Episode Guide
The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation
Series: Crash Course World History
A episode from Crash Course World History, Season 1, Episode 25.
At a Glance
Series Snapshot
Synopsis
In which John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy the two biggest pre-Columbian civilizations, mine a mountain made of silver, mishandle their economy, and lose it all by the mid-1700s. Come along for the roller coaster ride with Charles I (he was also Charles V), Philip II, Atahualpa, Moctezuma, Hernán Cortés, and Francisco Pizarro as Spain rises and falls, and takes two empires and China down with them.
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Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 23 hours 0 minutes (46 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 46 days
3 episodes/day: 16 days
5 episodes/day: 10 days
Episodes (46)
- E01 - Crash Course World History Outtakes Part I
- E02 - Hanging Out at Crash Course
- E03 - Crash Course World History Outtakes Part II
- E04 - Crash Course World History Outtakes Part III
- S01E01 - The Agricultural Revolution
- S01E10 - The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or... Which Was It?
- S01E11 - Christianity from Judaism to the Constantine
- S01E12 - Fall of the Roman Empire... in the 15th Century
- S01E13 - Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar
- S01E14 - The Dark Ages... How Dark Were They, Really?
- S01E15 - The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War
- S01E16 - Mansa Musa & Islam in Africa
- S01E17 - Wait For It... The Mongols!
- S01E18 - International Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, & The Indian Ocean Trade
- S01E19 - Venice & The Ottoman Empire
- S01E02 - Indus Valley Civilization
- S01E20 - Russia, The Kievan Rus, and the Mongols
- S01E21 - Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners
- S01E22 - The Renaissance... Was it a Thing?
- S01E23 - The Colombian Exchange
- S01E24 - The Atlantic Slave Trade
- S01E25 - The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation Viewing
- S01E26 - The Seven Years War
- S01E27 - The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
- S01E28 - Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution
- S01E29 - The French Revolution
- S01E03 - Mesopotamia
- S01E30 - Haitian Revolutions
- S01E31 - Latin American Revolutions
- S01E32 - Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution
- S01E33 - Capitalism and Socialism
- S01E34 - Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism
- S01E35 - Imperialism
- S01E36 - Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I
- S01E37 - Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
- S01E38 - World War II
- S01E39 - USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War
- S01E04 - Ancient Egypt
- S01E40 - Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
- S01E41 - Globalization I - The Upside
- S01E42 - Globalization II - Good or Bad?
- S01E05 - The Persians & Greeks
- S01E06 - Buddha & Ashoka
- S01E07 - 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven & Confucius
- S01E08 - Alexander the Great and the Situation... the Great?
- S01E09 - The Silk Road & Ancient Trade
