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AP World History-Student Syllabus Time (Periodiazation) students will know why the time periods were chosen and what continuities and change occurred. Students will know why a historian divides history into periods and why the specific periods of World History chosen. Period 1 = Big Bang to 600BCE Period 2= 600BCE – 600CE Period 3= 600 CE- 1450 Period 4= 1450-1750 Period 5=1750-1900 Period 6= 1900-Present Themes (SPICE: Social, Political, Interaction, Cultural, Economic) Over-arching theme is change and continuity over time: Interactions between humans and environment -Demography and disease -Migration -Patterns of settlement -Technology Development and interaction of cultures -Religions -Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies -Science and technology -The arts and architecture State-building, expansion, and conflict -Political structures and forms of governance -Empires -Nations and nationalism -Revolts and revolutions -Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems -Agriculture and pastoral production -Trade and commerce -Labor systems -Industrialization -Capitalism and socialism Development and transformation of social structures -Gender roles and relations -Family and kinship -Racial and ethnic constructions -Social and economic classes Habits of Mind: What do historians do? They use documents, they see patterns of change and continuity, they understand diversity of interpretations, etc. Four historical thinking skills: 1.) Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence in World History -Historical Argumentation -Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence 2.) Applying Chronological Reasoning Skills to World History -Historical Causation -Patterns of Continuity and Change and Continuity over Time -Per iodization 3.) Applying Comparison and Contextualization Skills to World History -Comparison -Contextualization 4.) Applying Historical Interpretation and Synthesis to World History -Interpretation -Synthesis Unit 1 To 600 BCE: Technological and Environmental Transformations Key Concepts: - Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth - Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies - Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies Topics for Overview include: - Prehistoric Societies - From Foraging to Agricultural and Pastoral Societies - Early Civilizations: Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania Week 1 From Human Prehistory to Early Civilization? Stearns, Chapter 1 I. Human Life in the Era of Hunters and Gatherers. Late Paleolithic Developments II. The Neolithic Revolution The Geography of Early Agriculture Patterns of Change and Continuity Further Technological Change and Continuity III. Civilization Settled Societies Defining Civilization Tigris—Euphrates Civilization Egyptian Civilization Indian and Chinese River Valley Civilizations The Great Cities of the Indus Valley Early Civilization in China IV. The Heritage of the River Valley Civilizations Heritage of Early Civilizations New Societies in the Middle East Judaism Assessing the Early Civilization Period Must be able to do: Compare the main features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. What did the differences in values and organizations? Evaluate the significance of Jewish monotheism in the religious history of early civilization. Compare the advantages of an agriculturally based society with a hunter-gatherer society. Compare the drawbacks of non-civilized societies with civilized societies. Identify the characteristics that are critical for a society to become a civilization. Periodization and why it is Important to Historians: 476 CE vs. 600 CE, 1750 CE vs. 1850. Unit 2 600 BCE-600 CE: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies Key Concepts: -Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions -Development of States and Empires -Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange Topics for Overview include: - Classical Civilizations - Major Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy - Early Trading Networks Week 2 Classical Civilization: China Stearns, Chapter 2 Kung Fuzi (Confucius) I. Establishment of Political Order Cultural Traditions II. Patterns in Classical China The Zhou dynasty Qin Dynasty The Han Dynasty III. Political Institutions Strong Bureaucracy Role of the State IV. Religion and Culture Confucianism Legalism Daoism Literature, Art, Science V. Economy and Society The Confucian Social System Trade and Technology Gender and Family Life VI. How Chinese Civilization Fits Together Social and Cultural Links to Politics Complexities in Classical China Global Connections Classical China and the World Must be able to do: How was China able to accept two major belief systems, Confucianism and Daoism? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of classical Chinese society. Summarize why bureaucracy developed in classical China. Identify the ways that Confucian philosophy supported the political structure in China. Trace the rise of Confucianism. