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War and Civilization: Crash Course World History 205
722 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did war maybe create agriculture and "civilization?" It's hard to
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Rethinking Civilization - Crash Course World History 201
744 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green returns to teaching World History! This week, we'll be talking about the idea of civilization, some of the traditional hallmarks of so-called civilization, and why some people would choose to live outside the civilization model. It tur
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The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age): Crash Course World History 211
859 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Bronze Age civilization in what we today call the middle east, and how the vast, interconnected civilization that encompassed Egypt, The Levant, and Mesopotamia came to an end. What's that you say? There was no su
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Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2
880 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teaches you the who, how, when, where and why of the Indus Valley Civilization, and dispenses advice on how to be more successful in
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World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History #220
1,669 views / 11 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about World War II, and some of the causes behind the war. In a lot of ways, WWII was about resources, and especially about food. The expansionist aggression of both Germany and Japan were in a lot of ways about resources.
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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26
1,461 views / 6 likes - addedIn which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it ha
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HOW World War I Started: Crash Course World History 209
1,496 views / 6 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about World War I and how it got started. Crash Course doesn't usually talk much about dates, but the way that things unfolded in July and August of 1914 are kind of important to understanding the Great War. You'll learn ab
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World War II: Crash Course World History #38
1,550 views / 4 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. In which John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And wha
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World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36
1,441 views / 3 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36
1,177 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the war that was supposed to end all wars. Instead, it solved nothing and set the stage for the world to be back at war just a couple of decades later. As an added bonus, World War I changed the way people look at the
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War&Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204
908 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about war! Specifically, John talks about whether humanity is naturally warlike, hard-wired to kill, or if perhaps war is a cultural construct. John will talk about the Hobbes versus Rousseau debate, the effects that war ha
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World War II Part 1: Crash Course US History #35
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World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
518 views / 0 likes - addedEurope's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war unfolded. We'll take
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America in World War I: Crash Course US History #30
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USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39
1,176 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense of its temperature. It was by no means cool, man. After World War II, there were basically two big geopolitical powers left to d
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World War II: Crash Course European History #38
487 views / 2 likes - addedOnly a couple of decades after the end of the First World War--which was supposed to be the War that Ended All Wars--another, bigger, farther-flung, more destructive, and deadlier war began. Today, you'll learn about how the war in Europe progressed, from
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Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
456 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic depression of the 1930
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Who Started World War I: Crash Course World History 210
1,070 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you WHY World War I started. Or tries to anyway. With this kind of thing, it's kind of hard to assign blame to any one of the nations involved. Did the fault lie with Austria-Hungary? Germany? Russia? Julius Caesar? One thing w
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Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221
871 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa.
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World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39
409 views / 0 likes - addedOur look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the combatants, the homefront and the warfront were one and the same. The war disrupted life for millions
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The Roads to World War I: Crash Course European History #32
373 views / 0 likes - addedMuch has been written about what exactly caused World War I. As befits a true global war, the reality is that there isn't a single cause. There aren't even three causes. There are a vast array of causes. Today we'll get into just a few of those causes, in
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The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37
916 views / 3 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205
495 views / 0 likes - addedThis week, Emily Graslie is teaching you about human ancestry and geneaology, how we got to be the species we are, and why that matters in our zoomed out look at Big History. For more information, visit the Big History Project: http://www.bighistoryprojec
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Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19
924 views / 4 likes - addedDisclaimer: This is very different than the usual Crash Course US History episode. In which John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War in seven and a half minutes. We get a lot of requests for military history, so we offer a list of b
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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15
978 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the First
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War and Nation Building in Latin America: Crash Course World History 225
884 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about nation building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe, and are found wanting. This is kind of a silly comparison. The rise of democratic, econo
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The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38
949 views / 1 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35
690 views / 0 likes - addedWorld War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of 1917, the rise
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George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44
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The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20
1,286 views / 11 likes - addedIn which John Green ACTUALLY teaches about the Civil War. In part one of our two part look at the US Civil War, John looks into the causes of the war, and the motivations of the individuals who went to war. The overarching causes and the individual motiva
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The War of 1812 - Crash Course US History #11
921 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the War of 1812. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and its former colonial overlord England. It started in, you guessed it 1812. The war lasted until 1815, and it resolved very little. John will tak
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The Persians&Greeks: Crash Course World History #5
663 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and Plato to Darius and Xerxes, John explains two of the grea
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The Civil War Part 2: Crash Course US History #21
1,225 views / 6 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you how the Civil War played a large part in making the United States the country that it is today. He covers some of the key ways in which Abraham Lincoln influenced the outcome of the war, and how the lack of foreign interven
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
439 views / 0 likes - addedThe English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all of Britain and Irel
