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About the Course

This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective. Part One begins with the political and economic revolutions of the late 1700s and tracks the transformation of the world during the 1800s. Part One concludes as these bewildering changes seem to be running beyond the capacity of older institutions to handle them. Throughout the course we try to grasp what is happening and ask: Why? And the answers often turn on very human choices....

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LP

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I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed this course and how valuable I've found it. I'm doing a social sciences degree and this course has helped me contextualise the things I'm studying.

SK

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Professor Phillip Zelikow is so sweet and passionate and its crazy how we are still struggling with the central conflict of the Hundred Years' War, "How will we organize modern societies?"

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By Nadezda T

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Sep 17, 2015

I think the course is interesting, but very general.

The lecturer is very good and all presentations are clear.

There is a lack of references and links to self-study.

By Rhea L

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Nov 14, 2017

Very broad history, good for people who want to cover a lot of basic history. The professor is easy to listen to and gives great examples for better understanding!

By Nell E

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Mar 21, 2022

Very informative and well presented. This course is a good way to begin a study of world history by providing a foundation from which to start further readings.

By Serkan d

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Nov 16, 2022

I WOULD RATHER NOT JUST VIDEOS BUT VARIOUS MATERIALS. THEY COULD HAVE YOUR LECTURE MORE DIDACTIC AND ALSO PLEASED. NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS AN EDUCATIONAL LECTURE.

By Charles W A B

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Aug 20, 2022

Interesting & provided broad coverage of world events. I'm not good at subjects like History so I struggled. Hopefully I will retain some knowledge

By Liju G

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Nov 26, 2015

I liked the approach of the topic and the narration style. The focus on finding reasons behind historical moments is a good feature of this course.

By Darren

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Nov 14, 2022

A great course that provided an excellent overview of a huge amount of material, and did it in a way that made it understandable and digestable.

By Connie M

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Oct 6, 2022

Very interesting. Delivery was somewhat dry and the Quiz questions are a little tricky, but overall I learned a bit about history.

By Mary S

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Feb 9, 2016

Very engaging professor, easily understood. The obvious editing was very distracting and made one wonder what was being deleted.

By Ricardo C

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Jun 27, 2019

Course presentations are very, very interesting. However, quizzes only very poorly assess the knowledge of the participants.

By Ms.Supriya A K

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Aug 27, 2020

Very glad to have found this course. Thank you Coursera and to the guide Mr. Philip Sir for taking us through this journey.

By James D

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Dec 2, 2018

Zelikow is great at explaining things. Would love if the slides were downloadable and had a bit more content in them.

By Alessandro B

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Jun 18, 2020

Very interesting course, Philip was a fantastic guide through this period of history that built our odern world

By Russell L

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Apr 3, 2022

Good solid course, would be nice to have others taking course so I could have discussions about the course.

By Dylan L

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Oct 15, 2015

This course was great because history has always fascinated me and this helped fuel my love of history.

By Melissa R D

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Oct 11, 2020

A veces la dinámica del curso fue muy monótona. Del resto estuvo excelente, corto y comprensible.

By Vivek

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Jul 31, 2020

the colonisation of Indian subcontinent and its economic degradation was not properly reflected

By Amin M a K a A M G

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Oct 2, 2023

A very good course. The professor kept us engaged and his presentation skills were amazing

By ANDRES A G L

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Sep 13, 2020

Increible. El facilitador hace la narrativa muy interesante y entretenida. 100% recomendado

By laura

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Jul 7, 2016

The course was very interesting and the professor explained really well in simple ways.

By Vikash R P

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Oct 9, 2015

Excellent Oration packed with wonderful analysis. History has never been so much fun.

By Gonzalo G

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Mar 28, 2020

Is a very good course. It will be better if multimedia tools are included as well.

By Johannes Z

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Apr 22, 2016

Great overview showing the real movements and influences that spurn history!

By fouad m

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Nov 29, 2019

GREAT COURSE!! only need improvement regarding the test question's nature

By Staffan B

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Mar 15, 2021

Super interesting, very thorough. Easy to follow presenter. Top class!