Videos

The story of a Greek town that I'm told still preserves the Spartan tongue. I explore why they don't speak like the rest of Greece and dig into their connection to ancient Sparta. Will their Tsakonian language...

This first episode in this BBC series examines the religious, political, economic and social lives of the Celts.

Introductory video for the Cahokia Mounds State Historic and World Heritage Site. The site preserves the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico and the largest prehistoric earthen mound in the Americas...

Drawing on historical and archaeological evidence, this documentary, by Dr. Farzin Rezaeian, reconstructs 7,000 years of Iranian (Persian) history.

This brief video discusses the key concepts of the ancient Persian religion Zoroastrianism: Zarathustra, Ahura Mazda and the Avesta.

This brief video explains the origin of the terms "Persia" and Zoroastrianism. It also puts the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanian Empires in context.

This video delves deeper into the reign of Cyrus the Great as he overthrows the Medians to establish the Achaemenid Empire, the first official Persian Empire.

WHAP Movie Maker Project Justine Engel & Jeshua Malroy Marzullo per. 1 May 2015

In this video, the various classes within Roman society, as well as the Conflict of the Orders are discussed.

This video is an explanation of ancient Egyptian economy. Source: Burstein, M. Stanley, "World History: Ancient Civilizations". Social Studies. Holt, California. 2006.