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World History For Dummies — 117 episodes
Origins of agriculture
3 Ancient Mesopotamia Early Civilizations
4 Ancient Egypt Early Civilizations
5 Indus Valley Civilization Early Civilizations
6 The Hittite Empire and the Battle of Kadesh Early Civilizations
7 Ancient China Early Civilizations
8 Introduction to the Vedic Period
9 Sanskrit connections to English
10 Pre Columbian Americas
11 Overview of ancient Persia
12 Cyrus the Great establishes the Achaemenid Empire
13 Zoroastrianism World History
14 Overview of ancient Greece
15 Beginning of the Greco Persian Wars
16 Second Persian Invasion
17 Prelude to the Peloponnesian War
18 The Peloponnesian War
19 Philip of Macedon unifies Greece
20 Alexander the Great takes power
21 Alexander the Great conquers Persia
22 Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period
23 Socrates Plato Aristotle
24 Golden Age of Athens, Pericles and Greek Culture
25 Overview of the Roman Empire
26 Roman social and political structures
27 Background of the Carthaginians
28 Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage
29 Rise of Julius Caesar
30 Ides of March spark a civil war
31 Caesar, Cleopatra and the Ides of March
32 Augustus becomes first Emperor of Roman Empire
33 Emperors of Pax Romana
35 Overview of early Judaism part 1
36 Overview of early Judaism part 2
37 Jesus Christ and Christianity
38 Paul and the apostles Christianity
39 Roman Empire and Christianity
40 Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties
41 Confucius and Confucianism
42 Comparative roles of women in Rome and Han China
43 Hinduism Introduction꞉ Core ideas of Brahman, Atman, Samsara and Moksha
44 Hindu gods overview
45 Hindu scripture overview
46 Varnas and the Caste System
47 Buddhism World History
48 Core spiritual ideas of Buddhism
49 Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
50 Chandragupta, Ashoka and the Maurya Empire
51 Gupta Dynasty
52 Comparison꞉ Rise of empires
53 Early Silk Road
54 Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Huari and Tiwanaku civilizations
55 Mayans and Teotihuacan
56 Introduction to Islam
57 Life of Muhammad and beginnings of Islam part 1
58 Beginnings of Islam part 2
59 Spread of Islam part 3
60 Sunni and Shia Islam part 1
61 Sunni and Shia Islam part 2
62 Golden age of Islam
63 Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
64 Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires
65 Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicaea
66 Great Schism or East-West Schism part 1
67 Great Schism or East-West Schism part 2
68 Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi
69 Chinese Imperial Dynasties
70 Prosperity in Song China (960-1279)
71 Overview of the Middle Ages
72 Feudal system during the Middle Ages
73 Manorialism and serfs
74 Aztec Empire
75 Inca Empire overview
76 Serfs and manorialism
77 Classical Japan during the Heian Period
78 Shoguns, samurai and the Japanese Middle Ages
79 Introduction to the Crusades
80 An overview of the Crusades (part 2)
81 Impact of the Crusades
82 Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
83 Knights Templar
84 Bhakti movement
85 Timur 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions
86 Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
87 Sikhism introduction
88 Mughal rule in India 1450 - Present
89 Latin American Independence movements 1450 - Present
90 Industrialization and imperialism
91 Opium Wars
92 Japanese Imperialism
93 Independence movements in the 20th Century
94 The Holocaust
95 The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
96 Buddhism꞉ context and comparison
97 International Human Rights 1450 - Present
98 Contextualization--Islam
99 Continuity-Sikhism connections to Hinduism and Islam 1450 - Present
100 How did Russia begin 1450 - Present AP
The Crusades꞉ Part 1
The Crusades꞉ Part 2
World War II - Part 1 (WWI)
World War II - Part 2 (Interwar Chaos)
WW II - Part X (Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Part 1
Salah ad Din Part 2
Balfour Declaration
A.Hilter
Legacy of the Mughal Empire
World War 2
World War 1
USA independence
The Story of Israel’s the county
Salauddin
Benito Mussolini
Nelson mandela
Winston Churchill
King leopard