Season 1 - World History
(2012)
Overview
In 42 episodes, John Green will begin teaching you the history of the world! This course is based on the 2012 AP World History curriculum, from growing the first crops in the First Agricultural Revolution to global textile production in the 2010s. By the end of the course, you will be able to: *Identify and explain historical developments and processes *Analyze the context of historical events, developments, and processes and explain how they are situated within a broader historical context …
Cast
as John Green
Episodes
The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1 0.0
January 26, 2012
John Green investigates the dawn of human civilization. John looks into how people gave up hunting and gathering to bec…
Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2 0.0
February 2, 2012
John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teach…
Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3 0.0
February 9, 2012
John presents Mesopotamia and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include th…
Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4 0.0
February 16, 2012
John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of …
The Persians & Greeks: Crash Course World History #5 0.0
February 23, 2012
John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course, we're glad that Greek civilization sp…
Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6 0.0
March 1, 2012
John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Bu…
2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7 0.0
March 8, 2012
John introduces you to quite a lot of Chinese history by discussing the complicated relationship between the Confucian …
Alexander the Great: Crash Course World History #8 0.0
March 15, 2012
You are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empire…
The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9 0.0
March 22, 2012
John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, iron…
The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10 0.0
March 29, 2012
John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had som…
Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11 0.0
April 5, 2012
John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, r…
Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12 0.0
April 12, 2012
John Green teaches you about the fall of the Roman Empire, which happened considerably later than you may have been tol…
Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars: Crash Course World History #13 0.0
April 19, 2012
John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of Is…
The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14 0.0
April 26, 2012
John Green teaches you about the so-called Dark Ages, which it turns out weren't as uniformly dark as you may have been…
The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15 0.0
May 3, 2012
John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our trad…
Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16 0.0
May 10, 2012
John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of tra…
Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17 0.0
May 17, 2012
John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the …
Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18 0.0
May 24, 2012
John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete wi…
Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19 0.0
May 31, 2012
John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the city-state of Venice, and…
Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20 0.0
June 7, 2012
John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus …
Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He - 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21 0.0
June 14, 2012
John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Colu…
The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22 0.0
June 21, 2012
John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th centuri…
The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23 0.0
June 28, 2012
John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by explor…
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24 0.0
July 5, 2012
John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slav…
The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25 0.0
July 12, 2012
John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, t…
The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26 0.0
July 19, 2012
John teaches you about the Seven Years' War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusin…
The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27 0.0
July 26, 2012
John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British …
Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28 0.0
August 2, 2012
John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two di…
The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29 0.0
August 9, 2012
John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it t…
Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30 0.0
August 16, 2012
Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent…
Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31 0.0
August 23, 2012
John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin …
Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32 0.0
August 30, 2012
John Green wraps up revolutions month with what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industria…
Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33 0.0
September 6, 2012
John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of the…
Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34 0.0
September 13, 2012
John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world …
Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35 0.0
September 20, 2012
John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empir…
Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36 0.0
September 27, 2012
John Green teaches you about the war that was supposed to end all wars. Instead, it solved nothing and set the stage fo…
Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37 0.0
October 4, 2012
John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, Ch…
World War II: Crash Course World History #38 0.0
October 11, 2012
John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? An…
USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 0.0
October 18, 2012
John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense o…
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40 0.0
October 25, 2012
John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from pre…
Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41 0.0
November 1, 2012
John Green teaches you about globalization, a subject so epic, so, um, global, it requires two videos. In this video, J…
Globalization II - Good or Bad?: Crash Course World History #42 0.0
November 8, 2012
John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealt…