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In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies...

There was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th Century CE. We've seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances were underway in the scientific community in Europe at this time. In this...

In 1789 CE, the French Monarchy's habit of supporting democratic popular revolutions in North America backfired. Today, we're talking about the French Revolution. Across the world, people were rising up to throw off monarchies, and Louis...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-caused-the-french-revolution-tom-mullaney What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society...

World War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of...

Dr. David Neiman describes the Amarna age in Egyptian history as a revolution in which ideas and attitudes manifested themselves through art. The Pharaohs were no longer depicted as flawless demigods, but as mortals with families and defects...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of medieval history, as well as the history of Islam continues with a video on the Abbasid Revolution, as we see which events led to the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate.

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So, what exactly is a scientific revolution? And are they more than just moments in time Historians use to mark the beginning and ending of things through time? In this episode we'll look into some ideas and people named Nick and how they...

In the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th Century CE Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and...