The Big History of Civilizations

Use a cutting-edge historical approach to trace the story of human civilizations from our emergence as a species.

• By This Professor
• 01: A Tale of Two Ancient Cities
• 02: The Rise of Humanity
• 03: Foraging in the Old Stone Age
• 04: Origins of Agriculture
• 05: Power, Cities, and States
• 06: The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
• 07: Innovations of Mesopotamia
• 08: The Downfall of Sumer
• 09: Egypt: Divine Rule in the Black Land
• 10: Society and Culture of Egypt
• 11: Early Mediterranean Civilizations
• 12: Mysteries of the Indus Valley
• 13: South Asian Civilizations and Beliefs
• 14: China: Born in Isolation
• 15: China's Dynasties and Influence
• 16: The Importance of the Nomads
• 17: Oxus Civilization and Powerful Persia
• 18: Greece in Its Golden Age
• 19: Greek Gods, Philosophy, and Science
• 20: Alexander's Conquests and Hellenism
• 21: Building the Roman Republic
• 22: Triumphs and Flaws of Imperial Rome
• 23: New Ideas along the Silk Road
• 24: Chaos and Consolidation in Eurasia
• 25: Islamic Expansion and Rule
• 26: Legacy of the Mongols
• 27: North American Peoples and Tribes
• 28: Agrarian Civilizations of Mesoamerica
• 29: Culture and Empire in South America
• 30: African Kingdoms and Trade
• 31: Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific
• 32: The Advent of Global Commerce
• 33: The Industrial Revolution and Modernity
• 34: The Transformative 20th and 21st Centuries
• 35: Civilization, the Biosphere, and Tomorrow
• 36: Civilizations of the Distant Future