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History & Society: 7 courses, every one in the same shape
Three courses are free each week. $9 gets all 119, plus a course built on your own topic. Join.
Ancient Egypt for Curious Adults
Read 3,000 years of Egypt like a historian, from Naqada cemeteries to the Rosetta Stone, and tell evidence from myth.
World War Two in One Week
Understand how the Second World War started, spread, and ended, and how to handle its dates and death tolls without getting them wrong.
The History of the Internet
Trace the Internet from shared time-sharing computers to the commercial web, and tell the real history from the myths.
How Democracies Work
Understand what democracy actually is, how its machinery works, and how to judge whether a system is holding.
The Cold War Explained
Understand the 1945 to 1991 superpower rivalry, its logic, its crises, and how historians actually know what happened.
How the Roman Empire Rose and Fell
Trace Rome from a pushy hill town to a Mediterranean state, and learn why the West broke apart while the East lived on.
The American Revolution in Context
Understand why thirteen British colonies broke away, how the world shaped that break, and who won and lost by it.