Track List
What is Civilization?
Prehistory
Key Concepts: Paleolithic • Neolithic • Homo Erectus • Cave Art• Neanderthals• Agriculture/Farming • Shamanism • Venus Figurines • Gobekli Tepe • Bone Flutes • Bullroarers • Proto-Writing • Cuneiform • Hieroglyphs • Alphabet
Indigenous Religion
Key Concepts: Shaman • Animism • Ancestor Worship • Hallucinogens/Entheogens • 3 Story Universe • Divination • Invocation • Evocation • Enchantment
Mesopotamia
Key Concepts: Tigris and Euphrates • Sumerians • Akkadians • Babylonians • Hittites •Assyrians • polytheism• henotheism • Marduk • Ishtar • Genesis 1 Three Story Universe • Epic of Gilgamesh • Code of Hammurabi • Ten Commandments • The Hebrews • The Temple • Sheol
Egypt: Creation Myths, Early Dynasties, and Pyramids
Key Concepts: Upper vs. Lower Egypt • Pit Graves • Pyramids • Old Kingdom Period • Pyramid Texts • Ka • Ba • Akh • Heliopolitan Creation Myth • Horus • Osiris • Seth • Ra • Amun • Maat • the Afterlife
Egypt: The New Kingdom, Monotheism, and the Hebrews
Key Concepts: Pharaohs • Coffin Texts • Middle Kingdom • New Kingdom • Magic • The Hebrew People • Akhenaten • Monotheism • Aten • Tutankhamun • Amun-Ra
India
Key Concepts: Indus Valley Civilization• Iron Age Vedic Civilization• Indo-Aryan Migrations• Gupta Empire• Islam and Delhi Sultanate• Tamerlane the Great• Rig Veda• Indra• Agni• Soma• Caste System• Dharma• Karma• Yoga
Hinduism
Key Concepts: The Vedas • Brahman • Atman • Caste System • Reincarnation • Advaita Vedanta • Dvaita • Bhakti Yoga • Karma Yoga • Jnana Yoga • Raja Yoga • Karma • Polytheism • Pantheism • Panentheism • Guru • Nirguna Brahman • Saguna Brahman • Upanishads
China: Religion and Philosophy Part 1 Confucianism & Part 2 Daoism
Key Concepts: Mohism • Confucianism • Daoism • Legalism • Analects • DaodeJing • Confucius • Mencius • Laozi • Mozi • Tianli • Tianming • Li • Ren • Yi • Zhi • Wei-Wu-Wei• Ziran • Dao
China: Dynasties
Key Concepts: Xia Dynasty • Shang Dynasty • Zhou Dynasty • Qin Empire • Han Dynasty • Ying Zhen • 100 Schools of Thought • Sima Qian • Oracle Bones • Great Wall of China • Terracotta Warriors
The Americas
Key Concepts: Caral Supe • Quipu • Olmecs • Nazca Lines • Mayan Calendar • Popul Vuh • Mississippian Culture • Anasazi Culture
Greece: From Homer to Hellenism
Key Concepts: Minoans • Mycenaeans • Trojan War • Olympian Pantheon • Homer • Hesiod • Oracle at Delphi • Olympics • Polis • Persian Wars • Battle of Marathon • Xerxes • Thermopylae • Herodotus • Democracy • Peloponessian War
Rome: The Rise and Fall of Rome
Key Concepts: Latins • Etruscans • Greeks • Phoenicians • Republic • Patricians • Plebeians • Punic Wars • Hannibal • Julius Caesar • Roman Emperors • Twelve Tables of Law • Circus Maximus • Colosseum • Pantheon
Christianity
Key Concepts: Trinity • Original Sin • Prayer • Grace • Nicene Creed • Sacraments • Catholicism • Eastern Orthodox • Protestantism • Martin Luther • Pope • Transsubstantiation • Bible • New Testament • Canon Christology • Soteriology • Eucharist
Islam
Key Concepts: Mohammad • Waraqa ibn. Naufal • Khadija • Mecca • Medina • Kaaba • Qur’an • Hadith • Jihad • Shia • Sunni • Sufism • Sharia Law • 5 Pillars
The Middle Ages: Plagues, Holy Wars, and Mongol Hordes
Key Concepts: Dark Ages • Bubonic Plague • Medieval Medicine • The Feudal System • Islamic Conquests • Crusades • Vikings • Vlad Tepes • Mongols and Genghis Khan
The Renaissance
Key Concepts: Crusades • Medici Family • Florence • Dante • Leonardo da Vinci • Michelangelo • Baroque Music • Humanism • Scientific Method
What is Civilization?
