Bridging World History
Season 1 • Episode 17: Ideas Shape the World • Watch with subtitles
Episode 17: Ideas Shape the World
April 23, 2004 • 28 min
How do ideas change the world? This unit traces the impact of European Enlightenment ideals in the American and Haitian revolutions and in South America. It also examines the revitalization of Islam expressed in the Wahhabi movement as it spread from the Arabian peninsula to Africa and Asia.
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