Lesson 8 of 24 • 49 upvotes • 10:24mins
As the Roman Empire falls in the West, a new power rises in India. This lesson discusses the rise and fall of the Gupta Dynasty in India, and a time of chaos in China until its eventual reunification under the Golden Age of the Tang Dynasty.
24 lessons • 4h 14m
Civilization: An Introduction
7:06mins
From Farms to Empires: The Bronze Age and Cyrus the Great, c. 3500 BCE - 500 BCE
11:01mins
The God-Kings: Greece, the Mauryas and China, c. 400 BCE - 200 BCE
9:00mins
The Glory of Rome: From Republic to Empire, c. 200 BCE - 150 CE
11:38mins
The Sons of Heaven: India and China, c. 200 BCE - 150 CE
9:39mins
Crisis and Christianity: The Decline of Rome, c. 150 - 350 CE
12:45mins
End of an Era: The Fall of the Western Roman Empire, c. 350 - 550 CE
10:17mins
Sun of Power: The Guptas, Harsha, and the Chinese Golden Age, c. 200 - 700 CE:
10:24mins
The Crescent Rises: The Story of Islam, c. 600 - 1100 CE
13:29mins
The Cross Conquers: The Story of Christianity, c. 800 - 1200 CE
12:07mins
The Mongols: The East Rises, c. 1200 - 1400 CE
12:34mins
A New World: The Islamic Gunpowder Empires and the discovery of the Americas, c. 1400 - 1550 CE
12:18mins
The Reformation: Europe in Chaos, c. 1500 - 1650 CE:
10:48mins
An Age of Absolutism: France and Russia rise, c. 1650 - 1750 CE
10:28mins
The Colonies: Britain on the Ascendant, c. 1730 - 1770 CE
9:00mins
Revolution! The American and French Revolutions, c. 1770 - 1804 CE
9:13mins
A New Europe: Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution, c. 1800 - 1850 CE
8:39mins
Gunboats and Railroads: The West Leaps Ahead, c. 1800 - 1900 CE
11:28mins
The Old World: The Decline of India, China and Japan, c. 1770 - 1870 CE
11:45mins
The First World War, 1914 - 1919
10:42mins
The Second World War
9:51mins
A New World Order, c.1950 - 2000 CE
12:45mins
Welcome to the 21st Century
9:18mins
Epilogue: The Pale Blue Dot
8:21mins