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Section Information for Summer 2020
This course surveys the formation of the modern world from circa 1300 until contemporary times. It covers major themes of world history encompassing experiences and interactions within and among societies across the globe. The course explores major processes and turning points that impacted the trajectory of global history. It aims to evenly cover major cultural zones with a balanced treatment of notable developments in science and technology, learning, literature and arts, human mobility and demographics, catastrophic events, trade and commerce, social and political organization, agriculture and manufacturing, and faith traditions. Special attention will be paid to the comparison of similar experiences among societies and cultural zones across the globe, and how individual and localized breakthroughs lead to broader global developments.
HIST 125 A04 is a distance education section.
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