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West Africa and the Role of Slavery
Season 3
Before 1492, Africa, like the Americas, had experienced the rise and fall of many cultures, but the continent did not develop a centralized authority…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Europe on the Brink of Change
Season 3
One effect of the Crusades was that a larger portion of western Europe became familiar with the goods of the East. A lively trade subsequently develo…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Americas
Season 3
The Americas
Great civilizations had risen and fallen in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. In North America, the complex Pueblo societ…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Season 2
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, it seemed possible to many in the West that the United States would lead the world into a new era…
1 year, 7 months ago
Science and Technology for Today’s World
Season 2
By the 1990s, computers had become commonplace in developed countries, though fears about their potential impact on privacy grew with the rise of the…
1 year, 7 months ago
Debates about the Environment
Season 2
In the 1950s and 1960s, some in developed countries began responding openly to the environmental problems they saw around them, including those cause…
1 year, 7 months ago
A Global Economy
Season 2
In the aftermath of World War II, countries began to open trade and communications around the world. In Europe, the EEC or Common Market eventually g…
1 year, 7 months ago
A New World Order
Season 2
In the 1980s, communism began to loosen its grip on parts of the world in which it had once been dominant. The Soviet Union found itself divided by t…
1 year, 7 months ago
Global Tensions and Decolonization
Season 2
The Cold War was marked by global tensions. In Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, Soviet satellite states in the Eastern Bloc tested Moscow’s resolve to …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Non-Aligned Movement
Season 2
Not all nations chose to align themselves with the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In Europe, Yugoslavia chose to remain outsi…
1 year, 7 months ago