Civilization #45: The Gunpowder Revolution
The Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals, and Chinese were the first four gunpowder empires. So how did Europe come to conquer the world?In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin explains ...
8 Huhti 1h 11min
Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World
How did a few thousand Spanish Conquistadors subdue and conquer millions of Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans.Most scholars believe it's a combination of superior Spanish military technology, spreading of dea...
8 Huhti 58min
Civilization #43: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
What is the Scientific Revolution, and how did it happen? Why did it happen in Europe, and not anywhere else? In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin explains that the Scientifi...
8 Huhti 1h 18min
Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism
In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin explains how the Protestant Reformation birthed capitalism. Martin Luther and John Calvin saw the Catholic Church as inherently and irred...
8 Huhti 1h 23min
Civilization #41: Dante's Quiet Revolution
The Renaissance was a re-imagining of Classical Greece in a Christian European context, a spirit that would birth modernity.How did it start?Scholars argued that the Renaissance came about due to a pe...
8 Huhti 1h 15min
Civilization #40: Church and Empire
What were the Crusades? Why did they start? Why did they end?In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin explores the history of Europe's late middle ages. He shows that while the ...
8 Huhti 1h 9min
Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer
Genghis Khan is considered the world's greatest conquerer. Why was he so successful?In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin argues that Genghis Khan had the same characteristics...
8 Huhti 1h 9min
Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom
Why did China stop being creative after the Song dynasty (960-1279 CE)? In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin explains that it's because the Ming and Qing dynasties achieved a...
8 Huhti 1h 8min
