Turning Points in Modern History

Turning Points in Modern History « Series from 2013

Series from 2013

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Genres: Special Interest

Turning Points in Modern History takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe to shed light on how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400 have shaped the modern world.

This thought-provoking journey starts in the early 15th century and culminates in the age of social media to reveal astounding threads that weave through the centuries.

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1433-The Great Voyages of Admiral Zheng He

1453-The Fall of Constantinople

1455-Gutenberg's Print Revolution

1492-The Columbian Exchange

1600-The British East India Company

1648-The Treaty of Westphalia

1676-Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscope

1751-Diderot's Enlightenment Encyclopedia

1787-The American Experiment

1789-The French Revolution

1838-The British Slavery Abolition Act

1839-The Opium War in China

1859-Darwin and the Origin of Species

1869-Binding Continents

1893-First Women Voters in New Zealand

1896-The Invention of Motion Pictures

1903-Kitty Hawk and Powered Flight

1904-The Russo-Japanese War

1928-The Discovery of Penicillin

1942-The Dawn of the Atom

1969-Walking on the Moon

1972-China Enters the World Balance

1989-The Fall of the Berlin Wall

2004-The Rise of Social Media