Perhaps you've studied cosmology before. Maybe you've taken courses in geology, anthropology, biology, and history. But have you ever wondered: How do all of these disciplines fit together? In Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity, Professor David Christian answers that question by weaving a single story from accounts of the past developed by a variety of scholarly disciplines. This course will expand the scope of your perspective on the past and alter the way you think about history and the world around you.

Continue your comprehensive study of our world with Professor Peter N. Stearns. In A Brief History of the World, you'll survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe. Over the course of 36 riveting lectures, you'll apprehend "the big picture" of world history, from the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era to the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century. You'll understand how, throughout history, peoples all over the world have connected and interacted, traded goods and technology, and conquered and learned from each other.