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  1. Alexander the Great (199 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p) Cromwell

    Looks at Alexander the Great, still recognised as a military genius because of his victories at Thebes, Granicus and Issus, the occupation of Damascus and the conquest of Egypt.

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  2. Glories of Islamic Art (2013)

    Subject
    Art; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £14.99

    Consisting of three programmes of 45 minutes each, this series celebrates the heritage of Islamic artists and architects. It explains the close connection between the architectural splendor and the religious...

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  3. Visualising the Past: Rebranding the Present (2012)

    Director
    Jessica Jacobs
    Subject
    Geography; History; Politics & government

    In 2009 the director, a cultural geographer, spent 8 months filming in Amman and Damascus for a collaborative ESRC-funded research project on the role of heritage in these ‘Levantine’ cities. The four...

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  4. Syria: The Assad’s Twilight (2011)

    Director
    Vicent de Cointet; Christophe Ayad
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $348

    A portrait of the Assad regime, from its origins to 2011. During the 1970s, Bashar’s father, Hafez al-Assad, turned Syria into one of the world’s most secretive and repressive dictatorships. In 1982, he...

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  5. Ancient Worlds (2010)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

    A six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation - from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Academic and archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle...

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