In Search of History. A&E Television Networks, LLC.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to China's Forbidden City (2:46) -- Tale of an Intruder (2:25) -- Emperors and their Palace (2:58) -- Dreams of Building a Forbidden City (2:45) -- Constructing the City (2:24) -- Feng Shui Design (3:33) -- End of the Ming Dynasty (2:49) -- Concubines (3:42) -- Legend of an Unyielding Concubine (2:05) -- Eunuch Servants (2:14) -- Scandal Surrounding the Eunuchs (2:09) -- Cursed Ch'ing Dynasty (2:13) -- Ambitious Empress Tzu Hsi (2:58) -- Obscurity of China's Last Emperor (1:25) -- The Contemporary Forbidden City (3:51) -- Credits: In Search of History: China's Forbidden City (1:10)…”
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In Search of History. A&E Television Networks, LLC.

Table of Contents: “…Ultimate Unknown (2:31) -- Earliest Death Beliefs (2:00) -- Quest for Immortality (4:00) -- Mummification Inspired by Nature (2:50) -- Enduring Roman Death Ritual (1:43) -- Cremation Ceremony (2:43) -- Hindu Death Rituals (2:51) -- Western Religious Views on Death (2:46) -- Christian Religious Views on Death (2:37) -- The Sky Burial (2:34) -- Cannibalism and Death Rituals (1:54) -- Story of Orpheus (2:19) -- Ritual Redefines Reality (1:44) -- Memory of the Dead (3:02) -- Paradox of Death (3:10) -- Notion of Life After Death (2:39) -- Credits: In Search of History: Last Rites - Death Ceremonies (1:01)…”
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Table of Contents: “…What We Don't Know About the Alexandria Library (1:21) -- Alexander the Great (3:13) -- Alexander the Great's Spiritual Journey in Egypt (3:39) -- Alexander's Plans for the City (1:25) -- Ptolemy Develops Alexandria (1:49) -- Location and Architecture of Alexandria Library (1:22) -- Ptolemy's Acquisition of Books (1:56) -- Alexandria Library: Contribution to Medicine (3:18) -- Euclidean Geometry (1:04) -- Ptolemy II and His Lighthouse (2:12) -- Diogenes the Cynic (1:46) -- Septuagint (1:38) -- Construction of Books from Papyrus (0:56) -- Ancient Astronomy and Astrology (1:20) -- Eratosthenes (2:50) -- Alexandrian Civil War (3:11) -- End of Ptolemaic Dynasty (2:43) -- Roman Influence on the Alexandria Library (2:31) -- Mysterious Decline of the Alexandria Library (2:44) -- Legacy of the Alexandria Library (1:00) -- Credits: In Search of History: Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library (1:00)…”
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Table of Contents: “…Teotihuacan: City with No Name (2:44) -- Avenue of the Dead & Pyramid of the Sun (2:40) -- Pyramid of the Moon & the Citadel (1:36) -- Aztec Arrival in Teotihuacan (1:13) -- Migration from Cuicuilco to Teotihuacan (2:23) -- Experimental Civilization and Devaluing the Ruler (2:27) -- Absence of a Written Language (1:34) -- Community Over Individual (1:44) -- Evidence of Human Sacrifice (3:22) -- Victims of Human Sacrifice (2:53) -- Teotihuacano Influence on the Aztecs (1:22) -- Motecuhzoma's Spirituality (3:00) -- Gold,Cortes, & Motecuhzoma (3:03) -- Battle at Teotihuacan (2:16) -- Downfall of Teotihuacan (3:54) -- Descendants of Teotihuacan (4:08) -- Credits: In Search of History: Mexico's Great Pyramids (1:10)…”
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Table of Contents: “…Natural Mummification (3:04) -- Achieving Immortality (1:41) -- Embalming (3:16) -- Spirituality of Mummification (3:25) -- Firsthand Tourist Accounts of the Pyramids (2:29) -- Pharaoh's' Tombs (1:57) -- Evolution of the Step Pyramid (3:20) -- Symbolism of the Pyramid (2:12) -- Giza's Eternal Pyramids (1:54) -- Baffling Construction and Labor (3:26) -- Fitting for the King of Egypt (2:02) -- Religious Mythology (1:21) -- Beneath the Grand Pyramid (3:25) -- Rooms in the Grand Pyramid (1:58) -- Burial Chamber (2:13) -- Mortuary Complex (3:29) -- Credits: In Search of History: Pyramids of Giza (1:10)…”
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Table of Contents: “…Changing Attitudes Toward Witchcraft (2:29) -- Signs of a Witch (1:59) -- Effective Witch Hunting Methods (1:42) -- Puritan Charter: Creating a Perfect Society (2:11) -- Early Salem Witch Trials (2:10) -- Predetermined Fate and Misogyny (3:54) -- Witchcraft in Salem (2:28) -- Easy Targets for Witch Hunt (2:55) -- Spectral Evidence of Witchcraft (2:05) -- Witchcraft Confessions (2:43) -- Puritan Pandora's Box (2:03) -- First Victim of Witch Trials (3:12) -- Accusations Spread through New England (3:27) -- Witch Trials End (2:25) -- Apology for Witch Trials (2:41) -- Innocent Until Proven Guilty (2:41) -- Credits: In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials (1:00)…”
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Table of Contents: “…Samurai: Lethal Swordsman (3:18) -- Samurai Suicide: Demonstration of Bravery (2:47) -- Samurai: In Service to the Emperor (3:08) -- Personal Honor of the Samurai (4:44) -- Samurai: Battle Weapons (4:52) -- Samurai Marriage (3:03) -- Samurai Love and Culture (3:42) -- Shadow World of the Ninja (1:35) -- Introduction of Guns into Japan (3:12) -- Japan's Era of Isolation: World Without War (2:02) -- Death of the Samurai Class (1:50) -- Japan's Lethal Ambition (1:16) -- Japanese Leaders: Perversion of Samurai Ideals (3:20) -- Resurgence of Samurai Code (1:15) -- New Samurai Ideal (1:10) -- Credits: In Search of History: Samurai Warrior (1:04)…”
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Table of Contents: “…Return to Fundamentalism (3:00) -- Stage Set for Legendary Trial (2:21) -- Scope's Trial Set (4:00) -- Public Relations Event (2:41) -- Stars of Scopes Monkey Trial (3:01) -- Scopes Monkey Trial Jury Selection (3:07) -- Scopes Monkey Trial Strategies (2:52) -- Scopes on Trial Not Darwin (3:13) -- Brilliant Legal Strategy (3:03) -- Prosecution on Trial (3:04) -- Scopes Monkey Trial Climax (2:23) -- Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict (2:25) -- Death of a Hero (2:00) -- Scopes Monkey Verdict Overturned (2:02) -- Impact of Scopes Monkey Trial (2:37) -- Credits: In Search of History: The Scopes Monkey Trial (0:54)…”
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The history of Italy / by Francesco Guicciardini ; translated, edited, with notes and an introduction, by Sidney Alexander. by Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540

