World History

Topics Covered in This Course:

In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:      From human prehistory to the rise of agriculture      Early civilization      Nomadic societies      Classical civilization: china   In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:      Classical civilization: india      Classical civilization in the mediterranean: persia, greece and rome      The classical period: directions, diversities, and declines by 500 c.e.      The rise of islam: civilization in the middle east   In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:      India and southeast asia under the impact of islam      Africa and islam      East european civilization: byzantium and russia      Western civilization: the middle ages   In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:      The spread of east asian civilization      Centers of civilization in the americas      The mongol interlude and the end of the postclassical period      The west and the world: discovery, colonization, and trade      Western civilization changes shape in the early modern centuries   In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:      The rise of eastern europe      The ottoman and mughal empires      East asia: vital trends in politics and trade      The first industrial revolution: western society, 17801914      World economy and western imperialism: africa and south asia      The settler societies: the west on frontiers      The development of latin american civilization      The middle east and china in the imperialist century      Russia and japan: industrialization outside the west      World war i and the end of an era      The west in the contemporary period      Eastern european civilization      East asia in the 20th- 22nd centuries      India and southeast asia