A pdf version of the course outline is available here: HIST 190 Fall 2023 Syllabus
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READING | TUTORIAL READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Sept. 6 | Introduction | | No tutorials this week. | |
Module 1. The globalization of agriculture and civilization
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READING | TUTORIAL READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Sept. 11 | Imagining the World | No reading. | No reading. | |
Sept. 13 | The Agricultural Revolution: Technology and the Invention of Beer | World History, Chapter 1 | | |
Sept. 18 | The Agricultural Revolution: Patriarchy | | No reading. Library Workshop. | Sign up for research assignment by today. |
Sept. 20 | First Civilizations: What Does Civilization mean? | World History, Chapter 2 pages 21-38. | | |
Sept. 25 | Environment and First Complex Societies | World History, Chapter 2, pages 42-61. | Worlds of History, Chapter 1, Readings #1, #3; Chapter 2, Readings #2, #4, #7. | |
Module 2. Empires and Culture, 500 B.C.E. to 700 C.E.
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READING | TUTORIAL READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Sept. 27 | Ages of Empires: India | World History, Chapter 3, pages 62-84; 86-92; 98-100. | | Step #2 of Research Assignment due. |
Oct. 2 | Ages of Empires: Confucius, Shi Huangdi, and the Chinese Empire | World History, Chapter 4, pages 111-139. | Worlds of History, Chapter 3, Readings #2, #3, #4, #5. | |
Oct. 4 | Age of Empires: Rome and the First Plague Pandemic | World History, Chapter 6 | | |
Oct. 9 | No class: Thanksgiving | | No tutorials this week. | |
Oct. 11 | Gender in Classical Civilizations | No reading. | | |
Module 3. Universal Religions and the Spread of Ideas
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READING | TUTORIAL READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Oct. 16 | The Foundations of Universal Religions | World History, Chapter 2, pages 38-42. | Worlds of History, Chapter 4, Readings #1, #3, #6; Chapter 5, Reading #2. | |
Oct. 18 | The Universalism of Buddhism | World History Chapter 3, pages 85-86; 93-97. Chapter 4, 143-145.
| | Step #3 of the Research Assignment due. |
Oct. 23 | The Origins and Appeal of Christianity | World History, Chapter 6, pages 253-256; 259-260. | Worlds of History, Chapter 6, Readings #1 and #2; Chapter 7, Reading #4 | |
Oct. 25 | Muhammad and His Message: the Spread of Islam | World History, Chapter 8, pages 296-325.
| | Short Essay Version #1 due. |
Module 4. Expanding Networks: Crosscultural trade and conflict
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READINGS | TUTORIAL READINGS | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Oct. 30 | World Travellers: Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo | No reading. | Worlds of History, Chapter 6, Readings #7 and #8; Chapter 7, Reading #5. | |
Nov. 1 | Love, Sex, and Marriage in medieval Europe and Japan | No reading. | | |
Nov. 6 | Love, Sex, and Marriage in medieval Europe and Japan continued.
Overview of Step #5 of the Research Assignment | | Worlds of History, Chapter 8, Reading #4; Chapter 9, Readings #6 and #8. | |
Nov. 8 | Christian-Muslim-Jewish Relations: Crusades and other contacts | World History, Chapter 8, pages 328-329; Chapter 12, pages 442-447; 453-455. | | Step #4 of Research Assignment due. |
Nov. 13 | The Mongol Empire | World History, Chapter 11 | | |
Module 5. Premodern Globalization
DATE | TOPIC | LECTURE READING | TUTORIAL READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
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Nov. 15 | Vikings and Climate Change | No reading. | Worlds of History, Chapter 10, Readings #3 to #6. | |
Nov. 20 | The Black Death
[OPTIONAL RECORDED LECTURE] Spices: the First Global Commodity | World History, Chapter 12, pages 465-467. | Worlds of History, Chapter 11, Readings #2, #3, #5, #6. | |
Nov. 22 | Africa and the Americas in the 15th century | World History, Chapter 9, pages 336-345; 354-366; Chapter 10, 369-372; 379-380. | | |
Nov. 27 | Maritime Expansions: Christopher Columbus and Zheng He | World History, Chapter 12, pages 474-476. | Worlds of History, Chapter 12, Readings #2, #4, #5, #6 | Short Essay Version #2 due. |
Nov. 29 | The Columbian Exchange | No reading. | | |
Dec. 4 | Conclusions | No reading. | No tutorials. | Step #5 of Research Assignment due. |