18th and 19th Centuries

Power

Sweden, Russia and the Great Northern War, to 1740 -- failure and a new age of liberty in Sweden

War in 18th Century Europe to 1763 -- conflict over what monarch rules where

Frederick, Maria and Catherine -- three monarchs in the Age of Enlightenment

Britain in the mid-1700s -- progress in education, commerce and law

The American Revolution -- 1707 to 1791, from social change to ratification of the Constitution

First Barbary War -- U.S. policies from 1770s to 1805, and Marines to the shores of Tripoli

The French in the mid-1700s -- monarchy, church, class, economy

The French Revolution -- France in the 1700s

Britain, Ireland, the U.S. and the War of 1812 -- England, its Irish colony and war with France and the U.S.

Haiti, 1789 to 1806 -- Independence from French rule, freedom from slavery and continuing violence.

Napoleon's Wars, Mistakes and Fall -- Napoleon recklessly drives France to defeat.

Conservative Order against Change: 1814-40 -- victors in Europe oppose revolution

Latin America after Independence: 1821-30 -- disappointments in South America and Mexico

Reform and Revolution in Europe to 1850 -- revolutionary uprisings across Europe and reforms

Muslims in the Middle East, 1700 to 1837 -- Iran and the Ottoman Empire.

Africa, Empires and Slavery, 1801-60 -- guns, war, Arabs, Ottomans, British, Boers and French

Canada and the United States, 1814 to 1846 -- migrations, economic developments and slavery

War beween the U.S. and Mexico -- Texas and the Alamo. Mexico to 1855. The U.S. to California

Civil War in the United States -- different societies, panic in the South and the war from 1861 to 1865

The United States, 1865 to 1900 -- reconstruction, westward expansion and economic development

Canada, 1850 to 1900 -- to be completed in November or December, 2011

Japan from Tokugawa to Meiji -- restoration of the emperor, economic progress and Japanese imperialism

British Imperialism and Asia -- China, India, Afghanistan, Burma, the Crimean and Opium wars

Empire and Oceania -- the British, French and Germans; Maori, New Zealand, Australia

More Imperialism: 1860 to 1900 -- Jamaica, Afghanistan again, the Suez and Africa south of the Sahara

The Crimean War, 1853 to 1856 -- the British, French and Turks against Holy Russia

Imperial Russia, 1856 to 1894 -- tsars, student revolutionaries and bomb throwers

Nationalism and Empire within Europe, 1850-1900 -- setting the stage for the Great War of 1914

Class and Power in Europe, 1850 to 1900 -- wages, status, and the prospect for revolution

Science and Philosophy

The Enlightenment -- contributions from Britain, France and Germany

Optimism, Adam Smith, Liberals and Utopians -- 1750 to 1883, economics and social theory

More Secularism: Health, Geology, Biology and Sociology -- science, more secularism, Darwin and atheism

Philosophers and Historians -- Hegel; Kierkegaard; Schopenhauer; Nietzsche; Treitschke, Gobineau

Karl Marx, Social Revolutionary -- young liberal to communist, and his legacy

More Religion

Slavery, Lincoln and Religion -- Lincoln finds comfort in God's purpose. The under God controversy

Christianity in Korea, to 1900 -- indigenous inspiration helps its success

Religions and Freedom in Japan -- Shintoism, Buddhism, Christianity and Tenrikyo