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The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening: Crash Course US History #5
35.8k views / 308 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the beginnings of the American Revolution in a video titled The Seven Years War. Confusing? Maybe. John argues that the Seven Years War, which is often called the French and Indian War in the US, laid a lot of the gro
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Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222
677 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It turns out people can't live without water, which means it's absolutely necessary for civilization. Today John talks about water i
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Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
893 views / 2 likes - addedREAD THIS: THERE ARE TWO MORE VIDEOS IN THE WORLD HISTORY SERIES. You should also turn on the captions. You'll like them. In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous
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War&Expansion: Crash Course US History #17
633 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast to the Pa
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Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46
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The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
840 views / 0 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37
842 views / 3 likes - addedDon't forget! Crash Course posters and t-shirts at http://www.dftba.com/crashcourse In which John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic syste
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
1,010 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that peo
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Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6
884 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural disapproval of viole
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Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28
1,350 views / 7 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies, and he also ex
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Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17
972 views / 2 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Money&Debt: Crash Course World History 202
901 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we use money? And why does it all disappear so quickly after payday? John will look into 75% of these questions, and if he doesn't c
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The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29
1,411 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the French Revolution
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Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History #218
989 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Protestant Reformation. Prior to the Protestant Reformation, pretty much everyone in Europe was a Roman Catholic. Not to get all great man, but Martin Luther changed all that. Martin Luther didn't like the corrupt
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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
1,305 views / 7 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving
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Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35
2,294 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century, especially in Asia and Africa. During the
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The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History #217
991 views / 0 likes - addedThere's a new Crash Course poster with all your favorite World History characters! Czech it: http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-characters-poster In which John Green teaches you about the Mughal Empire, which ruled large swaths of the Indian Sub-
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World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14
718 views / 0 likes - addedThe world is a big place and cinema isn't limited to just the U.S. and Europe. There are a lot of vibrant and influential film movements and cultures from all over the world. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us a little about s
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The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212
894 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green talks about the methods of writing history by looking at some of the ways that history has been written about the rise of the West. But first he has to tell you what the West is. And then he has to explain the Rise of the West. And the
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Disease! Crash Course World History 203
974 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about disease, and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way humans operate in a lot of ways. John will teach you about the Black Death, the
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Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13
1,064 views / 2 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11
855 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, right up to Paul and how Christianity stormed the Roman Empire in just a few hundred years. Along the way, John will cover Abram
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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4
1,557 views / 9 likes - addedIn which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with John Green. Crash Course World History is now av
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World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History #15
567 views / 0 likes - addedAfrica, the Middle East, and South America have their own vibrant film communities and filmmakers. From social and political commentary to experimental films, these regions have made some very important pieces of cinema over the last century. In this epis
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The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23
1,028 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by exploring the totally awesome history book "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred Cosby, Jr. After Columbus "discovered" the Americas, Eu
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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34
798 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world carved new nation-states out of old empires. Nationalist leaders changed the way people thought of themselves and the places th
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Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
897 views / 1 likes - addedMongols Shirts and Crash Course Posters! http://www.dftba.com/crashcourse In which John Green wraps up revolutions month with what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industrial Revolution. While very few leaders were beheaded in
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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27
802 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British Navy. He charted large swaths of the Pacific ocean, laid claim to Australia and New Zealand, and died a bizarre death in the Sa
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Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19
849 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the citystate of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans--and how studying history can help you to be a better boyfriend and/or girlfriend. Together, the Ottoma
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Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12
983 views / 2 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228
855 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century. What is nonviolence? What is a peace movement? Well. traditionally, humans often resort to violence when they come into conflict. In the 20th century, it became muc
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The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22
1,164 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th century, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple of hundred ye
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The Vikings! - Crash Course World History 224
1,301 views / 5 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Crash Course. So what's the deal with Vikings? Well, the stuff you've heard about them may not be true. The Vikings weren't just pa
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Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
886 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style d
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Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208
1,212 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There
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Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18
872 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete with trade in books, ivory, and timber. Along the way, John manages to cover advances in seafaring technology, just how the monso
