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A History of the World since 1300
Coursera
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2013 · score 0.7
A survey course on world history from roughly 1300 to the present, delivered as video lectures on Coursera. It traces connections between regions and periods rather than focusing on a single nation.
One commenter recommends it alongside the Modern World course, valuing how the lectures give context for current events by drawing parallels with the past.
Humanities & Social Sciencebeginnerfreevideo lectures#world history#global history#early modern#coursera
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So far, I have been taking 2 history courses [1][2] on coursera.org (which offers over 300 free online courses) and I can certainly recommend both of them. Each course looks like this: about 2 hours of video lectures per week (which you can watch whenever you want), over a period of ~15 weeks. Clearly, following those history courses meant that I do not see the world with the same eyes now. For one, I feel that I am developing a (healthy) reflex to view news events in perspective within a longer period of time, instead of just considering the events in themselves (thus lacking context). Also, drawing parallels with similar events in the past provides insight and offers a wider and more informed framework for devising an appropriate action.
[1] "The Modern World: Global History since 1760" https://www.coursera.org/course/modernworld
[2] "A History of the World since 1300" https://www.coursera.org/course/wh1300