“…Italy History 1492-1559. sh 85068950…”

History of the Goths / Herwig Wolfram ; translated from the German by Thomas J. Dunlap. by Wolfram, Herwig

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Gothic history as historical ethnography -- Names -- Formation of the Gothic tribes before the invasion of the Huns -- Forty-year migration and the formation of the Visigoths, 376/378 to 416/418 -- Kingdom of Toulouse, 418 to 507 -- New Ostrogoths.…”

Korean history.

“…Korea History. sh 85073026…”

Cinema and history / Marc Ferro ; translated by Naomi Greene. by Ferro, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Film as source and agent of history -- Pt. 1. Film: source of history -- Film: a counteranalysis of society? …”

The history of Herodotus /... by Herodotus

Subjects: “…History, Ancient. sh 85061232…”

The annals and The histories / [Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb]. by Tacitus, Cornelius

“…Rome History Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. sh 85115126…”

Natural history / with an English translation by H. Rackham. by Pliny, the Elder

Subjects: “…Natural history Pre-Linnean works. sh 85090231…”

Communications and history : theories of media, knowledge, and civilization / Paul Heyer. by Heyer, Paul, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Communications and universal history -- 3. Jean-Jacques Roussean on language and writing -- Part II. …”

Revelation as history /... by Pannenberg, Wolfhart, 1928-2014

Subjects: “…Revelation History of doctrines. sh 85113412…”

English history : a survey / George Clark. by Clark, G. N. (George Norman), Sir, 1890-1979

“…Great Britain History. sh 85056719…”

The Mycenaeans in history / [by] Alan E. Samuel. by Samuel, Alan Edouard