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Date |
Topic |
Subtopic |
Reading |
Q |
| 1 |
1/11 M |
Introduction |
Why World History |
Hammond Map |
none |
| 2 |
1/13 (W) |
The Classical Period |
The Nature of Agricultrual Societies: What is Civilization |
Stearns (World History text) 1-30 |
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| 3 |
1/15 (F) |
The Nature of Early Civilzations |
Documents 1-26 |
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1/18 (M) |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed |
No Class |
| 4 |
1/20 (W) |
Classical Civilizations: China and India |
Stearns 31-80 |
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| 5 |
1/22 (F) |
Indian and Chinese Philosophy: Concepts & Concerns |
Documents 27-29, 36-43, 44-49, 79-85 |
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| 6 |
1/25 (M) |
Understanding Cultures: Definitions & the Problems of Change |
Stearns 81-103; Documents 29-35, 49-52 |
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| 7 |
1/27 (W) |
Social Structure and the Classical World |
Stearns 81-103 (review); Documents 53-63 |
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| 8 |
1/29 (F) |
Women in Classical India, China, and Rome |
Documents 64-78 |
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| 9 |
2/1 (M) |
Theories on the Rise & Fall of World Civilization |
Documents 105-128 |
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| 10 |
2/3 (W) |
The Post-Classical Period |
Change, Continuity and the Spread of World Religion |
Stearns 129-170, 183-193 |
|
| 11 |
2/5 (F) |
Islam in Comparative Context |
Documents 93-109, 126-132, 139-155 |
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| 12 |
2/8 (M) |
The World Network: New Exchanges |
Stearns 243-250 |
|
| 13 |
2/10 (W) |
Expanding Civilization and the World Network: Japan and Europe |
Stearns 193-232 |
|
| 14 |
2/12 (F) |
Feudalism and Its Comparative Implications |
Documents 110-125 |
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| 15 |
2/15 (M) |
Civilizations in Africa and the Americas: the end of the post-classical period |
Cipolla 15-89; Stearns 171-181, 233-242 |
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2/17 (W) |
Mid-Semester Exam |
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| 16 |
2/19 (F) |
The Early Modern Period |
Arms & Expansion |
Cipolla 90-148 |
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| 17 |
2/22 (M) |
Periodizations & World Trends, 1450 Onward: Comparing the 15th and the 20th Centuries |
Stearns 251-260, 285-312 |
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| 18 |
2/24 (W) |
The Rise of Russia: Change & Continuity |
Stearns 313-328 |
|
| 19 |
2/26 (F) |
Colonies, Slave Trade, and World Economy |
"The Development of a World Economic System" (handout); Documents 217-233 |
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|
3/1 (M) |
Mid-Semester Break |
No Class |
|
| 20 |
3/3 (W) |
The Transformation of Popular Mentalities in the West: The "Big Changes" |
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| 21 |
3/5 (F) |
Aspects of Change in Russia, in Comparative Contexts: 17th- 19th Centuries |
Documents 232-243, 255-262, 300-309, 330-340 |
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| 22 |
3/8 (M) |
Categorizing Early Modern Reactions: Asia, Africa, and the Americas |
Stearns 331-363, 285-312 (review) |
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| 23 |
3/10 (W) |
The Modern Period |
The Industrial Revolution: The West and the World |
Stearns 365-372, 409-427 |
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| 24 |
3/12 (F) |
Modernization Theory & Historical Change |
"Modernization Theory" (handout); Documents 276-281 |
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| 25 |
3/15 (M) |
Industrialization: Work, Family, and Progress |
Stearns 375-400 |
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| 26 |
3/17 (W) |
Differentiation and Modernization in the 19th Century, a Context for Nationalism |
Stearns 409-427 (review), 429-442 |
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| 27 |
3/19 (F) |
The Development of Latin American Civilization and the "New Nations" Issue |
Stearns 443-462; Documents 284-288 |
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| 28 |
3/29 (M) |
Latecomer Modernizers: Russia & Japan |
Stearns 401-481 |
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| 29 |
3/21 (W) |
The United States and World History |
Stearns 401-407 |
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| 30 |
4/2 (F) |
Tradition & Change in Japan, in Comparative Context |
Documents 330-362 |
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| 31 |
4/5 (M) |
The Problem of the 20th Century |
Stearns 481-526 |
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| 32 |
4/7 (W) |
Patterns of Revolution and Decolonization |
Stearns 527-590, 394 (review) |
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| 33 |
4/9 (F) |
Comparing Nationalisms and Decolonizations |
Documents 368-380 |
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| 34 |
4/12 (M) |
The Third World, the World Economy, and Economic Development |
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| 35 |
4/14 (W) |
Comparative Issues for Asian, African, and Latin American Civilizations |
Stearns 549-590 (review), 591-652 |
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| 36 |
4/19 (M) |
Patterns of Belief in the Contemporary World |
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| 37 |
4/21 (W) |
Western Political Institutions in the Twentieth Century |
Stearns 509-515 (review); Documents 381-396 |
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| 38 |
4/23 (F) |
Cultural Changes in 20th-Century Africa and Latin America in Comparative Context |
Documents 414-426 |
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| 39 |
4/26 (M) |
The Cold War and Global Politics |
Stearns 509-515, 530-538, 597-598, 639 (review); Documents 406-413 (especially 410) |
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| 40 |
4/28 (W) |
Post-Industrial Society & World Societies, Present and Future |
Stearns 653-664; Documents 446-472 |
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| 41 |
4/30 (F) |
Modernization and Women: Comparative Analysis |
Documents 427-445 |
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