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How Self-Determination Shaped the Modern World
Learn how the world’s nearly two hundred countries came to be, and whether the map is set in stone.
Modern History: The Americas
Although referred to as the “New World” by Europeans, the Americas have thousands of years of history.
Economics: The Americas
The economic landscape of the Americas is dominated by the United States, which accounts for nearly a third of the region’s billion-plus population and three-quarters of its economic output.
What Are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund?
What's the difference between the World Bank and the IMF? Understand two institutions that undergird global development and the international monetary system.
What Is the World Trade Organization?
What is the WTO? Learn how the World Trade Organization manages the rules for international trade and why it's failing to address today’s most pressing issues.
Why Do We Live in Countries?
How did sovereignty become part of world history? In this educational video, learn why kingdoms turn into countries after the Thirty Years’ War.
How Did Humans Come to Live Longer and Healthier Lives?
From the history of vaccines and medical quarantines to the origin of the World Health Organization, explore how innovations in global health increased human longevity and prepared the world for COVID-19.
What Are the Causes and Consequences of Industrialization?
Learn about the Industrial Revolution and how technological innovations from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries continue to shape society today.
What Is the Enlightenment and How Did It Transform Politics?
Explore how calls for liberty, equality, and individual rights caused revolutions around the world, from the American Revolution to the French and Haitian Revolutions.
What Is Colonialism and How Did It Arise?
Explore how colonialism enriched empires and fundamentally reshaped countries such as India.