Bridging World History

Season 1 • Episode 18: Rethinking the Rise of the West • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 18: Rethinking the Rise of the West

April 30, 2004 • 28 min

How does historical scholarship change over time, and why do the perspectives of historians shift? This unit recaps the economic and political events that led to the rise of the West, but examines and re-examines those events through differing opinions of its causes, reflecting changes in historical interpretation.

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