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The 20th century, in one arc
The hundred years that shaped everything — told as one connected story, not a list of dates.
8 lessons
~130 min total
Storytelling
What you'll learn
Hold the big arc of the 20th century in your head as one story
See how each crisis set up the next
Understand why the world you live in looks the way it does
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Lessons
1
The long 19th century ends
Empires, industry, and the confidence that was about to crack.
3 objectives
2
World War I
How a tangle of alliances burned down the old world.
3 objectives
3
The interwar years
Depression, ideology, and the rise of totalitarianism.
3 objectives
4
World War II
The war that ended the European order and revealed the worst of the century.
3 objectives
5
The Cold War
Two superpowers, nuclear weapons, and proxy conflicts everywhere.
3 objectives
6
Decolonization and the Global South
The quiet revolution that remade half the world's borders.
3 objectives
7
The 60s and social upheaval
Civil rights, feminism, and a reshuffling of cultural power.
3 objectives
8
The end of the century
The wall falls, globalization takes off, and the digital age begins.
3 objectives
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