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Gunboats and Railroads: The West Leaps Ahead, c. 1800 - 1900 CE
Lesson 18 of 24 • 41 upvotes • 11:28mins
Anirudh Kanisetti
The Industrial Revolution unleashes extraordinary changes across the world. Meanwhile, South America finally regains independence from Spain and Portugal, and America experiments with being a global power until the devastating American Civil War. In Europe, meanwhile, Prussia centralizes and forms the German Empire.
A Unique Take on World History: The Story of Humankind
24 lessons • 4h 14m
1
Civilization: An Introduction
7:06mins
2
From Farms to Empires: The Bronze Age and Cyrus the Great, c. 3500 BCE - 500 BCE
11:01mins
3
The God-Kings: Greece, the Mauryas and China, c. 400 BCE - 200 BCE
9:00mins
4
The Glory of Rome: From Republic to Empire, c. 200 BCE - 150 CE
11:38mins
5
The Sons of Heaven: India and China, c. 200 BCE - 150 CE
9:39mins
6
Crisis and Christianity: The Decline of Rome, c. 150 - 350 CE
12:45mins
7
End of an Era: The Fall of the Western Roman Empire, c. 350 - 550 CE
10:17mins
8
Sun of Power: The Guptas, Harsha, and the Chinese Golden Age, c. 200 - 700 CE:
10:24mins
9
The Crescent Rises: The Story of Islam, c. 600 - 1100 CE
13:29mins
10
The Cross Conquers: The Story of Christianity, c. 800 - 1200 CE
12:07mins
11
The Mongols: The East Rises, c. 1200 - 1400 CE
12:34mins
12
A New World: The Islamic Gunpowder Empires and the discovery of the Americas, c. 1400 - 1550 CE
12:18mins
13
The Reformation: Europe in Chaos, c. 1500 - 1650 CE:
10:48mins
14
An Age of Absolutism: France and Russia rise, c. 1650 - 1750 CE
10:28mins
15
The Colonies: Britain on the Ascendant, c. 1730 - 1770 CE
9:00mins
16
Revolution! The American and French Revolutions, c. 1770 - 1804 CE
9:13mins
17
A New Europe: Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution, c. 1800 - 1850 CE
8:39mins
18
Gunboats and Railroads: The West Leaps Ahead, c. 1800 - 1900 CE
11:28mins
19
The Old World: The Decline of India, China and Japan, c. 1770 - 1870 CE
11:45mins
20
The First World War, 1914 - 1919
10:42mins
21
The Second World War
9:51mins
22
A New World Order, c.1950 - 2000 CE
12:45mins
23
Welcome to the 21st Century
9:18mins
24
Epilogue: The Pale Blue Dot
8:21mins
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