Bridging World History

How did people begin to understand themselves in relation to the natural world and to the unseen realms beyond, and how was religion a community experience? In this unit, animism and shamanism in Shinto are contrasted with philosophical and ethical systems in early Greece and China, and the beginnings of Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Judaism.

All Episodes - Season 1

Episode 1

Maps, Time, and World History

Episode 2

History and Memory

Episode 3

Human Migrations

Episode 4

Agricultural and Urban Revolutions

Episode 5

Early Belief Systems

Episode 6

Order and Early Societies

Episode 7

The Spread of Religions

Episode 8

Early Economies

Episode 9

Connections Across Land

Episode 10

Connections Across Water

Episode 11

Early Empires

Episode 12

Transmission of Traditions

Episode 13

Family and Household

Episode 14

Land and Labor Relationships

Episode 15

Early Global Commodities

Episode 16

Food, Demographics, and Culture

Episode 17

Ideas Shape the World

Episode 18

Rethinking the Rise of the West

Episode 19

Global Industrialization

Episode 20

Imperial Designs

Episode 21

Colonial Identities

Episode 22

Global War and Peace

Episode 23

People Shape the World

Episode 24

Globalization and Economics

Episode 25

Global Popular Culture

Episode 26

World History and Identity