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John Green investigates the dawn of human civilization. John looks into how people gave up hunting and gathering to b...

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Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2

Air Date: 2012-02-02

John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John tea...

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Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

Air Date: 2012-02-09

John presents Mesopotamia and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include ...

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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4

Air Date: 2012-02-16

John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and even a couple o...

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The Persians & Greeks: Crash Course World History #5

Air Date: 2012-02-23

John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course, we're glad that Greek civilization ...

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Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6

Air Date: 2012-03-01

John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of ...

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2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7

Air Date: 2012-03-08

John introduces you to quite a lot of Chinese history by discussing the complicated relationship between the Confucia...

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Alexander the Great: Crash Course World History #8

Air Date: 2012-03-15

You are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empi...

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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

Air Date: 2012-03-22

John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, ir...

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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10

Air Date: 2012-03-29

John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had s...

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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11

Air Date: 2012-04-05

John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism,...

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Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12

Air Date: 2012-04-12

John Green teaches you about the fall of the Roman Empire, which happened considerably later than you may have been t...

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Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars: Crash Course World History #13

Air Date: 2012-04-19

John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of ...

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The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14

Air Date: 2012-04-26

John Green teaches you about the so-called Dark Ages, which it turns out weren't as uniformly dark as you may have be...

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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

Air Date: 2012-05-03

John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our tr...

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Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16

Air Date: 2012-05-10

John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of t...

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Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17

Air Date: 2012-05-17

John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of th...

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Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18

Air Date: 2012-05-24

John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete ...

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Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19

Air Date: 2012-05-31

John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the city-state of Venice, a...

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Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20

Air Date: 2012-06-07

John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Ru...

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Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He - 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21

Air Date: 2012-06-14

John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Co...

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The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22

Air Date: 2012-06-21

John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th centu...

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The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23

Air Date: 2012-06-28

John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by expl...

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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

Air Date: 2012-07-05

John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where sl...

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The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25

Air Date: 2012-07-12

John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth,...

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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26

Air Date: 2012-07-19

John teaches you about the Seven Years' War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confus...

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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27

Air Date: 2012-07-26

John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the Britis...

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Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

Air Date: 2012-08-02

John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two ...

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The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

Air Date: 2012-08-09

John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it...

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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30

Air Date: 2012-08-16

Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our rece...

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Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31

Air Date: 2012-08-23

John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Lati...

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Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32

Air Date: 2012-08-30

John Green wraps up revolutions month with what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industr...

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Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

Air Date: 2012-09-06

John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of t...

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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34

Air Date: 2012-09-13

John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the worl...

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Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35

Air Date: 2012-09-20

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John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial emp...

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Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36

Air Date: 2012-09-27

John Green teaches you about the war that was supposed to end all wars. Instead, it solved nothing and set the stage ...

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Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37

Air Date: 2012-10-04

John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, ...

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World War II: Crash Course World History #38

Air Date: 2012-10-11

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John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? ...

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USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39

Air Date: 2012-10-18

John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense...

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Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40

Air Date: 2012-10-25

John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from p...

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Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41

Air Date: 2012-11-01