Prehistory
Key Concepts: Paleolithic • Neolithic • Homo Erectus • Cave Art• Neanderthals• Agriculture/Farming • Shamanism • Venus Figurines • Gobekli Tepe • Bone Flutes • Bullroarers • Proto-Writing • Cuneiform • Hieroglyphs • Alphabet
Indigenous Religion
Key Concepts: Shaman • Animism • Ancestor Worship • Hallucinogens/Entheogens • 3 Story Universe • Divination • Invocation • Evocation • Enchantment
Mesopotamia
Key Concepts: Tigris and Euphrates • Sumerians • Akkadians • Babylonians • Hittites •Assyrians • polytheism• henotheism • Marduk • Ishtar • Genesis 1 Three Story Universe • Epic of Gilgamesh • Code of Hammurabi • Ten Commandments • The Hebrews • The Temple • Sheol
Egypt: Creation Myths, Early Dynasties, and Pyramids
Key Concepts: Upper vs. Lower Egypt • Pit Graves • Pyramids • Old Kingdom Period • Pyramid Texts • Ka • Ba • Akh • Heliopolitan Creation Myth • Horus • Osiris • Seth • Ra • Amun • Maat • the Afterlife
Egypt: The New Kingdom, Monotheism, and the Hebrews
Key Concepts: Pharaohs • Coffin Texts • Middle Kingdom • New Kingdom • Magic • The Hebrew People • Akhenaten • Monotheism • Aten • Tutankhamun • Amun-Ra
India
Key Concepts: Indus Valley Civilization• Iron Age Vedic Civilization• Indo-Aryan Migrations• Gupta Empire• Islam and Delhi Sultanate• Tamerlane the Great• Rig Veda• Indra• Agni• Soma• Caste System• Dharma• Karma• Yoga
Hinduism
Key Concepts: The Vedas • Brahman • Atman • Caste System • Reincarnation • Advaita Vedanta • Dvaita • Bhakti Yoga • Karma Yoga • Jnana Yoga • Raja Yoga • Karma • Polytheism • Pantheism • Panentheism • Guru • Nirguna Brahman • Saguna Brahman • Upanishads
China: Religion and Philosophy Part 1 Confucianism & Part 2 Daoism
Key Concepts: Mohism • Confucianism • Daoism • Legalism • Analects • DaodeJing • Confucius • Mencius • Laozi • Mozi • Tianli • Tianming • Li • Ren • Yi • Zhi • Wei-Wu-Wei• Ziran • Dao
China: Dynasties
Key Concepts: Xia Dynasty • Shang Dynasty • Zhou Dynasty • Qin Empire • Han Dynasty • Ying Zhen • 100 Schools of Thought • Sima Qian • Oracle Bones • Great Wall of China • Terracotta Warriors
The Americas
Key Concepts: Caral Supe • Quipu • Olmecs • Nazca Lines • Mayan Calendar • Popul Vuh • Mississippian Culture • Anasazi Culture
Greece: From Homer to Hellenism
Key Concepts: Minoans • Mycenaeans • Trojan War • Olympian Pantheon • Homer • Hesiod • Oracle at Delphi • Olympics • Polis • Persian Wars • Battle of Marathon • Xerxes • Thermopylae • Herodotus • Democracy • Peloponessian War
Rome: The Rise and Fall of Rome
Key Concepts: Latins • Etruscans • Greeks • Phoenicians • Republic • Patricians • Plebeians • Punic Wars • Hannibal • Julius Caesar • Roman Emperors • Twelve Tables of Law • Circus Maximus • Colosseum • Pantheon
Christianity
Key Concepts: Trinity • Original Sin • Prayer • Grace • Nicene Creed • Sacraments • Catholicism • Eastern Orthodox • Protestantism • Martin Luther • Pope • Transsubstantiation • Bible • New Testament • Canon Christology • Soteriology • Eucharist
Islam
Key Concepts: Mohammad • Waraqa ibn. Naufal • Khadija • Mecca • Medina • Kaaba • Qur’an • Hadith • Jihad • Shia • Sunni • Sufism • Sharia Law • 5 Pillars
The Middle Ages: Plagues, Holy Wars, and Mongol Hordes
Key Concepts: Dark Ages • Bubonic Plague • Medieval Medicine • The Feudal System • Islamic Conquests • Crusades • Vikings • Vlad Tepes • Mongols and Genghis Khan
The Renaissance
Key Concepts: Crusades • Medici Family • Florence • Dante • Leonardo da Vinci • Michelangelo • Baroque Music • Humanism • Scientific Method