Here is a library of the best history videos on YouTube. There are even online courses. We searched for the best so that you don’t have to.
Crash Course
World History
Main Series
The Agricultural Revolution| – |Indus Valley Civilization| – |Mesopotamia Civilization| – |Ancient Egypt| – |Persians and Greeks| – |Buddah and Ashoka| – |Ancient China| – |Alexander the Great| – |The Silk Road and Ancient Trade| – |The Roman Empire or Republic?| – |Christianity from Judaism to Constatine| – |The Fall of the Roman and Byzantine Empires| – |Islam| – |The Dark Ages| – |The Crusades| – |Islam in Africa| – |The Mongols| – |The Indian Ocean Trade| – |The Venice-Ottoman Trade| – |Medieval Russia| – |15th. Century Explorers| – |The Renaissance| – |The Columbian Exchange| – |The Atlantic Slave Trade| – |The Spanish Empire| – |Seven Years War| – |Captain Cook’s Voyages| – |American Revolution| – |French Revolution| – |Haitian Revolutions| – |Latin American Revolutions| – |The Industrial Revolution| – |Capitalism Versus Socialism| – |Japan and Nationalism| – |Imperialism| – |World War I| – |China’s Revolutions| – |World War II| – |The Cold War| – |Decolonialization| – |Globalization: The Upside| – |Globalization: The Downside
World History Topics
Rethinking Civilization| – |Money & Debt| – |Disease!| – |War & Human Nature| – |War and Civilization| – |Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age| – |Humans and Energy| – |Drought and Famine| – |How World War I Started| – |Who Started World War I| – |The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)| – |The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology| – |Asian Responses to Imperialism| – |The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution| – |Population, Sustainability, and Malthus| – |Islam and Politics| – |The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation| – |Luther and the Protestant Reformation| – |Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire| – |World War II, A War for Resources| – |Congo and Africa’s World War| – |Water and Classical Civilizations| – |Conflict in Israel and Palestine| – |The Vikings!| – |War and Nation Building in Latin America| – |Iran’s Revolutions| – |Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History| – |Nonviolence and Peace Movements| – |Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company| – |Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China
US History
Spain In America| – |Settling the Thirteen Colonies| – |English Colonists and the American Natives| – |Colonial Life| – |War and the Great Awakening| – |Prelude To American Revolution| – |The American Revolution| – |The Constitution| – |Federal Politics Begins| – |Thomas Jefferson’s Administration| – |The War of 1812| – |The Market Revolution| – |Slavery| – |Andrew Jackson Administration| – |19th. Century Reforms| – |Women in the 19th Century| – |War & Expansion| – |The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion| – |Battles of the Civil War| – |The Civil War, Part 1| – |The Civil War Part 2| – |Reconstruction and 1876| – |The Industrial Economy| – |Westward Expansion| – |Growth, Cities, and Immigration| – |Gilded Age Politics| – |The Progressive Era| – |American Imperialism| – |Progressive Presidents| – |America in World War I| – |Women’s Suffrage| – |The Roaring Twenties| – |The Great Depression| – |The New Deal| – |World War II Part 1| – |World War II, Part 2| – |The Cold War In Europe| – |The Cold War in Asia| – |Civil Rights and the 1950s| – |The 1960s in America| – |The Rise of Conservatism| – |1970s Economic Malaise| – |The Reagan Revolution| – |President HW Bush’s Administration| – |President Clinton’s Administration| – |President GW Bush’s Administration| – |Obamanation
