HIS1024 ST: Global History II

Continuation of Global History I. This introductory course surveys human history around the globe from 1500 to the present day. We will consider the development of and interplay between peoples, kingdoms, civilizations and empires. Topics include warfare, economic development, gender and sexuality, slavery, migration, race and other concepts of difference, the growth of religions and belief systems, the relation of humans with the natural environment, and the history of disease. Colonization, empire, and the relations between the Old World and the New will form the core of the second semester of the global history sequence, along with the development of new forms of economic production such as capitalism. Credits: 3.000