World History - Topics

The Atlantic crossing of the nineteenth century was the largest migration wave ever Russian novels and the tradition of the big philosophical book Japan's Himeji Castle and the limits of wooden building conservation How did Silk Road trade make the idea of an Eastern world possible? The 1999 Seattle WTO protests as the moment anti-globalization found its voice How big history frames human history inside geological time Why national histories and world history often tell different stories Why world historians argue about when the modern period begins Pearl Harbor and the decision that pulled America into a world war The Indo-European family: how linguists proved the connection Operation Barbarossa and the Eastern Front that decided the Second World War What made Mesopotamia and Egypt invent writing independently? Translations of the Odyssey: which English version is best? Nuremberg and Tokyo trials: the birth of international criminal justice Is the Middle East a region or a leftover of empire? Everyday life under wartime rationing and how cities coped Lebanon's civil war and the sectarian arithmetic that still runs the country Why do some countries drive on the left and others on the right? Falklands and the last colonial war fought over islands few people could find on a map What Nobel Peace Prize winners actually did before they won How world wars redistribute power: from empire to superpower in thirty years When did the last country grant men the vote?