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Watch Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity live

Watch Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity live

TV-14 â€¢ Family, Special Interest â€¢ TV Series â€¢ 2008
Exploring the history of the beginning of the universe to the modern day in...
Exploring the history of the beginning of the universe to the modern day in "Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity"; taug...
Exploring the history of the beginning of the universe to the modern day in "Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity"; taught by David Christian; viewing human history in the context of the many histories that surround it.
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    S1 E48 · Big History-Humans in the Cosmos
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E47 · The Next Millennium and the Remote Future
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    S1 E46 · The Next 100 Years
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    S1 E45 · Human History and the Biosphere
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E44 · The World That the Modern Revolution Made
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E43 · The 20th Century
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E42 · Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E41 · Breakthrough-The Industrial Revolution
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E40 · The Early Modern Cycle, 1350--1700
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E39 · The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500--1350
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    S1 E38 · Threshold 8-The Modern Revolution
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E37 · The Americas in the Later Agrarian Era
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Comparing the World Zones thumbnail
    S1 E36 · Comparing the World Zones
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E35 · Long Trends-Disease and Malthusian Cycles
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Long Trends-Rates of Innovation thumbnail
    S1 E34 · Long Trends-Rates of Innovation
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    S1 E33 · Long Trends-Expansion and State Power
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    S1 E32 · The World That Agrarian Civilizations Made
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E31 · Agrarian Civilizations in Other Regions
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  • Sumer-The First Agrarian Civilization thumbnail
    S1 E30 · Sumer-The First Agrarian Civilization
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E29 · From Villages to Cities
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E47 · The Next Millennium and the Remote Future
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    S1 E46 · The Next 100 Years
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Human History and the Biosphere thumbnail
    S1 E45 · Human History and the Biosphere
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • The World That the Modern Revolution Made thumbnail
    S1 E44 · The World That the Modern Revolution Made
    Feb 25, 2008
    In this lecture, attempting to describe, as done for Paleolithic and a...
  • The 20th Century thumbnail
    S1 E43 · The 20th Century
    Feb 25, 2008
    In this lecture, examining the hallmark events of the 20th century; ma...
  • Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 thumbnail
    S1 E42 · Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900
    Feb 25, 2008
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    S1 E41 · Breakthrough-The Industrial Revolution
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • The Early Modern Cycle, 1350--1700 thumbnail
    S1 E40 · The Early Modern Cycle, 1350--1700
    Feb 25, 2008
    During the Early Modern cycle, the four world zones become linked thro...
  • The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500--1350 thumbnail
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
    In this lecture, seeing that American agrarian civilizations experienc...
  • Comparing the World Zones thumbnail
    S1 E36 · Comparing the World Zones
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Long Trends-Disease and Malthusian Cycles thumbnail
    S1 E35 · Long Trends-Disease and Malthusian Cycles
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Long Trends-Rates of Innovation thumbnail
    S1 E34 · Long Trends-Rates of Innovation
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Long Trends-Expansion and State Power thumbnail
    S1 E33 · Long Trends-Expansion and State Power
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • The World That Agrarian Civilizations Made thumbnail
    S1 E32 · The World That Agrarian Civilizations Made
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Agrarian Civilizations in Other Regions thumbnail
    S1 E31 · Agrarian Civilizations in Other Regions
    Feb 25, 2008
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  • Sumer-The First Agrarian Civilization thumbnail
    S1 E30 · Sumer-The First Agrarian Civilization
    Feb 25, 2008
    How the buildup of human and material resources during the early Agrar...
  • From Villages to Cities thumbnail
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    Feb 25, 2008
    This lecture introduces the 5,000 years of human history that are domi...
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
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    Feb 25, 2008
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