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of classical Chinese society. Week 3 Classical Civilization: India Stearns, Chapter 3 Ajanta and Ellora I. The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period Formative Influences The Great Epics II. Patterns in Classical India The Rise and Decline of the Mauryas The Guptas III. Political Institutions IV. Religion and Culture The Formation of Hinduism Buddhism Arts and Sciences V. Economy and Society VI. Indian Influence and Comparative Features China and India Compared Global Connections India and the Wider World Must be able to do: Trace the development of the caste system Compare Buddhism and Hinduism. Compare the caste system with Chinese and Greek societies. Trace the development of Ashoka’s leadership approach. Compare the family structures of India and China. Compare the political implications of Hinduism and Confucianism. Compare the caste system with the organization of Chinese and Greek society. What features of Indian and Chinese geography help explain each area’s social patterns? Week 4 Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean and the Middle East Stearns, Chapter 4 Persian Defeat at Marathon and Thermopylae I. The Persian Empire: A New Perspective in the Middle East Political Styles and Innovations II. Patterns of Greek and Roman History Stages of Greek Development Rome III. Greek and Roman Political Institutions Greece Rome IV. Religion and Culture Religious Values Philosophy and Science V. Economy and Society in the Mediterranean Agriculture and Trade Slavery VI. Toward the Fall of Rome A Complex Legacy Must be able to do: Compare the political philosophical thoughts of the Greeks and the Chinese. Compare the scientific achievements and approaches of classical India, China, and the Mediterranean. Assess how and why the Indians developed long-lasting polytheistic religions but the Greeks did not. Compare the main political, social, and economic features of the Roman Empire and Han China. Evaluate the significance of the Hellenistic period in Asian and African history. Compare Greek and Roman political structures. Week 5 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 CE Stearns, Chapter 5 I. Expansion and Integration II. Beyond the Classical Civilizations Developments in Africa’s Kush and its Heritage Japan and Northern Europe Central America Polynesia III. Decline in China and India The Han Collapse The End of the Gupta Empire IV. Decline and Fall in Rome Symptoms of Decline Effort at Revival: An East/West Split The Early Byzantine Empire Zone 2: Western Europe and North Africa V. The New Religious Map Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism Christianity and Islam The Spread of the Major Religions The World around 500 C.E. Global Connections The Late Classical Period and the World Must be able to do: Compare the eastern and western portions of the Roman Empire. How can it be argued that the Roman Empire did not really “fall” in 476 C.E.? Could western Rome have possibly endured if handled differently? Identify three examples of syncretism in the development of Christianity and Hinduism. Compare the main features of the civilizations of Kush, Axum, and Ethiopia. Compare the factors in the decline of the classical civilizations. How can it be argued that the Roman Empire did not really “fall” in 476 C.E.? Compare the eastern and western portions of the Roman Empire. Unit 3 600-1450: Regional and Trans-regional Interactions Key Concepts: • Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks • Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions • Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences Topics for Overview include: • Byzantine Empire, Dar-al Islam, & Germanic Europe • Crusades • Sui, Tang, Song, and Ming empires • Delhi Sultanate • The Americas • The Turkish Empires • Italian city-states • Kingdoms & Empires in Africa • The Mongol Khanates • Trading Networks in the Post-Classical World Week 6 The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic World Stearns, Chapter 6 Clan Identity, Clan Rivalries, and the Cycle of Vengeance Towns and Long Distance Trade Marriage and Family in Pre-Islamic Arabia Poets and Neglected Gods Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam Persecution, Flight, and Victory Universal Elements of Islam Arabs and Islam The Arab Empire of the Umayyads Consolidation and Division in the Islamic Community Motives for Arab Conquest Weaknesses of the Adversary Empires The Problem of Succession and the Sunni-Shi'a Split The Umayyad Iperium Must be able to do: Identify how Islam addressed the fundamental problems in Arabian society. Compare women in the Islamic world with women in other contemporary societies. Identify the achievements of the Arab phase of Islamic development ending in 750 C.E. Compare the Abbasid Empire with the Umayyad Empire. Trace the events that led to the fall of the Umayyad. Describe the Umayyad Empire. Trace the succession dispute over the office of caliph. Describe the nature of Bedouin society before Muhammad received his revelations. Week 7 Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras Stearns, Chapter 7 Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder The Declining Position of Women in the Family and Society Nomadic Incursions and the Eclipse of Caliphal Power The Impact of the Christian Crusades An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements The Full Flowering of Persian Literature Achievements in the Sciences Religious Trends and the New Push for Expansion New Waves of Nomadic Invasions and the End of the Caliphate The Coming of Islam to South Asia Political Divisions and the First Muslim Invasions From Booty to Empire: The Second Wave of Muslim Invasions Patterns of Conversion Patterns of Accommodation Islamic Challenge and Hindu Revival Stand-off: The Muslim Presence in India at the End of the Sultanate Period The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia Trading Contacts and Conversion Sufi Mystics and the Nature of Southeast Asian Islam Must be able to do: Evaluate the Rise and Fall of the Abbasid