Great courses (DVD). Modern history

Lecturer: Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

Turning Points in Modern History takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe to shed light on how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400 have shaped the modern world. These 24 thought-provoking episodes start in the early 15th century and culminate in the age of social media to reveal astounding threads that weave through the centuries

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

1433-The Great Voyages of Admiral Zheng He

Episode 2

1453-The Fall of Constantinople

Episode 3

1455-Gutenberg's Print Revolution

Episode 4

1492-The Columbian Exchange

Episode 5

1600-The British East India Company

Episode 6

1648-The Treaty of Westphalia

Episode 7

1676-Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscope

Episode 8

1751-Diderot's Enlightenment Encyclopedia

Episode 9

1787-The American Experiment

Episode 10

1789-The French Revolution

Episode 11

1838-The British Slavery Abolition Act

Episode 12

1839-The Opium War in China

Episode 13

1859-Darwin and the Origin of Species

Episode 14

1869-Binding Continents

Episode 15

1893-First Women Voters in New Zealand

Episode 16

1896-The Invention of Motion Pictures

Episode 17

1903-Kitty Hawk and Powered Flight

Episode 18

1904-The Russo-Japanese War

Episode 19

1928-The Discovery of Penicillin

Episode 20

1942-The Dawn of the Atom

Episode 21

1969-Walking on the Moon

Episode 22

1972-China Enters the World Balance

Episode 23

1989-The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Episode 24

2004-The Rise of Social Media