Dr. Craig G. Benjamin is a US history professor (Grand Valley State University) specialising in the history of Eastern civilisations, particularly the Silk Road and Inner Asian history. His teaching material has been published as on-demand video courses for general adult audiences.
His CourseFlix listing carries Foundations of Eastern Civilization — a comprehensive university-level lecture series on the historical development of East and Inner Asian civilisations from prehistory through the modern era.
Material is paid and aimed at general adult learners interested in world history. The course sits in the broader History and Culture catalog on CourseFlix as a general-interest reference rather than as a software-engineering track.