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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30
1,268 views / 1 likes - addedIdeas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas relied on slave l
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Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
1,089 views / 2 likes - addedGet the new Crash Course World History Character poster here: http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-characters-poster In which John Green teaches you about the Holy Roman Empire by teaching you about Charles V. Charles Hapsburg was the holy Roman Em
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2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7
1,098 views / 3 likes - added2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: Crash Course World History #7 In which John introduces you to quite a lot of Chinese history by discussing the complicated relationship between the Confucian scholars who wrote Chinese h
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Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216
1,109 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during it's history, and how it continues to do so today. Islamist movements are in the news a lot lately, but how did that happen. John will point out that Islam has alway been
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Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41
782 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about globalization, a subject so epic, so, um, global, it requires two videos. In this video, John follows the surprisingly complex path of t-shirt as it criss-crosses the world before coming to rest on your doorstep, and
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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9
1,140 views / 1 likes - addedThe Silk Road and Ancient Trade: In which John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, iron, wine, and yes, silk were exchanged across the ancient world, from China to the West. Along w
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Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16
867 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, trade, some impressive architecture, and several empi
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The Spanish Empire, Silver,&Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25
798 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy the two biggest pre-
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Globalization II - Good or Bad?: Crash Course World History #42
741 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some effects that aren't so hot. Wealth disparity, rising divorce rat
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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10
1,054 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what led to him ge
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Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
1,002 views / 0 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. In which John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of the deba
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Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3
814 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John presents Mesopotamia, and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, the world's
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Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8
1,141 views / 4 likes - addedIn which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20
739 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine, there were a few bumps along the road. It turns out, our old fri
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Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31
1,171 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States
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American Imperialism: Crash Course US History #28
1,375 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Imperialism. In the late 19th century, the great powers of Europe were running around the world obtaining colonial possessions, especially in Africa and Asia. The United States, which as a young country was especially
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Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History #213
801 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Imperialism, but not from the perspective of the colonizers. This week John looks at some Asian perspectives on Imperialism, specifically writers from countries that were colonized by European powers. We'll look at th
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Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21
1,159 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad rap from many mod
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The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14
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U.S. Civil War - Surprising Soldiers - Extra History
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The Tiny Yorkie Who Became a World War II Hero
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8
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Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise: Crash Course US History #42
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
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The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9
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The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3
659 views / 1 likes - addedAs cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the Cinematographe, and the i
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The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43
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Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204
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The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21
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Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #201
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The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4
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Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
532 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of medicine is about two of our big questions: one, what is life? What makes it so special, so fragile, so goopy!? Two, how do we know what we know? Why should I take my doctors advice? Why are deep-fried Oreos bad for me?It may be tempting to
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The bridge design that helped win World War II
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The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13
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303 views / 0 likes - addedRemember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900, and even then biologists saw Darwinism and Mendelism as two competing grand theories about how life works?Well, in this episode of Crash Course History
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The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4
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344 views / 0 likes - addedSo, "modern" is kind of a loaded term, but today we're going to talk about modern life in Europe, as it looked around the time the 19th century turned into the 20th. We'll look at what life was like in the rapidly growing urban centers of Europe, how deve
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Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202
567 views / 0 likes - addedSo, the stars made the elements, we're all made of star stuff, etc. But what does all this mean? This week Emily Graslie teaches you how the formation of chemical elements in the bellies of the earliest stars made life as we know it possible. Namely, we'l
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Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27
452 views / 0 likes - addedThe study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. But, by the time electricity started to become more well known, a few familiar names started to appear. Edison, Galvani, and a few others really changed the way the world worked. ***Crash Course
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6
372 views / 0 likes - addedYou may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten
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487 views / 0 likes - addedIn the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th century Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and at the same time, re
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The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23
457 views / 0 likes - addedThe end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3
403 views / 0 likes - addedThe European Renaissance may have started in Florence, but it pretty quickly moved out of Italy and spread the art, architecture, literature, and humanism across Europe to places like France, Spain, England, and the Low Countries.SOURCES:Hunt, Lynn et al.