Empire. To what extent were Muslims successful in converting Indians to Islam? Trace the stages of Islamic incursion into India. Trace theological developments within Islam during the Abbasid Empire. Describe the economy of the later Abbasid Empire. Describe the position of women in the Abbasid Empire. Evaluate the weaknesses of the later Abbasid Empire. Week 8 African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam Stearns, Chapter 8 I. African Societies: Diversity and Similarities Societies without States Common Elements in African Societies The Arrival of Islam in North Africa The Christian Kingdoms: Nubia and Ethiopia II. Kingdoms of the Grasslands Sudanic States The Empire of Mali and Sundiata, the “Lion Prince” City Dwellers and Villagers The Songhay Kingdom Political and Social Life in the Sudanic States III. The Swahili Coast of East Africa The Coastal Trading Ports The Mixture of Cultures on the Swahili Coast IV. Peoples of the Forest and Plains Artists and Kings: Yoruba and Benin Central African Kingdoms The Kingdoms of the Kongo and Mwene Mutapa Must be able to do: Describe the connection between Africa and Islam Where did cultures in Africa develop that were NOT affected by Islam? Describe the nature of their organization Where did cultures in Africa develop that were NOT affected by Islam? Describe the nature of their organization. Describe the connection between east Africa and Islam. How did Islam and the beliefs of indigenous societies fuse among African peoples? Describe the Sudanic states and how were they organized. Trace how Islam entered Africa. Describe the “common elements” in African societies. Week 9 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Stearns, Chapter 9 I. The Byzantine Empire Emperor Constantine Justinian’s Achievements Arab Pressure and the Empire’s Defenses Byzantine Society and Politics II. The Split Between Eastern and Western Christianity The Schism The Empire’s Decline III. The Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe The East Central Borderlands IV. The Emergence of Kievan Rus’ New Patterns of Trade Institutions and Culture in Kievan Rus’ Kievan Decline The End of an Era in Eastern Europe Must be able to do: How did Eastern Europe fall behind Western Europe in terms of political development? Describe the influence of the Byzantine Empire on the development of Russia. Evaluate the reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire. Compare Byzantine and Chinese political organization. Compare Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism. Compare the development of civilization in eastern and Western Europe. Evaluate the significance of the Byzantine Empire to the civilization of Europe. Week 10 A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe Stearns, Chapter 10 I. Stages of Postclassical Development The Manorial System: Obligations and Allegiances The Church: Political and Spiritual Power Charlemagne and His Successors New Economic and Urban Vigor Feudal Monarchies and Political Advances Limited Government The West’s Expansionist Impulse Religious Reform and Evolution The High Middle Ages II. Western Culture in the Postclassical Era Theology: Assimilating Faith and Reason Popular Religion Religious Themes in Art and Literature III. Changing Economic and Social Forms in the Postclassical Centuries New Strains in Rural Life Growth of Trade and Banking Limited Sphere for Women IV. The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis Signs of Strain The Postclassical West and Its Heritage Must be able to do: Identify the crises of the later middle ages. Describe the signs of economic prosperity after 1000. Identify the link of theology to classical rationalism during the middle ages. Define manorialism and feudalism. Define the postclassical period in western Europe. Week 11 The Americas on the Eve of Invasion Stearns, Chapter 11 I. Post-classic Mesoamerica, 1000–1500 CE The Toltec Heritage The Aztec Rise to Power The Aztec Social Contract Religion and the Ideology of Conquest Feeding the People: The Economy of the Empire II. Aztec Society in Transition Widening Social Gulf Overcoming Technological Constraints A Tribute Empire III. Twantinsuyu: World of the Incas The Inca Rise to Power Conquest and Religion The Techniques of Inca Imperial Rule Inca Cultural Achievements Comparing Incas and Aztecs IV. The Other Peoples of the Americas How Many People? Differing Cultural Patterns American Indian Diversity in World Context Must be able to do: Outline the social organization of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Compare American societies with European societies. Compare American societies with European societies. Define the political and economic organization of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Describe the relationship between the Aztecs and the Toltecs. Week 12 Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Stearns, Chapter 12 I. Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Eras Sui Excesses and Collapse The Emergence of the Tang and the Restoration of the Empire Rebuilding the World’s Largest and Most Pervasive Bureaucracy Institutionalizing Meritocracy: The Growing Importance of the Examination System State and Religion in the Tang and Song Eras The Anti-Buddhist Backlash II. Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song The Founding of the Song Dynasty Song Politics: Settling for Partial Restoration The Revival of Confucian Thought Roots of Decline: Attempts at Reform Reaction and Disaster: The Flight to the South III. Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of a Golden Age A New Phase of Commercial Expansion by Land and Sea Expanding Agrarian Production and Life in the Country Family and Society in the Tang and Song Era The Neo-Confucian Assertion of Male Dominance Invention, Artistic Creativity, and China’s Global Impact Scholarly Refinement and Artistic Accomplishment Must be able to do: Discuss the Chinese and Portuguese Voyages in the Fifteenth Century How might the world have been different if Zheng He and power projection continued? Describe the innovations of the Tang-Song era. Appraise the overall effect of the Tang-Song era on Chinese history. Describe the status of women during the Tang-Song era. Describe the aspects of economic prosperity during the Tang-Song era. Compare the strengths of the Song Empire with the Tang. Trace the decline of the Tang dynasty. Trace the Sui rise and fall from power. Week 13 The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam Stearns, Chapter 13 I. Japan: The Imperial Age Crisis at Nara and the Shift to Heian (Kyoto) Ultra-civilized: Court Life in the Heian Era The Decline of Imperial Power The Rise of the Provincial Warrior Elite II. The Era of Warrior Dominance The Declining Influence of China The Breakdown of Bakufu Dominance and the Age of the Warlords Toward Barbarism? Military Division and Social Change and Continuity Artistic Solace for a Troubled Age III. Korea: Between China and Japan Tang Alliances and the Conquest of Korea Sinification: The Tributary Link The Sinification of Korean Elite Culture Civilization for the Few Koryo Collapse, Dynastic Renewal IV. Between China and Southeast Asia: The Making of Vietnam Conquest and Sinification Roots of Resistance Winning Independence and Continuing Chinese Influences The Vietnamese Drive to the South Expansion and Division Must be able to do: Compare and Contrast Eastern Asian Civilizations Compare East Asian civilization with other postclassical civilizations. Compare the common elements of Chinese culture of all three of the satellite civilizations. Compare the cultural differences between Vietnamese and Chinese. Describe the nature of Japanese society and economy during the period of the daimyos. Compare the Japanese government between the Gumpei Wars and the Onin War. Trace the failure of the Taika reforms and its political result. Week 14 The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: Chinggis Khan to Timur Stearns, Chapter 14 I. The Transcontinental Empire of Chinggis Khan The Making of a Great Warrior: The Early Career of Chinggis Khan Building the Mongol War Machine Conquest: The Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan First Assault on the Islamic World: Conquest in China Long Distance Trade and Cross-Cultural Exchange: Life Under the Mongol Imperium The Death of Chinggis Khan and the Division of the Empire II. The Mongol Drive to the West Russia in Bondage Mongol Incursions and the Retreat from Europe The Mongol Assault on the Islamic Heartlands III. The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History Gender Roles and the Convergence of Mongol and Chinese Culture Mongol Tolerance and Foreign Cultural Influence Social Policies and Scholar-Gentry Resistance The Fall of the House of Yuan Aftershock: The Brief Ride of Timur Must be able to do: Trace the effects of Mongol occupation across Asia Compare East Asian civilization with other postclassical civilizations. Compare the common elements of Chinese culture of all three of the satellite civilizations. Compare the cultural differences between Vietnamese and Chinese. Describe the nature of Japanese society and economy during the period of the daimyos. Trace the failure of the Taika reforms and its political result. Week 15 The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power Stearns, Chapter 15 I. Key Changes in the Middle East Social and Cultural Change and Continuity in the Middle East A Power Vacuum in International Leadership Chinese Outreach and Reconsideration II. The Rise of the West Gradual emergence After bubonic plague destroyed feudalism Sources of Dynamism: Medieval Vitality Imitation and Commercial Problems Secular Directions in the Italian Renaissance Human Values and Renaissance Culture The Iberian Spirit of Religious Mission III. Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase The Basis for Wider Exploration Colonial Patterns IV. Outside Network Political Issues in the Americas Expansion, Migration, and Conquest in Polynesia Isolated Achievements by the Maori Adding Up the Changes and Continuities of the global balance of power Must be able to do: Summarize the transitions taking place in world history circa 1450. Outline the relative decline of civilizations outside the world network. Define the nature of early Western exploration and colonial patterns. Describe the nature of the Italian Renaissance. To what extent was it strictly an Italian experience? Describe the signs of decline in the Middle East and in China. Unit 4: 1450-1750: Global Interactions Key Concepts: • Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange • New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production • State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion Topics for Overview include: • Ming and Qing Rule in China • Bringing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres Together into One Web • Japanese Shogunates • The Trading Networks of the Indian Ocean • Effects of the Continued Spread of Belief Systems Week 16 Part 4 The Early Modern Period: The World Shrinks The World Economy Stearns, Chapter 16 I. The West’s First Outreach: Maritime Power New