Gregory S. Aldrete

Ph.D., University of Michigan

University of Wisconsin—Green Bay

Dr. Gregory S. Aldrete is Professor of Humanistic Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he has taught since 1995. He earned his B.A. from Princeton University and his master’s degree and Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Michigan.

Honored many times over for his research and his teaching, Professor Aldrete was named by his university as the winner of its highest awards in each category, receiving both its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship and its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Teaching. That recognition of his teaching skills was echoed on a national level in 2009, when he received the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level—the national teaching award given annually by the professional association of classics professors.

The recipient of many prestigious research fellowships including five from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Professor Aldrete has published several important books in his field, including Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome; Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome; Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia; The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life I: The Ancient World (as editor); Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery: Reconstructing and Testing Ancient Linen Body Armor (with S. Bartell and A. Aldrete) and The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done for Us (with A. Aldrete).

	History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Look at ancient history from a fresh, innovative vantage point with the 48 lectures of History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective. Historian and Professor Gregory S. Aldrete’s course examines the ancient world’s greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas—including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. This multidisciplinary journey covers not only the traditional domains of politics and war but also religion, philosophy, architecture, technology, and the visual arts.

	History of the Ancient World & Foundations of Western Civilization (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Learn powerful, enduring lessons from the past with these two courses that offer insights into the history of the ancient world and one of Western civilization’s greatest faiths. In History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, examine the ancient world’s greatest civilizations in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Then, ground your understanding of Europe within the larger scope of the early Western world with the highly popular The Foundations of Western Civilization.

	History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective & Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete In History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective examine the ancient world’s greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas—including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Then, traverse the sweeping expanse of cosmic history as seen through the conventional scale of history, the larger scales of biology and geology, and the universal scale of cosmology with Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity.

	History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective & Medieval World (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Get a new perspective on the ancient and medieval worlds, one not usually seen in history courses. In the 48 lectures of History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, you take a multidisciplinary journey to the ancient world’s greatest civilizations—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. And the 36 lectures of The Medieval World give you a different perspective on the society and culture of the Middle Ages: one that goes beyond a historical survey and entrenches you in the daily experience of average people living during this underappreciated era.

	Set: History of the Ancient World & The Persian Empire Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Get a comparative approach to the world's great ancient civilizations as well as the perspective recent scholarship gives us on the Persian Empire in this absorbing course set. First, in History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, you'll examine the ancient world's greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Then, in The Persian Empire, you'll examine Persian sources to discover a major force that has had a lasting influence on the world in terms of administration, economics, religion, architecture, and more.

	Understanding the History of the World (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Get a new perspective on the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds with this four-course set. In History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, you take a multidisciplinary journey to the ancient world’s greatest civilizations—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. The Medieval World will give you a perspective on the society and culture of the Middle Ages that entrenches you in the daily experience of average people living during this era. In The Development of European Civilization, you see, from a European perspective, why and how institutions in Europe evolved as they did, and what the ideas, culture, and institutions born in Europe have meant to the rest of the Western world. And in Turning Points in American History, you take a captivating tour of those groundbreaking moments in the story of the United States of America, after which the nation would never be the same again.

	Lost Worlds of South America & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete The first of this set's courses, Lost Worlds of South America leads you on an adventurous trek of discovery through the emerging finds and archaeological knowledge of more than 12 seminal civilizations. Then, in The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World, you'll go beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts to study history from the perspective of the so called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.

	Origin of Civilization & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Get sweeping surveys of the birth of civilization and the ancient world with these two comprehensive courses. The Origin of Civilization reveals how human beings around the world transitioned from small farming communities to the impressive cultural and political systems that would forever alter the course of history. And History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective examines the ancient world’s greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas—not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them.

	The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World & History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective (Set) Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Look at ancient history from a fresh vantage point with this two-course set. In History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, you’ll examine the world’s greatest civilizations in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Then, in The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World, you’ll go beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts to study history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people.

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