World History

The Vikings (Unabridged)

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Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts of Europe. In old Norse, to "go viking" meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure. Sometimes this was a trading trip, sometimes a piratical raid. Often it was both.

Author: 
David Angus
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
02:26
The Vikings (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #17: Tonight On the Titanic (Unabridged)

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The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie to the decks of that ill-fated ship, the "Titanic". There they help a toddler find her way to a lifeboat before they, themselves, are in grave danger of becoming two more victims of the tragic event.

Author: 
Mary Pope Osborne
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Lexile: 
340L
Length: 
00:38
Magic Tree House #17: Tonight On the Titanic (Unabridged)

Time Life's Lost Civilizations (1995)

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This set of 4 DVD's contains a collection of 10 programs spanning seven thousand years of history. Below are a list of the titles included and a synopsis of each.

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08:20
Time Life's Lost Civilizations

The Silk Road: The Journey from China to Turkey (2012)

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A 4000 mile trade route the winds through mountains, deserts and plains linking Europe to China. In 1271 Marco Polo left Venice, Italy on a journey of 4000 miles to China. His book, "The Travels of Marco Polo," opened the trade routes to greater traffic as cultures, ideas and goods from the west and east were exchanged and great fortunes were made on the Silk Road.

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02:14
The Silk Road: The Journey from China to Turkey

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

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The Emmy® nominated film, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO, captures the remarkable, two-year 25,000-mile journey to retrace Marco Polo's legendary trek from Venice, Italy to China. This illuminating epic follows two friends from Queens, New York — one photographer and one visual artist and ex-marine — as they complete the journey by land and by sea, a feat in which all others have fallen short.

Director: 
Denis Belliveau
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Length: 
01:30
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century (2007)

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World War II, we have been told all our lives, was our greatest triumph, the moment when the forces of light—the Western democracies and the U.S.S.R.—prevailed over the forces of darkness—the Nazis and the other Axis powers. It was a conflict that began in Europe in September 1939 and ended with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945. Or did it?

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Length: 
03:00
The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century

The Story of Math: Disc 1 (2008)

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MATHEMATICS FORMS the foundation for nearly everything we do--from finance to physics, and architecture to astronomy. Math not only describes our world, but also reveals its beauty and mystery.

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01:55
The Story of Math: Disc 1

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (2003)

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Nearly 3000 years ago, a tiny group of tribes in the land of Canaan gave birth to a nation and a religion—a religion that would dare to redefine humanity's relationship with God. KINGDOM OF DAVID: THE SAGA OF THE ISRAELITES tells the epic story of the Israelites and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential, monotheistic religion.

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02:40
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (2002)

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Two thousand years ago, in the Roman province of Judea, Jesus was crucified by imperial troops. Thousands before him had suffered the same fate. But unlike his predecessors on the cross, Jesus did not disappear from history. Instead, his memory was kept alive by a small band of Jews—men and women who held fast to their conviction that Jesus was the Messiah.

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Length: 
01:50
Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution

Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)

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Between the fall of Rome and the European voyages of discovery, few events were more significant than the rise of Islam. Within a few centuries, the Islamic empires blossomed, projecting their power from Africa to the East Indies, and from Spain to India.

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02:40
Islam: Empire of Faith

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