World History II

Catalog description

This course traces the evolution of the modern world from approximately 1300 to the present. The scope of this course is understandably broad as it combines global themes, intercontinental commerce, religious and ethnic strife, mass politics and totalitarian ideologies, with their regional variations. From the 13th Century Mongol conquests of Eurasia that expanded dramatically the concept of time and space, to the 20th Century information and communication revolution that rendered this same concept relative, this course follows the evolutionary trajectory of the modern world.