Turning Points in Modern History

This course is built around Dr. Liulvicius's selection of 24 “turning points” in humanity's last 600 years. It is supposed to be a university course, I would guess at a sophomore level. (He teaches at The University of Tennessee.) It is pretty much a survey course, not going too deeply into any one subject.
I found the course overall to be quite interesting. Dr. Liulvicius is an engaging lecturer, and through the use of the “turning points” he was able to bring “modern” history to life. I learned some new things and gained new insights into historical events I already knew a lot about.
The final lecture, 2004 – The Rise of Social Media, is good but already dated. Things are changing fast in that area.
The audio course comes with a useful PDF version which, in addition to the lecture text, provides suggested reading and some questions to ponder at the end of each lecture.
My final take: A generally well-done series of lectures providing a decent combination of education and entertainment.
Solid four stars.