HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-004: Introduction to World History
(Fall 2019)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW

Planetary Hall 212

Section Information for Fall 2019

This course explores the sweeping historical changes that created the modern world with all its benefits and ongoing problems. Starting in approximately 1200 CE, we will trace the people, events, and trends that reshaped the politics, cultures, and economies of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. All of these geographic regions became enmeshed in a global system impacted by mercantile activity, invasion and war, industrial growth, religious transformations as well as conquest and colonialism. We will also examine how the powerful forces of modern nationalism, Cold War dynamics, and 20th century anti-colonial movements have restructured the world and unleashed forces still affect us today.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

By focusing on historical experiences that reflect the diversity of Mason’s student body, students will be able to see how their families and communities fit within, and contribute to, global history from the pre-modern period to our present day. This course offers a long-term historical perspective on structural issues challenging our world today, including demographic and environmental changes, national and global inequalities, and the underrepresentation of marginalized groups. Students will gain an understanding of how interconnections and inter-dependencies have been forged through the global movement of people, pathogens, goods, and ideas. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Global History
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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