The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed History

Taught By Professor J. Rufus Fears, Ph.D., Harvard University,
University of Oklahoma

January 10, 49 B.C.: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River into Rome, igniting a civil
war that leads to the birth of the world.s greatest ancient civilization.

October 12, 1492: The Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, weary after months at sea,
finally drops anchor at the island of San Salvador and takes Europe.s first steps into
the New World.

September 11, 2001: On a calm Tuesday morning, a series of terrorist attacks on the United
States of America ignites a global war on terrorism that continues to this day.

History is made and defined by landmark events such as these.moments that irrevocably
changed the course of human civilization. While many of us are taught that anonymous social,
political, and economic forces are the driving factors behind events of the past, acclaimed
historian and award-winning Professor J. Rufus Fears believes that it.s individuals, acting
alone or together, who alter the course of history. These events have given us

* spiritual and political ideas,
* catastrophic battles and wars,
* scientific and technological advances,
* world leaders both influential and monstrous, and
* cultural works of unparalleled beauty.

Without them, human history as we know it today would be shockingly unfamiliar. In short,
because of these events, our world would never be the same again.

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