The
Discipline of History
How is it possible to study an event that
no longer exists in the present? What
makes "history" special? Is there a structure to the
discipline? How do historians represent the past? What shapes an account or representation?
What are the ways historians organize and analyze evidence?
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World
Tour-1400 CE
Before 1492, how did the peoples of the world
live? What were the connections and comparisons between
China, Mali, Europe and the Moslem world? How did people respond to the Bubonic
Plague?
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Growth of the Global System
How did the first "true" world system
develop? What explains the "Rise of the West" between
1492 and 1900?What role did changes outside the West play in its growth? What
role did changes within the West, such as changes in government, economy, religion
or art play in its
growth?
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The
Atlantic Trade System
How did the Atlantic Trade System impact the
world system, particularly Europe, Africa and the
Americas?
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Age
of Revolutions
What effect did dramatic changes in thinking,
government and economics have upon the world system between
1600 and 1914? How did these changes change the world?
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Special Questions in History
Special areas of investigation, such as: What
do you think are the most significant turning points in
World History? How have ideas about gender or race
developed?
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