Important viewing
Dr William Neidinger offers a lecture series beginning in Ancient Egypt, running through ancient Greece, Rome, the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and the European Renaissance. These are topics we all covered in our schooling but in a superficial, intermittent manner. I have been watching Dr. Neidinger's lectures on my Kindle to fill in the gaps in my education. For some reason you never see the lecturer's face in any of his many videos. Rather, he concentrates on views of maps, sculptures, paintings, artifacts and locales. It is to Amazon's credit that such a series can be offered to the viewing public.
Learn about history beyond our not so classical education
This presentation took us through past historical events that are not commonly known or understood through our lack of subject matter in our schools. The details are new territory for us, and we had to go back to some of the segments to fully gain the knowledge of the material. For those who know little of the subject matter, this is a good entry, enticing additional study to learn more about these empires.
a lecture with slides
I'm certain it must be informative, since the series is quite long, but be warned that this is a taped lecture punctuated by slides, delivered by a professor, who, while having a firm grasp on his material, doesn't have the most mellifluous voice. I found I couldn't go the distance. Amazon is asking for a rating, so I'll give it four stars for making the material, much neglected in western studies, available to the public, though I would have preferred to read a text version.
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