Nov 06, 2018
Dear Professor,\n\nI am fascinated with week one, even though I work in the scientific side, also like history, nothing more rewarding than visiting and ancient place and know what happened... Thanks
Apr 16, 2017
Such an informative course, and it linked together different regions & events; that's something only top-level sources of education does. I will no doubt continue on with the course to Part 2.
por Anne M
•Apr 25, 2018
I am giving this 3 stars for one reason. Although the instructor was terrific and the subject matter interesting, you cannot take the quizzes/tests without purchasing the course (I like to test my retention of the material). As I am an elderly and retired audit-only student and have NO interest in getting a certificate or using the course for college credit, I found that off-putting and dropped the class. Hopefully, other Coursera courses are not going to adopt the same requirement.
por Benjamin W
•Dec 21, 2015
There is much to praise: nice mapwork, a steady and organized march through time, and some interesting case studies (I especially enjoyed the lecture on Henry Adams).
However, the title is a complete misnomer, as the course is regrettably white bread history. I found the approach stale and western-centric, as the content actually covers western Europe and the stretch of its influence through the time period. I also found myself questioning the veracity of many conclusions, as the lecture often had difficulty citing more than a couple specific points of evidence for his arguments.
por Oscar T
•Dec 16, 2018
Muy bien presentado. Una perspectiva esclarecedora de una época esencial para comprender nuestro presente.
por Dimitris S
•Feb 15, 2019
An analytical and coprehensive presentation of the most important century in human history focusing on interpretations of stunning developments rather than a dry quote of dates and names
por Manjula g
•Feb 20, 2019
The course is very informative and useful , and easy to understand the concepts.
por Fernando H U
•Feb 25, 2019
This is a very good course with one of the greatest teachers I have ever seen.
por leslie c
•Feb 28, 2019
Amazing course, great professor! I can´t wait to begin Part 2
por Ulises A
•Jan 31, 2019
Increíble síntesis de los hechos que definen el mundo moderno.
por Abdurrahman
•Mar 15, 2019
Great course, nice community, much engagement. Thank you for this.
por Afshin
•Jan 06, 2019
Great professor!
por Charmaine L
•Jan 05, 2019
Dr. Philip Zelikow was really thorough and amicable in the way he lectures. He's done an exceptional job in fusing the historical patterns of history with that of modern events, thus allowing us students to understand and relate to the importance of these historical events even better. Thank you, Dr. Zelikow!
por Vinayaka H
•Dec 22, 2018
I was interested to learn History but books were so boring for me, so I chose Coursera and now I can explore World History, how global forces interact with each other and influence lives of people in the community through this course.
Throughout the course Dr. Philip will not only explain about the history but he also tries to reason "Why it happened ?". In some of the videos, he even decodes the message hidden in art works of the past.
It is indeed a fascinating subject which is beautifully narrated. I look forward to take the second part of World history.
Thank you
por John H
•Dec 22, 2018
Awesome high level view of history.
por Ahmed A e A A
•Sep 15, 2018
it's very hard and useful course
por Derik B
•Aug 27, 2018
An excellent course.
por S L
•Aug 29, 2018
stupendous knowledge & perspective
por ashlie s
•Aug 19, 2018
excellent
por Dimitrios E
•Sep 02, 2018
It was a truly amazing course that allowed me to learn so much about the period between 1760 and 1910, gave excelent insight to how people though and understood the world at that time and refueled my interest in modern history. I highly recomend it
por Tavleen K B
•Oct 07, 2018
Great Presentation Professor, You are a great historian and a wonderful story teller. I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Thank you so much.
por Kelly R
•Oct 11, 2018
Amazing course!
por Vitaliano D G
•Oct 03, 2018
Great professor, no waste of time, great points of view!
por Ramez T
•Nov 16, 2018
Professor is clear and goes at a great pace. I like how he tackles the deeper things in history; ie, the how and why, not just the what.
por Samuel O
•Jul 23, 2018
Considero que la explicación del Profesor Philip Zelikow es genial y aporta elementos muy claros y claves sobre la historia moderna. Hay que corregir los quizes porque realizan preguntas que no corresponden a la semana (a veces se pregunta sobre temas que no se han visto) pero es genial, recomendadísimo para los amantes de la historia.
por Shanelle T
•Oct 10, 2017
good course but sometimes the video gets blocky ): other then that very good lesson
por Aziz K
•Apr 04, 2018
What an epic journey ! Thanks for this exceptional course.