Technology: A Key to Power Portugal and Spain Lead the Pack Northern European Expeditions II. Toward a World Economy The Columbian Exchange of Disease and Food The West’s Commercial Outreach Imbalances in World Trade A System of International Inequality How Much World in the World Economy? The Expansionist Trend III. Colonial Expansion The Americas: Loosely Controlled Colonies British and French North America: Backwater Colonies North America and Western Civilization Africa and Asia: Coastal Trading Stations Impact on Western Europe The Impact of a New World Order Must be able to do: Describe the technological innovations the made the global domination of the West possible. Trace the early exploration of the world by the West. Define the Colombian Exchange. Evaluate the results of the creation of a world economy. Compare British and French North America with other European colonies. Week 17 The World Economy Stearns, Chapter 17 I. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce, 1450–1650 The Italian Renaissance The Renaissance Moves Northward Changes and Continuity in Technology and Family The Protestant and Catholic Reformations The End of Christian Unity in the West II. The Commercial Revolution The Impact of the World Economy Social Protest III. The Scientific Revolution: The Next Phase of Change and Continuity Did Copernicus Copy? Science: The New Authority IV. Political Change Absolute Monarchies Parliamentary Monarchies The Nation-State V. The West by 1750 Political Patterns Enlightenment Thought and Popular Culture Ongoing Change and Continuity in Commerce and Manufacturing Innovation and Instability Must be able to do: Identify the elements of absolute monarchy. Trace the development of absolute monarchs. Define the Scientific Revolution. Describe some of its major discoveries. Generalize the causes and results of the commercial revolution. Appraise whether the religious differences between Europeans resemble the arguments between different groups of believers in the other major world religions. Describe the Protestant churches that were established because of the Reformation. Define the nature of religious warfare. Compare the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance. Describe the major changes in Western Europe in this era. Week 18 The Rise of Russia Stearns, Chapter 18 Russia's Expansionist Politics under the Tsars End of Mongol rule and need for revival Patterns of Expansion Russia's Westernization (1690-1790) Tsarist Autocracy of Peter the Great What Westernization Meant Consolidation Under Catherine the Great Themes in Early Modern Russian History Serfdom: The Life of East Europe’s Masses Trade and Economic Dependence Social Unrest Must be able to do: Compare Russian and Japanese industrialization Week 19 Early Latin America Stearns, Chapter 19 Spaniards and Portuguese: From Re-conquest to Conquest Iberian Society and Tradition The Chronology of Conquest The Caribbean Crucible The Paths of Conquest The Conquerors Conquests and Morality The Destruction and Transformation of American Indian Societies Exploitation of the Indians Colonial Economies and Governments The Silver Heart of Empire Haciendas and Villages Industry and Commerce Ruling an Empire by the state and Church Brazil: The First Plantation Colony Sugar and Slavery Brazil’s Age of Gold Multiracial Societies The Society of Castas The 18th Century Reforms The Shifting Balance of Politics and Trade The Bourbon Reforms Pombal and Brazil Reforms, Reactions, and Revolts Must be able to do: What were dominant beliefs of Europeans about Native Americans? How did these impact their social interactions? Why were the Europeans able to conqueror so easily? Week 20 Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade Stearns, Chapter 20 The Atlantic Slave Trade Trend Toward Expansion Demographic Patterns Organization of the Trade African Societies, Slavery, and the Slave Trade Slaving and African Politics Asante and Dahomey East African and the Sudan White Settlers and Africans in Southern Africa The Mfecane and the Zulu Rise to Power The African Diaspora Slave Lives Africans in the Americas American Slave Societies The People and Gods in Exile Must be able to do: What impressions of slavery did the slave traders hold? Can their opinions be accepted based on the historical period in question? Have human rights always existed or have they evolved with human history? Week 21 The Muslim Empires Stearns, Chapter 21 The Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors to Empire Builders A State Geared to Warfare The Sultans and Their Court Constantinople Restored and the Flowering of Ottoman Culture The Problem of Ottoman Decline Military Reverses and the Ottoman Retreat The Shi’a Challenge of the Safavids Politics and War Under the Safavid Shahs State and Religion Elite Affluence and Artistic Splendor Society and Gender Roles: Ottoman and Safavid Comparisons The Rapid Demise of the Safavid Empire The Mughals and the Apex of Muslim Civilization in India Akbar and the Basis for a Lasting Empire Social Reform and Social Change and Continuity Mughal Splendor and Early European Contacts Artistic Achievement in the Mughal Era Court Politics and the Position of Elite and Ordinary Women The Beginnings of Imperial Decline Must be able to do: Why were Europeans impressed by the Gunpowder Empires? Why did the Russian Empire last longer than rest? What were characteristic weaknesses in the gunpowder empires? What impact did these have? How did the expansion model of the Ottoman Empire impact its long-term strength from 14001600CE? Week 22 Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change Stearns, Chapter 22 The Asian Trading World and the Coming of the Europeans Bonds of Commerce: The Asian Sea Trading Network, c. 1500 Trading Empire: The Portuguese Response to the Encounter at Calicut Portuguese Vulnerability and the rise of the Dutch and English Trading Empires Going Ashore: European Tribute System in Asia Spreading the Faith: The Missionary Enterprise in South and Southeast Asia Ming China: A Global Mission Refused Another Scholar-Gentry Revival Reform: Hongwu’s Efforts to Root Out Abuses in Court Politics A Return to Scholar-Gentry Social Dominance An Age of Growth: Agriculture, Population, Commerce, and the Arts An Age of Expansion: The Zhenghe Expeditions Chinese Retreat and the Arrival of the Europeans Ming Decline and the Chinese Predicament Fending off the West: Japan’s Reunification and the First Challenge Dealing with the European Challenge Japan’s Self-Imposed Isolation Must be able to do: What role did the Scholar-Gentry play in Ming China's attitudes toward global interaction and trade? Discuss the opium Addiction in China in the 19th Century and its impact on foreign intervention Unit 5 1750-1900: Industrialization and Global Integration Key Concepts: • Industrialization and Global Capitalism • Imperialism and Nation-State Formation • Nationalism, Revolution and Reform • Global Migration Topics for Overview include: • The Age of Revolutions: -English Revolutions, Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment, - American Revolution, French Revolution and its fallout in Europe, Haitian & -Latin American Revolutions • Global Transformations: - Demographic Changes, the End of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Industrial Revolution and Its Impact, Rise of Nationalism, Imperialism and its Impact on the World Week 23 The Emergence of Industrial Society in the West, 1750-1914 Stearns, Chapter 23 The Age of Revolution Forces of Change The American Revolution Crisis in France in 1789 The French Revolution: Radical and Authoritarian Phases A Conservative Settlement and the Revolutionary Legacy Industrialization and the Revolutions of 1848 The Consolidation of the Industrial Order, 1850-1914 Adjustments to Industrial Life Political Trends and the Rise of New Nations The Social Question and New Government Functions Cultural Transformations Advances in Scientific Knowledge New Directions in Artistic Expression Western Settler Societies Emerging Power of the United States European Settlements in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Diplomatic Tensions and World War I The New Alliance System Diplomacy and Society Must be able to do: What were the shared principles of the Atlantic Revolution? What underlying ideas of human nature were applied to government? How was the American Revolution different that the French Revolution? Were they fighting for different principles? Timeline world events from 1700CE-1900CE What impact did the revolutions of 1848 have on greater Europe? Week 24 Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order Stearns, Chapter 24 The Shift to Land Empires in Asia Prototype: The Dutch Advance on Java Pivot of World Empire: The Rise of the British Rule in India The Consolidation of British Rule Early Colonial Society in India and Java Social Reform in the Colonies Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870-1914 Unequal Combat: Colonial Wars and the Apex of European Imperialism Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change Colonial Regimes and Social Hierarchies in the Tropical Dependencies Changing Social Relations between Colonizer and Colonized Shifts in Methods of Economic Extraction Settler Colonies in South Africa and the Pacific South Africa Pacific Tragedies New Zealand Hawaii Must be able to do: What nature did individualism play in the Western middle-class? How did Confucianism affect attitudes toward business and entrepreneurship? How did the differing attitudes of the middle class in the West and Japan impact the role of government? Week 25 The Consolidation of Latin America, 1830-1920 Stearns, Chapter 25 From Colonies to Nations Causes of Political Chang and Continuity Spanish American Independence Struggles Brazilian Independence New Nations Confront Old and New Problems Cuadillos, Politics, and the Church Latin American Economies and World Markets 1820-1870 Mid-Century Stagnation Economic Resurgence and Liberal Politics Mexico: Instability and Foreign Intervention Argentina: The Port and the Nation The Brazilian Empire Societies in Search of Themselves Cultural Expression after Independence Old Patterns of Gender, Class, and Race The Great Boom: 1880-1920 Mexico and Argentina: Examples of Economic Transformation Uncle Same Goes South Must be able to do: How did the Russian emancipation compare to those of Latin America? What impact did the emancipations of the social structures of the societies they occurred in look like? How did these social changes vary from culture to culture? What impact did the Spanish-American War have on the United States becoming a global player? Week 26 Civilizations in Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Heartlands, and Qing China Stearns, Chapter 26 From Empire to Nation: Ottoman Retreat and the Birth of Turkey Reform and Survival Repression and Revolt Western Intrusions and the Crisis in the Arab Islamic Heartlands Muhammad Ali and the Failure of Westernization in Egypt Bankruptcy, European Intervention, and Strategies of Resistance Jihad: The Mahdist Revolt in the Sudan The Last Dynasty: The Rise and fall of the Qing Empire