Bulliet, History of the Modern Middle East
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“A thoughtful and clear survey of the history of the region, but the biggest drawback by far is the abysmal quality of the sound. Particular since the material deals with a whole host of Arabic, Turkish, and Iranian names which won't be familiar to a Western audience, the bad sound quality does a lot of damage to the comprehensibility and user-friendliness of what would otherwise be a great introduction. If Columbia wants to put its best foot forward by putting lectures on the web, it needs to put just a little effort into getting a quality product out there.
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After listening some more, some follow-up comments. The course is very good on big ideas and big picture concepts, and Bulliet has an excellent, dry sense of humor and a sense of when an anecdote is what's needed to illustrate those big picture points. The course does NOT, however, spend a lot of time on the nuts & bolts of names, dates, and places. The course to some degree assumes that the listener has a pretty good sense of who does what to whom when.
Also, Bulliet talks slowly, so this is a course you can listen to at double-speed without much trouble.”
RussDav via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/22/12
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“Audio Quality was terrible.... sounded like a cassett recorder set up in the next to last row.”
David K64 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/11
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“I generally listen to audiobooks and lectures during my commute to work. I would have loved to hear this one. Unfortunately the poor quality of the recordings made that impossible. I'm not sure why this is even on itunes.”
Fancypants Mcdoofus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/15/12
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“The intro was very weak but it built apon it's self as tine lapped on”
Bulty via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/25/11
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