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Crash Course World History Videos 1 - 42

(Also featured on Khan Academy, with transcripts)

Crash Course #1: Agricultural Revolution
Crash Course #2: Indus Valley Civilization
Crash Course #3: Mesopotamia
Crash Course #4: Egypt
Crash Course #5: The Persians and Greeks
Crash Course #6: Buddha and Ashoka
Crash Course #7: China 2000 Years & the Mandate of Heaven
Crash Course #8: Alexander the Great
Crash Course #9: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
Crash Course #10: The Roman Empire...or Republic
Crash Course #11: Christianity: from Judaism to Constantine
Crash Course #12: Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century
Crash Course #13: Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar
Crash Course #14: The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?
Crash Course #15: The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?
Crash Course #16: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa
Crash Course #17: Wait For It...The Mongols!
Crash Course #18: International Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade
Crash Course #19: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Crash Course #20: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols
Crash Course #21: Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners
Crash Course #22: The Renaissance: Was it a Thing?
Crash Course #23: The Columbian Exchange
Crash Course #24: The Atlantic Slave Trade
Crash Course #25: The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway InflationCrash Course #26: The Seven Years War
Crash Course #27: The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
Crash Course #28: Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution
Crash Course #29: The French Revolution
Crash Course #30: Haitian Revolutions
Crash Course #31: Latin American Revolutions
Crash Course #32: Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution
Crash Course #33: Capitalism and Socialism
Crash Course #34: Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism
Crash Course #35: Imperialism
Crash Course #36: Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I
Crash Course #37: Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
Crash Course #38: World War II
Crash Course #39: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War
Crash Course #40: Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
Crash Course #41: Globalization I - The Upside
Crash Course #42: Globalization II - Good or Bad?

Selected Crash Course US History Videos

Crash Course #3: The Natives and the English
Crash Course #10: Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy
Crash Course #12: The Market Revolution
Crash Course #16: Women in the 19th Century
Crash Course #23: The Industrial Economy
Crash Course #28: American Imperialism
Crash Course #30: America in World War I
Crash Course #31: Women’s Suffrage
Crash Course #32: The Roaring 20s
Crash Course #33: The Great Depression
Crash Course #34: The New Deal
Crash Course #35: World War II Part 1
Crash Course #36: World War II Part II
Crash Course #37: The Cold War (US Version)
Crash Course #38: The Cold War in Asia
Crash Course #39: Civil Rights and the 1950s
Crash Course #40: The 1960s in America
Crash Course #41: The Rise of Conservatism
Crash Course #42: Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise
Crash Course #43: The Reagan Revolution
Crash Course #44: George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War
Crash Course #45: The Clinton Years, or the 1990s
Crash Course #46: Terrorism, War, and Bush 43
Crash Course #47: Obamanation

Crash Course World History 2 Videos 201 - 230

Crash Course #201: Rethinking Civilization
Crash Course #202: Money and Debt
Crash Course #203: Disease!
Crash Course #204: War and Human Nature
Crash Course #205: War and Civilization
Crash Course #206: Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age
Crash Course #207: Humans and Energy
Crash Course #208: Drought and Famine
Crash Course #209: HOW World War I Started
Crash Course #210: Who Started World War I
Crash Course #211: The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)
Crash Course #212: The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology
Crash Course #213: Asian Responses to Imperialism
Crash Course #214: The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
Crash Course #215: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus
Crash Course #216: Islam and Politics
Crash Course #217: The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation
Crash Course #218: Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Crash Course #219: Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire
Crash Course #220: World War II, A War for Resources
Crash Course #221: Congo and Africa’s World War
Crash Course #222: Water and Classical Civilization
Crash Course #223: Conflict in Israel and Palestine
Crash Course #224: The Vikings!
Crash Course #225: War and Nation Building in Latin America
Crash Course #226: Iran’s Revolutions
Crash Course #227: Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History
Crash Course #228: Nonviolence and Peace Movements
Crash Course #229: Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
Crash Course #230: Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China

Crash Course Big History Videos 1 - 10

Big History #1: The Big Bang
Big History #2: Exploring the Universe
Big History #3: The Sun and the Earth
Big History #4: Life Begins
Big History #5: The Evolutionary Epic
Big History #6: Human Evolution
Big History #7: Migrations and Intensification
Big History #8: The Modern Revolution
Big History #9: The Anthropocene and the Near Future
Big History #10: The Deep Future

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