Western Civilization: Modern Europe  (Cultural Literacy course)

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This is an introductory survey of European history from the French Revolution in the 1780s to the present. Topics to be covered include the collapse of France's monarchy and the upheavals of the French Revolution, Napoleon and his empire, the industrial revolution, Britain's war of rebellion in America, the Revolutions of 1848, the unification of Italy and Germany, European imperialism, World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War and the rise and fall of Communism, the rise of the European Union and Europe in the 21st century.