- Scientific Revolutions and Identity: A Global History of the World

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This course looks at the major trends – political, social, and economic – from the 1500’s to the present. It begins with the Early Modern period, when the voyages of discovery linked world trade routes, and transformed human encounters and civilizations, and moves through Renaissance Europe, the Industrial Revolution, and the creation of a capitalist economic system. While elaborating on the principal topics of Global History 2, two themes will drive the narrative of the last 500 years in this course: the rapid transformation of science and technology from 1500 to the present and the remaking of the ways that human beings think about themselves and their place in the world. Students will explore how we interact with the world through technological innovation and how we conceive of ourselves, those around us, and our place within the world.