We're halfway there. We've made it to the Industrial Revolution.

This episode, we look at how democracy developed in the United States.

This week we look at the Enlightenment. Europe changes the way it views the world as it stands on the verge of the industrial revolution.

Europe discovers a wider world.

Martin Luther Starts the Reformation.

This episode, we go to China to examine the rise and fall of dynasties in human history.

Europe finally wakes up from its long slumber of the Middle Ages as it enters the Renaissance.

We take another break from our chronological walk through history to look at the glue that binds history together.

This week we look at how some societies have reacted when faced with potentially devastating environmental challenges.

The later Middle Ages prepares the way for the Industrial Revolution.