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Overview
Get a unique view of world history by immersing yourself in the fascinating story of the discoveries, inventions, upheavals, and ideas that shaped the modern world.
Topics Covered:
Topics Covered:
- By This Professor
- 01: 1433-The Great Voyages of Admiral Zheng He
- 02: 1453-The Fall of Constantinople
- 03: 1455-Gutenberg's Print Revolution
- 04: 1492-The Columbian Exchange
- 05: 1600-The British East India Company
- 06: 1648-The Treaty of Westphalia
- 07: 1676-Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscope
- 08: 1751-Diderot's Enlightenment Encyclopedia
- 09: 1787-The American Experiment
- 10: 1789-The French Revolution
- 11: 1838-The British Slavery Abolition Act
- 12: 1839-The Opium War in China
- 13: 1859-Darwin and the Origin of Species
- 14: 1869-Binding Continents
- 15: 1893-First Women Voters in New Zealand
- 16: 1896-The Invention of Motion Pictures
- 17: 1903-Kitty Hawk and Powered Flight
- 18: 1904-The Russo-Japanese War
- 19: 1928-The Discovery of Penicillin
- 20: 1942-The Dawn of the Atom
- 21: 1969-Walking on the Moon
- 22: 1972-China Enters the World Balance
- 23: 1989-The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Taught by
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D.
