HIST 130A/130B: Modern World History

Table of Contents:

Introduction  Theme I  Theme II  Theme III

Theme IV  Theme V  Theme VI

Introduction

• World History Maps 
• Autonomous Achievements 
• Cultural Exchanges: Along the Silk Route 
• The Art of Benin 
• Islam in Buddhism; Christianity coopting Islam (and vice versa) 
• The World In 1500

      Africa | Middle East | East Asia | Europe
• DOCUMENT: World Population Chart 

Theme I: 1500-1650
Was the "Discovery" of the New World a crucial turning point in World History? 

• Impact on New World of the Old World Conquest 
• The Atlantic Economy 

Theme II: 1650-1820
What accounted for the enormous disparity of wealth and power between Europe and the rest of the world? 

• Disparity of Wealth and Power 
• DOCUMENT: Chinese Population and Land Acreage, 1600-1850 

Theme III: Subjects and Citizens, 1820-1917
How do people relate to the power of the "state?" Who has a voice in decision making? 

• Subjects: Europe and Africa 
• Subjects: India and China 
• Citizenship 
• IMAGES: Courts of Imperial Spain, Versailles and the Ottoman Empire 

Theme IV: Revolts, Revolution and the "weapons of the weak"
Why and under what circumstances do people revolt (or not)? 

• Why do people revolt? 
• Types of Resistance 
• IMAGE: Indian Ghost Shirt 
• Revolutions (Haitian and Chinese) 
• African Millennial Movements 

Theme V: Wars, Nationalisms, and Decolonization  1918-1980
How is the world map redrawn? 

• Imperialism: Descriptions, Origins, and Legacies 
• Case Study: Japanese Imperialism 
• Decolonization: Case Study: Algeria 
• DOCUMENT: Tea and Opium Trade Statistics 

Theme VI: Globalization 
Is the Nation-State the logical organizational unit for writing the history of the late Twentieth Century? 

• Characteristics of Globalization 

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