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World History

Bucky

(54,002 posts) Thu Feb 23, 2012, 12:50 AM Feb 2012

Crash Course [View all]

http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Great new series on world history. Probably more interesting for history teachers than students. But I'll find out, cause when I'm teaching world history next year, I'll be showing these vids to my kids each week.

Below in this discussion thread will be links to the individual installments.

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Crash Course [View all] Bucky Feb 2012 OP

#1 The Agricultural Revolution (actually should be "Neolithic Revolution") Bucky Feb 2012 #1

#2 The Indus Valley Civilization Bucky Feb 2012 #2

#3 Mesopotamia Bucky Feb 2012 #3

#4 Ancient Egypt Bucky Feb 2012 #4

You forgot Poland! ellisonz Feb 2012 #5

sigh Bucky Feb 2012 #6

#5 Persia vs Greece Bucky Mar 2012 #7

#6 Ancient India (including the Buddha) Bucky Mar 2012 #8

#7 China. All of its history in 12 minutes. Wow Bucky Mar 2012 #9

#8 Alexander the Great spreads Greece Bucky Mar 2012 #10

#9 The Silk Road and Ancient Trade Bucky Mar 2012 #11

#10 Rome Bucky Mar 2012 #12

#11 Christianity Bucky Apr 2012 #13

#12 The Fall of Rome, followed by the Fall of Rome Bucky Apr 2012 #14

#13 Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars Bucky May 2012 #15

Therefor I am Bucky Aug 2012 #38

#14 The Dark Ages Bucky May 2012 #16

#15 The Crusades, such as they were Bucky May 2012 #17

#16 Mansa Musa, Mali, and the East African Swahili trading states Bucky May 2012 #18

I love Mansa Musa, thanks! Odin2005 May 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Bucky May 2012 #20

#17 The Mongols!! Bucky May 2012 #21

#18 Indian Ocean Trade Bucky May 2012 #22

#19 Venice and the Ottoman Empire (plus ballless Russian slave soldiers) Bucky Jun 2012 #23

#20 Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols Bucky Jun 2012 #24

#21 Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He Bucky Jun 2012 #25

Marking for later. Sounds promising. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2012 #26

My 13 yr old loves these! John Green is super-dude in our house. Left coast liberal Jun 2012 #27

Thank you, Bucky Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2012 #28

#22 The European Renaissance Bucky Jun 2012 #29

#23 The Columbian Exchange Bucky Jul 2012 #30

#24 The Atlantic Slave Trade Bucky Jul 2012 #31

#25 The Spanish Empire Bucky Aug 2012 #32

#26 The Seven Year War (but really the French and Indian War) Bucky Aug 2012 #33

#27 Captain Cook meets the Hawaiians... poorly Bucky Aug 2012 #34

#28 Tea, Taxes, Mr. T, and the American Revolution Bucky Aug 2012 #35

#29 The French Revolution Bucky Aug 2012 #36

#30 The Haitian Revolution (and a tragic unexpected plot twist!) Bucky Aug 2012 #37

#31 Latin American Revolutions Bucky Sep 2012 #39

#32 Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution Bucky Sep 2012 #40

#33 Capitalism and Socialism Bucky Sep 2012 #41