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Audio lectures in World History




AP World History: A Brief History of the World 
(30 minutes in length)

By Peter Stearns, Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University.

Note: Professor Stearns has worked extensively for the Advanced Placement program and chaired the committee that devised and implemented the AP World history course.


VERY Detailed Descriptions and Outlines of the Lectures

 
Foundations (8000 BCE-600 CE)

Lecture One - What and Why Is World History?

Lecture Two - The Neolithic Revolution

Lecture Three - What Is a Civilization?

Lecture Four - The Classical Period in World History

Lecture Five - Cultural Change in the Classical Period

Lecture Six - Social Inequalities in Classical Societies

Lecture Seven - The Roman Empire and Han China

Lecture Eight - The Silk Road; Classical Period Contacts

Lecture Nine - The Decline of the Classical Civilizations


Post-Classical Period (600 - 1450)

Lecture Ten - The Postclassical Period, 500–1450

Lecture Eleven - World Religions and Their Consequences

Lecture Twelve - The Impact of Islam

Lecture Thirteen - Postclassical Trade and Contacts

Lecture Fourteen - Postclassical Patterns of Imitation

Lecture Fifteen - Western Civilization in World Context

Lecture Sixteen - The Mongol Years

Lecture Seventeen - Civilizations in the Americas and in Africa


Early Modern Period (1450-1750)

Lecture Eighteen - The World in 1450

Lecture Nineteen - The Early Modern Period, 1450−1750

Lecture Twenty - The World Economy, 1450−1750

Lecture Twenty-One - Transformations in Western Europe

Lecture Twenty-Two - The Rise of Russia

Lecture Twenty-Three - Asian Empires and a Shogunate


The Modern Era (1750-1914)

Lecture Twenty-Four - The Long 19th Century

Lecture Twenty-Five - Abolition of Slavery and Serfdom

Lecture Twenty-Six - Modernization and Nationalisms

Lecture Twenty-Seven - The Formation of Latin American Civilization

Lecture Twenty-Eight - China and Japan: 19th Century Pressures


The Contemporary Period (1914-Present)

Lecture Twenty-Nine - The 20th−21st Centuries as a New Period

Lecture Thirty - The World Economy—Change and Continuity

Lecture Thirty-One - An Age of Revolutions

Lecture Thirty-Two - The United States in World History

Lecture Thirty-Three - Contemporary Democracy

Lecture Thirty-Four - Contemporary Cultural Change

Lecture Thirty-Five - Gender in Contemporary World History

Lecture Thirty-Six - Globalization and World History

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