We live in a global age, and to live successfully in this age, it is important to understand the historical processes that have brought us to this point. This course does this by encouraging students to look for
comparison and interconnectedness between different societies throughout history. Students investigate points of contact through four meta-themes:
Empire/Expansion, Cultural and Economic Exchange, Migration, and
Resistance. Within these frameworks, students study the rise of
civilizations, urbanization, industrialization, and nationalism. A variety of learning materials are used
in this course, including tertiary sources (textbooks); secondary sources
(academic articles and chapters); primary sources (legal documents, literature,
poetry, paintings, religious tracts, etc.); and historical interpretations
(movies, historical novels, etc.).
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