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687 views / 2 likes - addedPlease consider supporting our videos on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Resistance soon took place in different ways after Charles de Gaulle encouraged the fight to continue after the impending German occupation. Groups such as the Maquis -
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Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27
571 views / 0 likes - addedSo, we haven't talked much about Italy and Germany so far in Crash Course Euro, and that's because prior to the mid-19th century, those two nation-states weren't really a thing. Today we'll look at how Italy and Germany pulled it together in the second ha
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Origins Of The Cold War
600 views / 0 likes - addedKA's US History fellow Kim Kutz and Grammar fellow David Rheinstrom discuss the atmosphere in Europe after World War II that led to the start of the Cold War.
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Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7
1,036 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution. And the Revolutionary War. I know we've labored the point here, but they weren't the same thing. In any case, John will teach you about the major battles of the war, and discuss the strategies
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Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22
1,018 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Reconstruction. After the divisive, destructive Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had a plan to reconcile the country and make it whole again. Then he got shot, Andrew Johnson took over, and the disagreements between Johnson
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Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8
658 views / 0 likes - addedRussia went and had a revolution in 1917 and cinema was a big part of its aftermath. Even though film stock was hard to come by, we saw the first film school started, and the study of film became hugely important. Russian filmmakers started trying to unde
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Boy Soldiers (World War I)
479 views / 1 likes - addedPlease consider supporting our videos on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory The law stated that you had to be 18 to sign up and 19 to serve overseas in the British Armed Forces. However thousands of boys and young men under this age requirement
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Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31
352 views / 0 likes - addedEurope was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look at changes in musi
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The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18
327 views / 0 likes - addedOne of the problems with the whole idea of a single Scientific Revolution is that some disciplines decided not to join any revolution. And others just took a long time to get there. ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up
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Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39
1,175 views / 5 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15
352 views / 0 likes - addedTheres a question to consider thats pretty daunting: what is life? And to try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this episode, Hank talks to us about all kinds of gro
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Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
384 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tried to answer the same question: what is life? ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You
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Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7
474 views / 0 likes - addedThe Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries. Jean Calvin in Franc
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The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42
329 views / 0 likes - addedWith the question What is life? addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all disease and live forever Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http:
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Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22
766 views / 0 likes - added"Survival of the Fittest" sounds like a great WWE show but today we're talking about that phrase as it relates to Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Darwin and Wallace are at the heart of understanding evolution and natural selection. Today, Hank talks ab
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Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38
340 views / 0 likes - addedWeve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now its time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://w
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Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
410 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the focus has been on Western Europe so far, there has also been a lot going on in Eastern Europe, which we'll be looking at today. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, The Ottoman Empire, and Russia were all competing at the eastern end of the con
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Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16
544 views / 1 likes - addedIt's Craig's last episode of Film and in it he's going to talk about weird stuff... and real stuff. Experimental and Documentary films could each take up their own Crash Course series. The different styles and intents of different filmmakers make each fil
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Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17
378 views / 1 likes - addedThe standard story of the Scientific Revolution culminates with the long life of one man: Sir Isaac Newtona humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einsteins, is synonymous with physics tod
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Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9
448 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the Protestant Reformation broke out in Western Europe, the Catholic Church got the message, at least a little bit. Pope Paul III called a council to look into reforming some aspects of the Catholic Church and try to stem the tide of competing Christ
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The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History #5
749 views / 0 likes - addedIn this episode of Crash Course Film History, we talk about the development of the language of films by filmmakers like Edwin S. Porter and his films; Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Stud
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Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25
787 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again. ***Crash Course i
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The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32
2,198 views / 0 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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