The story of CIVILIZATION

The question we are looking at is: how did England become the greatest empire in human history? This is about the 19th century when the British Empire is at its peak. As you can see, it really controls most of the world. So the question then is how did this

The Anglo-American Empire rules the world today. We will first look at the rise of the British Empire. And to understand the rise of the British Empire, we first need to discuss the rise of the Spanish Empire. It was the Spanish who were the first to colonize the

We are focusing on Napoleon. And my argument to you is that Napoleon would not have been possible without Robespierre. So to illustrate this point, let us do a thought experiment. I am going to present to you two individuals. And I want you to think about who is the

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the philosopher-poet of the revolution. He provided the dream for the revolution. He told the French that there was a promised land of reason, where if you use your reason, which is God's gift to us, you could build a new society. A

The French Revolution is, I believe, the most significant event in human history. Let me very quickly explain its significance. As I keep on mentioning in this class, it is the religious worldview that underpins society and civilization. It is what allows society to function. And to oversimplify, there have

Today we are doing the gunpowder revolution. Specifically, we are going to ask the question: how did Europe, starting about the year 1700, conquer the world? After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe became divided, very poor, and very weak compared with the rest of the world. But then,

We are doing the European conquest of the New World, meaning North and South America. These people who start to conquer the New World are called the conquistadors, which is Spanish for conquerors. These are mercenaries. They're bandits. They're lower-class people who have to leave

As I mentioned in previous classes, it was really Dante who helped give birth to the idea of modernity. He really launched three major movements, which include the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. We would not have modernity without Dante. Let's see how the three

We are doing the Protestant Reformation. I'll explain to you how it gave birth to capitalism. It's going to be hard conceptually because we're going to take concepts we learned before and combine them to help explain the world we live in today. If

Specifically, we are asking the question, how did the Renaissance start? Because the Renaissance was an intellectual revolution in Europe that would ultimately change the fate of Europe, guys. The Renaissance was a reimagining of classical Greece in a Christian European context. What the Renaissance is going to do is