Season 2 - World History 2
(2014)
Overview
In 30 episodes, John Green rethinks world history! In round two we take a different approach and try to think more thematically rather than chronologically. By the end of the course, you will be able to: *Think about history thematically and in terms of systems, not just important events *Analyze the context of historical events, developments, and processes and explain how they are situated within a broader historical context *Explain the importance of point of view, historical situation, an…
Cast
as John Green
Episodes
Rethinking Civilization - Crash Course World History 201 0.0
July 11, 2014
John Green returns to teaching World History! This week, we'll be talking about the idea of civilization, some of the t…
Money & Debt: Crash Course World History 202 0.0
July 17, 2014
John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we us…
Disease! Crash Course World History 203 0.0
July 24, 2014
John Green teaches you about disease and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man s…
War & Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204 0.0
July 31, 2014
John Green teaches you about war! Specifically, John talks about whether humanity is naturally warlike, hard-wired to k…
War and Civilization: Crash Course World History 205 0.0
August 9, 2014
John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizin…
Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age: Crash Course World History 206 0.0
August 21, 2014
John Green teaches you about the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that occurred from t…
Humans and Energy: Crash Course World History 207 0.0
August 28, 2014
Stan Muller subs for John Green and teaches you about energy and humanity. Today we discuss the ideas put forth by Alfr…
Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History 208 0.0
September 5, 2014
John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost a…
How World War I Started: Crash Course World History 209 0.0
September 12, 2014
John Green teaches you about World War I and how it got started. Crash Course doesn't usually talk much about dates, bu…
Who Started World War I: Crash Course World History 210 0.0
September 20, 2014
John Green teaches you WHY World War I started. Or tries to anyway. With this kind of thing, it's kind of hard to assig…
The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age): Crash Course World History 211 0.0
October 3, 2014
John Green teaches you about the Bronze Age civilization in what we today call the middle east, and how the vast, inter…
The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History 212 0.0
October 17, 2014
John Green talks about the methods of writing history by looking at some of the ways that history has been written abou…
Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History 213 0.0
October 24, 2014
John Green teaches you about Imperialism, but not from the perspective of the colonizers. This week John looks at some …
The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214 0.0
November 1, 2014
John Green teaches you about railroads and some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a sort of microco…
Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215 0.0
November 7, 2014
John Green teaches you about population. So, how many people can reasonably live on the Earth? Thomas Malthus got it to…
Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216 0.0
November 14, 2014
John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during its history, and how it continues to do so t…
The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History 217 0.0
November 21, 2014
John Green teaches you about the Mughal Empire, which ruled large swaths of the Indian Sub-Continent from 1526 to (tech…
Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History 218 0.0
November 29, 2014
John Green teaches you about the Protestant Reformation. Prior to the Protestant Reformation, pretty much everyone in E…
Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History 219 0.0
December 5, 2014
John Green teaches you about the Holy Roman Empire by teaching you about Charles V. Charles Hapsburg was the Holy Roman…
World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History 220 0.0
December 14, 2014
John Green teaches you about World War II, and some of the causes behind the war. In a lot of ways, WWII was about reso…
Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221 0.0
January 16, 2015
John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian…
Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222 0.0
January 21, 2015
John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It tu…
Conflict in Israel and Palestine through 2015: Crash Course World History 223 0.0
January 28, 2015
John Green teaches you about the conflict in Israel and Palestine. This conflict is often cast as a long-term beef goin…
The Vikings! — Crash Course World History 224 0.0
February 4, 2015
John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Cras…
War and Nation Building in Latin America: Crash Course World History 225 0.0
February 11, 2015
John Green teaches you about nation-building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America …
Iran's Revolutions: Crash Course World History 226 0.0
February 26, 2015
John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the the1979 Iranian Revolution about…
Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227 0.0
March 4, 2015
John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heia…
Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228 0.0
March 13, 2015
John Green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century. What is nonviolence? What is a peace …
Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company: Crash Course World History 229 0.0
March 18, 2015
John Green teaches you about the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, doing business as the VOC, also known as the Dutch …
Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230 0.0
April 4, 2015
John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hu…