Big History
Main Series
The Big Bang| – |Exploring the Universe| – |Sun and Earth Forms| – |Life Begins| – |The Evolutionary Epic| – |Human Evolution| – |Migrations and Intensification| – |The Modern Revolution| – |Anthropocene and the Near Future| – |The Far Future
Why It Matters Series
Why Cosmic Evolution Matters| – |Why Star Stuff Matters| – |Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters| – |Why Human Evolution Matters| – |Why Human Ancestry Matters| – |Why Early Globalization Matters
Science History
Introduction to This History of Science| – |The Presocratics| – | Plato and Aristotle| – |India| – |The Americas and Time Keeping| – |Roman Engineering| – |The Medieval Islamic World| – | Medieval China| – |Science History 9| – |Science History 10| – |Science History 11| – |Science History 12| – |Science History 13| – |Science History 14| – |Science History 15| – |Science History 16| – |Science History 17| – |Science History 18| – |Science History 19| – |Science History 20| – |Science History 21| – |Science History 22| – |Science History 23| – |Science History 24| – |Science History 25| – |Science History 26| – |Science History 27| – |Science History 28| – |Science History 29
Film History
Movies are Magic| – |The First Movie Camera| – |The Lumiere Brothers| – |Georges Melies – Master of Illusion| – |The Language of Film| – |The Birth of the Feature Film| – |German Expressionism| – |Soviet Montage| – |The Silent Era| – |Breaking the Silence| – |The Golden Age of Hollywood| – |Independent Cinema| – |Home Video| – |World Cinema – Part 1| – |World Cinema – Part 2| – |Film History 16
Kings and Generals
Some Important Wars
These are individual, stand-alone videos.
Peloponnesian War|-|Alexander’s Conquest of Persia|-|Pyrrhus and the Pyrrhic War|-|Rome Conquers Greece|-|Hundred Years War|-|Wars of the Roses|-|The Italian Wars 1494-1559|-|Anglo-Spanish War 1585-1604|-|Imjin War – Japanese Invasion of Korea 1592-1598|-|English Civil War|-|Great Northern War|-|Greek War of Independence|-|Winter War – 1939-1940
Caesar’s Wars
Caesar in Gaul|-|Caesar vs Pompey|-|Post Caesar Civil Wars
Early Muslim Expansion
To Arabia and Syria|-|To Iran and Egypt|-|To Europe, North Africa, Central Asia
Prager U
Political Philosophy
The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party| – |The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party| – |Why Did the Democratic South Become Republican? | – |Was America Founded to Be Secular? | – |Why Isn’t Communism as Hated as Nazism? | – |Why Is America So Rich? | – |Were the Founders Religious? | – |Why Private Investment Works & Govt. Investment Doesn’t| – |America’s Socialist Origins| – |Why We’re Losing Liberty| – |Religious Tolerance: Made in America| – |The 3/5ths Compromise in the US Constitution
World History
If You Live in Freedom, Thank the British Empire| – |How Dark Were the Dark Ages? | – |Why is Modern Art so Bad? | – |The Iran Nuclear Deal| – |Are You on the Wrong Side of History? | – |Are Some Cultures Better than Others? | – |
Wars
America’s 2nd War of Independence| – |Why Did America Fight the Vietnam War? | – |How Iraq Was Won and Lost| – |Why Did America Fight the Korean War? | – |Was the Civil War About Slavery?| – |Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan? | – |The Truth about the Vietnam War| – |What Was the Cold War?
