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Changed History Taught by Professor J. Rufus Fears UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA LECTURE TITLES
1. Hammurabi Issues a Code of Law (1750 B.C.) 2. Moses and Monotheism (1220 B.C.) 3. The Enlightenment of the Buddha (526 B.C.) 4. Confucius Instructs a Nation (553–479 B.C.) 5. Solon—Democracy Begins (594 B.C.) 6.
7. Hippocrates Takes an Oath (430 B.C.) 8. Caesar Crosses the Rubicon (49 B.C.) 9. Jesus—The Trial of a Teacher (A.D. 36) 10. Constantine I Wins a Battle (A.D. 312) 11.
Marathon—Democracy Triumphant (490 B.C.)
Muhammad Moves to Medina—The Hegira (A.D. 622)
12. Bologna Gets a University (1088) 13. Dante Sees Beatrice (1283) 14. Black Death—Pandemics and History (1348) 15. Columbus Finds a New World (1492) 16. Michelangelo Accepts a Commission (1508) 17. Erasmus—A Book Sets Europe Ablaze (1516) 18. Luther’s New Course Changes History (1517) 19. The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) 20. The Battle of Vienna (1683) 21. The Battle of Lexington (1775) 22. General Pickett Leads a Charge (1863) 23. Adam Smith (1776) versus Karl Marx (1867) 24. Charles Darwin Takes an Ocean Voyage (1831) 25. Louis Pasteur Cures a Child (1885) 26. Two Brothers Take a Flight (1903) 27. The Archduke Makes a State Visit (1914) 28. One Night in Petrograd (1917) 29. The Day the Stock Market Crashed (1929) 30. Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933) 31. Franklin Roosevelt Becomes President (1933) 32. The Atomic Bomb Is Dropped (1945) 33. Mao Zedong Begins His Long March (1934) 34. John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated (1963) 35. Dr. King Leads a March (1963) 36. September 11, 2001
Experience the 36 Events That Forever Changed History
History is made and defined by landmark moments that irrevocably changed human civilization. The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed History is a captivating course in which Professor J. Rufus Fears—a master historian and captivating storyteller—leads you through 36 of these definitive events in the history of human civilization.
You’ll explore moments ranging from the trial of Jesus to the discovery of the New World to the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Professor Fears also makes compelling cases for events you might not have considered, such as the creation of the Hippocratic Oath and the opening of the University of Bologna. More than just learning about the past, with this course you’ll feel as if you’re actually engaging with it.
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