Turning Points in Modern History

This course shows how the decisive turning points of the last 500 years have, in fact, combined to create the world as it is today. As we zero in on the 24 most important turning points of modern history, the course presents an astonishing and memorable cast of characters: The Great Voyages of Admiral Zheng He, The Fall of Constantinople, Gutenberg's Print Revolution, The Columbian Exchange, The British East India Company, The Treaty of Westphalia, Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscope, Diderot's Englightenment Encyclopedia, The American Experiment, The French Revolution, The British Salvery Abolition Act, The Opium War In China, Darwin and the Origin of Species, Binding Continents, First Woman Voters in New Zealand, The Invention of Motion Pictures, Kitty Hawk and Powered Flight, the Russo-Japanese War, The Discovery of Penicillin, The Dawn of the Atom, Walking on the Moon, China Enters the World Balance, The Fall fo the Berlin Wall, The Rise of Social Media.