18th and 19th Centuries

War, Peace and Revolution in 1700s

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

More War in 18th Century Europe -- 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 French in the mid-1700s -- monarchy, church and class

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 Revolution -- France in the 1700s

Power, War and Empire into the 1800s

Britain, France, the U.S. and the Napoleonic Wars -- to Napoleon's mistakes and fall

Conservative Order versus National Independence -- victors against change versus nationalism

New Era for Latin America -- disappointments in South America and Mexico

Reform and Revolution in Europe to 1850 -- Revolutionary uprisings across Europe. Failure and Reforms

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

Canada, Mexico and the United States, 1814 to 1865 -- Canada-U.S. Conflict, War against Mexico, U.S. Civil War

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

Empire, India and War in the Crimea and China -- British imperialism plus French assistance in China

Empire and Europeans Overseas -- British, French, Dutch and German to 1900

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

Empire and Nationalism in Europe, 1850-1900 -- setting the stage for the biggest of wars

Class and Economic Progress in Europe, 1850 to 1900 -- wages, status, economics and prospect for revolution

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

Science and Philosophy

Eighteenth Century Enlightenment Philosophers -- from Britain, France and Germany

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

Secularism and Science to 1900 -- science, Darwin, intelligent design and atheism

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

More Religion

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

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

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