HIST 101 : WORLD HISTORY I (H)

A survey of the World History classical antiquity to the seventeenth century. The course begins with the earliest known evidence of human existence and ends with the end of the Thirty Years’ War in Europe and the end of the Ming Dynasty in China. Other major topics include but are not limited to founding of world religions, Greek culture and empire, Roman Republic and Empire, classical India, Chinese dynasties, Islamic caliphates, African kingdoms, Indigenous American empires, and changes brought by early European colonization. This course investigates and analyzes the history of the entire world with a primary goal of building historical training to then apply learned skills in contemporary public life. This will be accomplished through course readings, developing research skills, reflective writings to develop one’s professional voice, written exams, and interactive lectures.