World heritage sites : exploring the world's greatest places

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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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World Heritage areas

World Heritage areas Description and travel

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Great Courses : Travel

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ISBN:

9781644652008

Description:

4 videodiscs (approximately 709 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 27 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
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CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Exploring the world's greatest places

Notes:

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
Features lecturer Justin M. Jacobs, professor of History at American University
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In English

Contents:

DISC 1: 1. Paleolithic cave art of Spain and France
2. The Taj Mahal of Agra
3. Australia's Great barrier Reef
4. The Mogao Grottoes and manuscripts
5. Persepolis, the great persian Capital
6. Easter Island and the Moai
DISC 2: 7. Canada's Rocky Mountains
8. Teotihuacan, largest city of Mesoamerica
9. Samarkand, crossroads of Central Asia
10. Ancient Egyptian Thebes
11. The Forbidden City of Beijing
12. Mount Fuji, the symbol of Japan
DISC 3: 13. Timbuktu, Islam's center by the Sahara
14. The ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum
15. Virunga National park, Gorilla Sanctuary
16. Angkor Wat, the great Khmer temple
17. Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle bones
18. The Inca estate of Machu Picchu
DISC 4: 19. Iceland's Great Assembly at Thingvellir
20. Afghanistan's lost Bamiyan Buddhas
21. The Acropolis of Athens
22. Tibet's Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple
23. Palmyra, oasis in the Syrian Desert
24. The Redwood Forests of California

Control Number:

3208175

UPC:

978164465200

Other Authors:

Jacobs, Justin, 1980-
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