US Presidents
How Lincoln Changed the World in Two Minutes| – |Did FDR End the Great Depression? | – |Coolidge: The Best President You Don’t Know| – |Hoover and the Great Depression| – |
People
Walt Disney: American Dreamer| -|Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World| – |Calling Good People “Racist” Isn’t New: the Case of Ty Cobb| – |Who Was Paul Revere and Why Should You Care? | – |Rockefeller: The Richest American Who Ever Lived| – |Hamilton| – |Karl Marx| – |Ulysses Grant
Holidays
What’s the Truth About the First Thanksgiving?| – |Is This the Most Important Date in U.S. History? | – |Columbus Day
BBC and CNN
The Cold War
Russian Communists to 1945| – |The Iron Curtain Descends| – |The Marshall Plan’s Massive Intervention| – |The Berlin Airlift| – |War in Korea| – | Communists 1948 – 1953| – |Post Stalin Era| – |The Space Age Begins| – |Berlin Gets a Wall| – |Early Castro Years in Cuba| – |Vietnam: The LBJ Years| – |Mutual Assured Destruction to 1972| – | Sixties Peace Movement| – |Sixties Communist Spring| – |Mao Era in China| – |Nixon’s Detente| – |The Middle East and the Third World 1967 – 1978| – |Cold War in Latin America| – |Jimmy Carter’s Cold War| – |Soviets’ Afghan Conflict| – |Cold War Spies| – | Reagan’s Star Wars| – |Soviet Block Breaks Loose| – |Cold War Conclusions
The BBC
Britain
World of Stonehenge 1| -|World of Stonehenge 2| -|World of Stonehenge 3| -|World of Stonehenge 4
Seven Ages of Britain 1| – |Seven Ages of Britain 2| – |Seven Ages of Britain 3| – |Seven Ages of Britain 4| – |Seven Ages of Britain 5| – |Seven Ages of Britain 6| – |Seven Ages of Britain 7
Empire of the Seas 1| – |Empire of the Seas 2| – |Empire of the Seas 3| – |Empire of the Seas 4
The Celts 1| – |The Celts 2| – |The Celts 3| – |The Celts 4| – |The Celts 5| – |The Celts 6
Story of Wales 1| – |Story of Wales 2| – |Story of Wales 3| – |Story of Wales 4| – |Story of Wales 5
Story of Ireland 1| – |Story of Ireland 2| – |Story of Ireland 3| – |Story of Ireland 4| – |Story of Ireland 5
The Kings and Queens of England 1| – |The Kings and Queens of England 2| – |The Kings and Queens of England 3| – |The Kings and Queens of England 4| – |The Kings and Queens of England 5| – |The Kings and Queens of England 6
Civilization
Civilization 1| – |Civilization 2| – |Civilization 3| – |Civilization 4| – |Civilization 5| – |Civilization 6| – |Civilization 7| – |Civilization 8| – |Civilization 9| – |Civilization 10| – |Civilization 11| – |Civilization 12| – |Civilization 13
Ascent of Man 1| – |Ascent of Man 2| – |Ascent of Man 3| – |Ascent of Man 4| – |Ascent of Man 5| – |Ascent of Man 6| – |Ascent of Man 7| – |Ascent of Man 8| – |Ascent of Man 9| – |Ascent of Man 10| – |Ascent of Man 11| – |Ascent of Man 12| – |Ascent of Man 13 (some episodes not available)
History of the World 1| – |History of the World 2| – |History of the World 3| – |History of the World 4| – |History of the World 5| – |History of the World 6| – |History of the World 7| – |History of the World 8
Biography
|Queen Elizabeth the First 1| – |Queen Elizabeth the First 2| – |Queen Elizabeth the First 3| – |Queen Elizabeth the First 4
Wellington 1| – |Wellington 2| – |Wellington 3
BBC Singles
Vladimir Putin and His Game| – |The History of Earth| – |The French Revolution| – |Ghenghis Khan – Rise of the Mongol Empire
Epic History TV
Important Subjects
History of Russia| – |Alexander the Great| – |World War I
Napoleonic Wars
Siege of Toulon 1793| – |Napoleon’s Italian Campaign| – |Napoleon in Egypt| – |Napoleon in Palestine| – |The Brumaire Coup| – |Marengo Campaign| – |March of Eagles 1805 – 09| – |Downfall 1809 – 14| – | Waterloo
Others
The First Crusade 1| – |The First Crusade 2| – |The Suez Crisis 1| – |The Suez Crisis 2| – |Drake’s Voyage Around the World| – |Blackbeard the Pirate
Various
Future History
History Channel
PBS
The American Experience
NOVA
National Geographic
City of the Future: Singapore| – |Atlantis| – |The Suez Canal| – |America Before Columbus| – |Pablo Escobar| – |American Mafia| – |DNA Genesis: Children of Adam| – |DNA Genesis: Children of Adam| – |Leonardo’s Universe| – |