in China Economy and Society in the Early Centuries of Qing Rule Rot from Within: Bureaucratic Breakdown and Social Disintegration Barbarians at the Southern Gates: The Opium War and After A Civilization at Risk: Rebellion and Failed Reforms The Fall of the Qing: The End of a Civilization? Must be able to do: Discuss the Western dominance and the decline of civilizations Week 27 Russia and Japan: Industrialization outside the West Stearns, Chapter 27 Russia’s Reforms and Industrial Advance Economic and Social Problems: The Peasant Question The Reform Era and Early Industrialization Protest and Revolution in Russia The Revolution of 1905 Russia and Eastern Europe Japan: Transformation without Revolution The Final Decades of the Shogunate The Challenge to Isolation Industrial and Political Change and Continuity in the Meiji State Japan’s Industrial Revolution Social and Cultural Effects of Industrialization The Strain of Modernization Must be able to do: Why did Russian conservatism change between the 1860's and 1880's? How does conservative nationalism differ from liberal/radical nationalism? Unit 6 1900-present: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments Key Concepts: • Science and the Environment • Global Conflicts and Their Consequences • New Conceptualizations of Global Economy and Culture Topics for Overview include: • Crisis and Conflict in the Early 20th Century: - Anti-Imperial Movements, World War I, Russian, Chinese and Mexican Revolutions, Depression, Rise of Militaristic and Fascist Societies, World War II • Internationalization: -Decolonization, the Cold War World, International Organizations, the Post-Cold War World, Globalization Week 28 Descent into the Abyss: WWI and the Crisis of the European Global Order Stearns, Chapter 28 The Coming of the Great War Hostile Alliances and Armaments Races The Outbreak of the War A World at War The war in the East and in Italy The Home Fronts in Europe The War outside Europe Endgame: The Return of Offensive Warfare Failed Peace World War I and the Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order India: The Makings of the Nationalist Challenge to the British Raj Social Foundations of a Mass Movement The Rise of Militant Nationalism The Emergence of Gandhi and the Spread of the Nationalist Struggle Egypt and the Rise of Nationalism in the Middle East War and Nationalist Movements in the Middle East Revolt in Egypt, 1919 The Beginnings of the Liberation Struggle in Africa Must be able to do: How did the European balance of power evolve from a peace-making mechanism to the trigger of a global conflict? What impact did the Great War have on the European monarchies? Week 29 The World between the Wars: Revolutions, Depression, and Authoritarian Response Stearns, Chapter 29 The Roaring Twenties Bouncing Back? Other Industrial Centers New Authoritarianism: The Rise of Fascism The New Nations of East Central Europe A Balance Sheet Revolution: The First Waves Mexico's Upheaval Culture and Politics in Post-revolutionary Mexico Revolution in Russia: Liberalism to Communism Stabilization of Russia's Communist Regime Toward Revolution in China China's May Fourth Movement and the Rise of the Marxist Alternative The Seizure of Power by China's Guomindang Mao and the Peasant Option The Global Great Depression Causation The Debacle Responses to the Depression In Western Europe The New Deal The Authoritarian Response The Rise of Nazism The Spread of Fascism and the Spanish Civil War Economic and Political Changes and Continuity in Latin America The Great Crash and Latin American Response The Vargas Regime in Brazil Argentina: Populism, Peron, and the Military The Militarization of Japan Industrialization and Recovery Stalinism in the Soviet Union Economic Policies Toward an Industrial Society Totalitarian Rule Must be able to do: How did the Mexican and Russian revolutions compare? How did the communist approach to revolution compare to Mexican and Chinese approach? What were the different political and social goals of the three revolutions? Why was fascism opposed to socialism? How did the fascist state contrast with the liberal idea of the state? Why might elements of European fascism prove attractive in the Latin American political context after WWII? Compare the Russian and Chinese revolutions Week 30 A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order Stearns, Chapter 30 Old and New Causes of a Second World War Rehearsals: Dictators, Militarism, and the Agony of the Spanish Civil War Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific The Japanese Invasion of China The Partition of Poland and Nazi Preparations for War in the West The Conduct of a Second Global War Nazi Blitzkrieg, Stalemate, and the Long Retreat From Persecution to Genocide: Hitler's War Against the Jews Anglo-American Offensives, Encirclement, and the End of the 12-Year Reich The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific War War's End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff From Hot War to Cold War Nationalism and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia and Africa The Winning of Independence in South and Southwest Asia The Liberation of Non-settler Africa Repression and Guerrilla War: The Struggle for the Settler Colonies The Persistence of White Supremacy in South Africa Conflicting Nationalisms: Arabs, Israelis, and the Palestinian Question Must be able to do: What were Truman's motives for dropping bomb? Was dropping the bomb a "war crime"? Why did the bomb experience have such different impacts in the United States and Japan? Compare the world