Crash Course Big History

Crash Course Big History

Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us. An idea that arose from a desire to go beyond specialized and self-contained fields of study to grasp history as a whole.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Crash Course Big History

First Air Date

September 17, 2014

Last Air Date

July 12, 2017

Seasons

2

Episodes

16

Language

English

Production Companies

Complexly

Networks

YouTube

Why Early Globalization Matters
S02E06

Why Early Globalization Matters

Globalization has been in process for centuries, and has had a huge effect on Big History, and on Collective Learning. This week, Emily is investigating early globalization through three things that moved around the world and shaped collective learning in the early decades of globalization: Printing, Potatoes, and Plagues.

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