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The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed History
- Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed History
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Publisher's Summary
History is made and defined by landmark events - moments that irrevocably changed the course of human civilization. They have given us
- spiritual and political ideas;
- catastrophic battles and wars;
- scientific and technological advances;
- world leaders both influential and monstrous; and
- cultural works of unparalleled beauty.
Now a series of 36 captivating lectures explores some of the most important and definitive events in the history of the world - events after which our world would never be the same.
Taught by a remarkably gifted teacher with more than 25 teaching awards to his credit, these lectures form an intriguing and engaging tour of thousands of years of human history, from the creation of the Code of Hammurabi to the Battle of Lexington to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and beyond. It's a chance for you to gain new insights about world history from a truly riveting historian.
Using his expert knowledge and impressive ability to draw out invaluable lessons from the past, Professor Fears has chosen the events he discusses based on three criteria: how the event in itself fundamentally changed history, how the aftermath of the event changed history, and how the event and its impact still resonate with us today.
The result is a comprehensive and authoritative selection of subjects, each of which played a crucial role in transforming human civilization. Whether the event is an obvious or not-so-obvious choice, Professor Fears takes great care to tie each to the 21st century, pointing out just how influential these and other moments were in shaping who we are and how we live.
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- Andrew Ko
- 01-04-2021
US-centric
An informative and interesting lecture series. The speaker sounded passionate about the subjects. My biggest criticism is that it is very US-centric and the author has favoritism with selecting several US events. Even half the lecture on Mao Zedong was discussing the US.
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- Pierz Newton-John
- 15-12-2019
A slanted view tainted by romanticism
No two historians would likely come up with the same list of the 37 "most important" events in history, so it would be pointless to carp on individual inclusions and exclusions. However Rufus Fears has chosen a very American, very Christian perspective on history that at times had me rolling my eyes for its uncritical mythologising of historical characters and events. Fears also frequently devolves from neutral historical narrative into an orotund mode that sits somewhere between sermonising and storytelling. He declares himself a romantic at one point - unfortunately this romanticism infects his entire delivery and perspective and limits the value of these lectures for a history student whose intention is to better understand the forces that shape the world, not to be impressed by its grand actors and moral drama.
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- Kevin Magee
- 26-04-2018
Fact is more fascinating & enriching than fiction
Professor Fears weaves measurable moments, words and emotions from 1750 BC to 2001 into thoughts, learnings and actions that affect each of us today in our daily lives in a fascinating, mind blowing and thoroughly engaging list of stories that are not just stories but our history’s. A master story teller telling our stories.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-02-2023
an interesting series of lectures.
Quite enjoyable. spans the length of human history and innovation. really makes you think how things may have been different.
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- John
- 24-09-2016
ra ra America.
Sadly this course was not great. It might have been if I thought that the 'USA is the greatest force for good the world has ever seen.' That only works if you ignore alot of recent history. This course was based on that premise and history seen in that light. As a result it was very westerncentric. Somehow 8 of the events were in the last 100 years. Really? Not one of the great courses!
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- Simon Harding
- 28-07-2021
Disappointing given the usual high quality of the Great Courses lectures
Great idea for a lecture series but unfortunately this was the least appealing Great Courses series I have come across. The rest have been pretty good to great so it may be an anomaly.
I guess the main concern I had was I didn’t end up having confidence in what the lecturer was saying - there were some sweeping assumptions, and some topics I happen to have some pretty direct experience with were simply portrayed incorrectly. It’s stuff that one could get right with a bit of research, so didn’t really seem acceptable for a highly acclaimed academic. Interestingly the parts about the Classics were better, which I understand is the lecturers field.
There are way better Great Courses fields out there.
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