Excellent course looking at the lives of "normal" people throughout Roman, Greek, Persian, Ancient Egyptian, Anglo Saxon, Norman, Celtic historical world. There is a bit dated talk (at some point Prof Garland says baby girls are still tossed aside for being girls in "modern" China, which may have been true at the time the course was presented but certainly isn't true in any majority anymore) but otherwise I really enjoyed this course and looked forward to each new lecture. Taking this look at the "normal" lives of people was truly eye opening. Human beings have always been this way, and it's moving to see artifacts like children's toys being similar across all cultures.