Class Videos
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Chapter 1 - Before History
Khan Academy - Venus of Willendorf
Crash Course - Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 2 - Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the Indo-European MigrationsGetty Museum - Writing Cuneiform
Khan Academy - Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
The British Museum - The Babylonian Mind
Khan Academy - The Law Code of Hammurabi
Khan Academy - The Ishtar Gate and Processional Way
Chapter 3 - Early African Societies and the Bantu MigrationsNational Geographic - Ancient Egypt
CNN - Egyptian Book of the Dead Secrets
Chapter 4 - Early Societies in South AsiaCrash Course - Indus Valley Civilization
Hexolabs - What Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro would have looked like.
PBS - Mahabharata and Ramayana - Click on the 500 BCE - 200 BCE link
Chapter 5 - Early Society in East AsiaCrash Course - 2,000 Years of Chinese History
Asia for Educators - Zhou Dynasty and Mandate of Heaven - There are 4 videos on the left margin.
Disney - Mulan Ancestor Worship
Chapter 6 - Early Societies in the Americas and OceaniaHistory for Kids - Olmec Civilization
BBC - The Rise and Fall of Mayan Civilization
Mayans: History Music Video (Parody of "Royals" by Lourde)
History Channel - The Mayans Got It Done
Smithsonian - The Creation Story of the Maya (Popol Vuh)
Chapter 7 - The Empires of PersiaCrash Course - The Persians and Greeks
LACMA - Reconstruction of Persepolis
Chapter 8 - The Unification of ChinaAsia for Educators - The Axial Age
Crash Course - 2,000 Years of Chinese History
Asia for Educators - Confucius - There are 5 videos on the left margin.
Asia for Educators - Fall of the Han & Daoism - There are 3 videos on the left margin.
Chapter 9 - State, Society, and Quest for Salvation in IndiaCrash Course - Buddha and Ashoka
PBS - Chandragupta Maurya - Click on the 324-298 BCE link
History Watch - The Gupta Empire
PBS - The Silk Roads - Click the 100 BCE video
Religions of the World - Jainism
Religions of the World - Buddhism
Religions of the World - Hinduism
Chapter 10 - Mediterranean Society: The Greek PhaseCrash Course - The Persians and Greeks
Crash Course - Alexander the Great and the Situation...the Great?
Chapter 11 - Mediterranean Society: The Roman PhaseCrash Course - The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which was it?
Khan Academy - A Tour Through Rome in 320 C.E.
History for Kids - Fall of Roman Empire
Chapter 12 - Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk RoadsCrash Course - The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
Chapter 13 - The Expansive Realm of IslamCrash Course - Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All without a Flamewar
TheHistoryTV - Baghdad and the Islamic Golden Age
Chapter 14 - The Resurgence of Empire in East AsiaCrash Course - 2,000 Years of Chinese History
History Channel - Grand Canal
CCTV - The Tang Dynasty
NDT - The Song Dynasty
Education Portal - Neo-Confucianism
Columbia University - Classical Japan - There are a series of videos on Nara and Heian Japan on the left margin.
Chapter 15 - India and the Indian Ocean BasinCrash Course - Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and the Indian Ocean Trade
Arleen Karmani - Sufi Mysticism
Chapter 16 - The Two Worlds of ChristendomCrash Course - Christianity from Judaism to Constantine
Crash Course - The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?
Khan Academy - Charlemagne: An Introduction (Part 1 of 2)
Khan Academy - Charlemagne and the Carolingian Revival (Part 2 of 2)
Chapter 17 - Nomadic Empires and Eurasian IntegrationCrash Course - Wait for it...The Mongols!
Crash Course - Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Crash Course - Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols
Ted Talks - The Bubonic Plague
Chapter 18 - States and Societies of Sub-Saharan AfricaCrash Course - Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa
Chapter 19 - The Increasing Influence of EuropeCrash Course - The Crusades: Pilgrimage or Holy War
Crash Course - The Fall of the Roman Empire...in the 15th Century
Crash Course - Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire
Chapter 20 - Worlds Apart: The Americas and OceaniaEncyclopedia Brittanica - Tenochtitlan and the Aztecs (Mexica)
History Channel - Aztec Aqueducts
History Channel - Polynesian Exploration
Chapter 21 - Reaching Out: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural InteractionCrash Course - Columbus, da Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners.
