacucho—South American Independence 28.1836 San Jacinto—Mexico’s Big Loss 29.1862 Antietam—The Civil War’s Bloodiest Day 30.1866 Königgrätz—Bismarck Molds Germany 31.1905 Tsushima—Japan Humiliates Russia 32.1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved 33.1939 Khalkin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII 34.1942 Midway—Four Minutes Change Everything 35.1942 Stalingrad—Hitler’s Ambitions Crushed 36.Recent & Not-So-Decisive Decisive Battles Related Torrents
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