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Crossing the Atlantic
Season 2
With the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, Europeans found themselves forced to deal with Muslim middlemen to access the prized goods o…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Protestant Reformation
Season 2
In the sixteenth century, many European Christians were critical of practices within the Catholic Church. Some scholars in northern Europe had turned…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Safavid Empire
Season 2
The establishment of the Safavid state under Shah Ismail I in 1501 was followed by rapid territorial expansion, but conflict between factions of the …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Ottoman Empire
Season 2
The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was one of the most diverse political entities of its time. Sultans such as Suleiman I encouraged people of all…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Connected Islamic World
Season 2
By the sixteenth century, the religion of Islam had spread far beyond its point of origin in Southwest Asia. Islamic communities, large empires, and …
1 year, 11 months ago
Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Over the course of the eighteenth century, a series of famines and economic crises deepened wealth inequality and narrowed access to political power …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Exchange of Ideas in the Public Sphere
Season 2
Over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the public sphere became an increasingly important component in the spread and developme…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Enlightenment
Season 2
The eighteenth century marked the beginning of a new spirit of intellectual exchange in Europe known as the Enlightenment. Inspired by the Scientific…
2 years, 5 months ago
Capitalism and the First Industrial Revolution
Season 2
Mechanization and industrialization, motivated and enabled by capitalism, created tremendous wealth for eighteenth- and nineteenth-century business o…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Rise of a Global Economy
Season 2
The Seven Years’ War (1754–1763) established a new balance of power in Europe in which Britain emerged as the dominant empire. The French surrendered…
2 years, 6 months ago