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Learn World History with 27 interactive lessons.
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Course Curriculum
Unit 1: Ancient & Classical Worlds
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Lesson 1: The First Civilizations (c. 3500–500 BCE)
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Lesson 2: Classical Empires (c. 500 BCE–500 CE)
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Lesson 3: The Middle Ages & the Silk Road (500–1400)
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Lesson 4: The Age of Exploration & New Empires (1400–1750)
Unit 2: Medieval & Early Modern Worlds
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Lesson 5: The Industrial Revolution & Imperialism (1750–1914)
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Lesson 6: The 20th Century & Globalization (1914–today)
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Lesson 7: Revolutions Compared — American, French, Haitian & Latin American
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Lesson 8: The World Wars in Global Perspective (1914–1945)
Unit 3: Industrial & Modern Worlds
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Lesson 9: Decolonization & the Cold War in Asia, Africa & Latin America (1945–1991)
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Lesson 10: The Rise of Globalization — Trade, Technology, Migration & Environment (1989–today)
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Lesson 11: Women, Culture & Everyday Life Across Eras
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Lesson 12: Thinking Like a Historian — Sourcing, Causation & the Essay
Unit 4: Deep Dives Across Eras
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Lesson 13: The Axial Age — Philosophy & World Religions
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Lesson 14: The Islamic Golden Age & Medieval Africa
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Lesson 15: Early Modern Asia — Ming China, Tokugawa Japan & Mughal India
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Lesson 16: The Enlightenment & the Scientific Revolution in Depth
Unit 5: The Modern World & Capstone
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Lesson 17: The 19th Century — Nationalism, Unification & the Abolition of Slavery
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Lesson 18: The Cold War in Global Perspective
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Lesson 19: The Developing World Since 1991 — China, India, the Middle East & Africa
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Lesson 20: Capstone — Big History & the Essay Workshop
Unit 6: Contested Histories & Landmark Documents
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Lesson 21: Famines, Empire and Policy: Ireland, India, Ukraine, China and Ethiopia
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Lesson 22: Colonial Soldiers and Labourers in the World Wars
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Lesson 23: Reckoning with the Past: Apologies, Reparations, Truth and Memory
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Lesson 24: Capitalism, Socialism and Marxism — Ideas, Experiments and Critiques
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Lesson 25: Dictators and Totalitarianism — 20th Century Strongmen
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Lesson 26: The Modern Middle East, Oil, Islamism and the Rise of Al-Qaeda
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Lesson 27: Religion, Power and Corruption — Papacy, Fanaticism and Reform
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Lesson 28: Canada's Residential Schools