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COURSE INTRODUCTION

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: What is History?

1.1: Developing a Global Perspective of History

1.2: Primary Sources

1.3: Causation and Interpretation in History

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Trade in East Asia and the Indian Ocean

2.1: India and International Connections

2.2: The Malacca Sultanate

2.3: Exchange in East Asia

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Early Modern Africa and the Wider World

3.1: The Mali Empire

3.2: The Songhai Empire

3.3: The Swahili Coast

3.4: The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: The Islamic World

4.1: A Connected Islamic World

4.2: The Ottoman Empire

4.3: The Safavid Empire

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Foundations of the Atlantic World

5.1: The Protestant Reformation

5.2: Crossing the Atlantic

5.3: Indigenous Americans

5.4: The Atlantic Slave Trade

Unit 5 Assessment

Unit 6: Colonization and Economic Expansion

6.1: European Colonization in the Americas

6.2: The Rise of a Global Economy

6.3: Capitalism and the First Industrial Revolution

Unit 6 Assessment

Unit 7: Revolutions in Europe and North America

7.1: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

7.2: The Exchange of Ideas in the Public Sphere

7.3: Revolutions in America, France, and Haiti

7.4: Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order

7.5: Revolutions in Latin America

Unit 7 Assessment

Unit 8: Expansion in the Industrial Age

8.1: The Second Industrial Revolution

8.2: Motives and Means of Imperialism

8.3: Colonial Empires

8.4: Exploitation and Resistance

Unit 8 Assessment

Unit 9: Life and Labor in the Industrial World

9.1: Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization

9.2: Life in the Industrial City

9.3: Immigrants and Settlers

9.4: Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies

Unit 9 Assessment

Unit 10: World War I

10.1: Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict

10.2: Total War

10.3: The Peace Settlement

10.4: The Russian Revolution

Unit 10 Assessment

Unit 11: The Interwar Period

11.1: Recovering from World War I

11.2: The Formation of the Soviet Union

11.3: The Great Depression and Fascism

11.4: Demands for Rights and Freedom

Unit 11 Assessment

Unit 12: The Causes and Consequences of World War II

12.1: The Lead-Up to World War II, an Unstable Peace

12.2: Theaters of War, World War II

12.3: Reconstruction and the Effects of World War II

Unit 12 Assessment

Unit 13: Cold War Conflicts

13.1: The Cold War

13.2: The Spread of Communism

13.3: The Non-Aligned Movement

13.4: Global Tensions and Decolonization

13.5: A New World Order

Unit 13 Assessment

Unit 14: The Contemporary World and Ongoing Challenges

14.1: A Global Economy

14.2: Climate Change and the Environment