stage of 1945 to 1938. Week 31 Western Society and Eastern Europe in the Decades of the Cold War Stearns, Chapter 31 After World War II: A New International Setting for the West Europe and Its Colonies The Cold War The Resurgence of Western Europe The Spread of Liberal Democracy The Welfare State New Challenges to Political Stability The Diplomatic Context Economic Expansion Cold War Allies: The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand The Former Dominions The "U.S. Century"? Culture and Society in the West Social Structure The Women's Revolution Western Culture A Lively Popular Culture Eastern Europe after World War II: A Soviet Empire The Soviet Union as Superpower The New Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe Evolution of Domestic Policies Soviet Culture: Promotion New Beliefs and Institutions Economy and Society De-Stalinization Must be able to do: What previous ideas and movements help explain the nature of the international women's rights agenda? Why might upper-class Indian and African women differ about the directions of change in their societies in the twentieth century? Was the Marshall Plan's purpose nation-building or U.S. dominance? Week 32 Latin America: Revolution and Reaction into the 21st Century Stearns, Chapter 32 Latin America after World War II Mexico and the PRI Guatemala: Reform and U.S. Intervention The Cuban Revolution: Socialism in the Caribbean The Search for Reform and the Military Option Out of the Barracks: Soldiers Take Power The New Democratic Trends The United States and Latin America: Continuing Presence Societies in Search of Change and Continuity Slow Change in Women's Roles The Movement of People Cultural Reflections of Despair and Hope Must be able to do: What kinds of peoples were most open to western-inspired cultures? What kind of histories shaped Mexico? Why were many twentieth-century African and Latin American intellectuals particularly preoccupied with issues of cultural identity? Week 33 Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the Era of Independence Stearns, Chapter 33 The Challenges of Independence The Population Bomb Parasitic Cities and Endangered Ecosystems The Subordination of Women and the Nature of Feminist Struggles in the Postcolonial Era Neocolonialism, Cold War Rivalries, and Stunted Development Post-Colonial Options for Achieving Economic Growth and Social Justice Charismatic Populists and One-Party Rule Military Responses: Dictatorships and Revolutions The Indian Alternative: Development for Some of the People Delayed Revolutions: Religious Revivalism and Liberation Movements in Settler Societies Iran: Religious Revivalism and the Rejection of the West South Africa: The Apartheid State and Its Demise Must be able to do: What is a viable definition of democracy that fits global, and not just Western, conditions? Is democracy an easy system to establish in areas that lack explicit democratic precedents? Why, by the late 1980's and 1990's, was Africa friendlier to the installation of new democracies than China or the Middle East? Map the emergence of new nations in Africa post WWII Week 34 Rebirth and Revolution: Nation-Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim Stearns, Chapter 34 East Asia in the Postwar Settlements Japanese Recovery Korea: Intervention and War Emerging Stability in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore Japan, Incorporated: A Distinctive Political and Cultural Style Post-War Politics and Culture The Economic Surge: Japan Challenges the Superpowers for Economic Supremacy The Pacific Rim: More Japans? Development from the Top Down Advances in Taiwan and the City-States Common Themes and New Problems Mao's China: Vanguard of World Revolution? The Communists Come to Power Planning for Economic Growth and Social Justice The Great Leap Backward "Women Hold Up Half of the Heaves Mao's Last Campaign and the Fall of the Gang of Four Colonialism and Revolution in Vietnam Vietnamese Nationalism: Bourgeois Dead End and Communist Survival The War of Liberation Against the French The War of Liberation Against the United States After Victory: Salvaging Communism in an Era of Globalization Must be able to do: Discuss Mao's China Week 35 Power, Politics, and Conflict in World History, 1990-2010 Stearns, Chapter 35 The End of the Cold War Factors in Soviet Decline The Explosion of the 1980's and 1990's The Age of Reform Dismantling the Soviet Empire Renewed Turmoil in the 1990's The Spread of Democracy Patterns of Change and Continuity Endemic Conflicts Ethnic and Other Conflicts: A New Surge The United States as Sole Superpower The United States and Other Power Centers Anti-American Terrorism and Response Must be able to do: Discuss the symbolism in the breakdown of the Soviet Bloc Discuss terrorism and the 21st Century Map Cold War Bipolarity Week 36 Globalization and Resistance Stearns, Chapter 36 Globalization: Causes and Processes What Globalization Means The New Technology Economic Globalization: Business Organization and Investment Migration Cultural Globalization Nationalism and New Religious Currents The Global Environment Environmental Issues as Global Concerns Disease Globalization and Global Balance Toward the Future Projecting from Trends Big Changes and Continuity The Problem of the Contemporary Period Must be able to do: Does successful consumerism promote human happiness? Are protests against global consumerism likely to gain ground? How does the analysis of global consumerism relate to larger issues in world history? Discuss protests against globalization resistance and alternatives