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Course Unit Title: 20th Century World History Course Unit Code: HIS146 Type of Course Unit: Optional (Compulsory/Optional) Level of Course Unit: Bachelor (1st cycle) (first, second or third cycle) Year of Study: 1 Semester when the unit is delivered: Number of ECTS credits allocated: Name of lecturer(s): 1 6 TBA Learning Outcomes of the course unit: Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to: • Analyse and explain the political and economical antagonism between the European states and the imperial expansion that led to the First World War • Present the new ideologies as forces that shaped the world in the 20th centuryRussian Revolution and the creation of the first socialistic country, rise of fascism in Europe • Interpret the causes that led to the Second World War as well as ability to present the major events during this period • Analyse the ideological struggle and division of the two hostile camps of the 20th century • Analyse the Arab-Israeli conflict and explain its consequences on the contemporary political situation in the area Explain the role of the ideological struggles in the shaping of the states in different areas of the world Mode of Delivery: Face- to- face Prerequisites and corequisites: None Recommended optional None program components: Course Contents: Objective: To give students a broad historical perspective on the concepts and causal forces that shaped historical events of the 20th century, placing major political, economic and social developments in a global context. Description: The course is designed to provide students with a synopsis of major political, economic, and social developments of the 20th century in the context of a broad historical perspective. Emphasis is given to the interweaving of concepts and causal forces that shaped world history -- nationalism and revolution; totalitarianism and the crisis of democracy; the Cold War; creative confrontation, neutralism and Third World nonalignment; detente and rapprochement; and decolonization, development, and ethnic conflict. Specific topics covered in the course are as follows: Europe The First World War Peace treaties after World War I The Russian Revolution and Stalin's Russia 1914-1941 Germany 1918-1939 France 1918-1944 Spain 1923-1939 Italy 1919-1945 The Second World War The Cold War and Eastern Europe 1942-1989 Western Europe since 1945 The Far East The making of the Chinese Revolution 1914-1949 China since 1949 India and Pakistan 1914-1947 Modern Japan 1914-1989 The Second World War in Asia and the Pacific 1937-1945 The Indian Sub-continent since 1947 Indo-China and Vietnam 1945-1975 South-East Asia since 1945 Australasia Australia and New Zealand since 1914 The Middle East The Middle East since 1914 The Ataturk Revolution and fall of the Ottoman Empire Palestine: from the Balfour Declaration to 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948 Africa The making of modern Africa The development of South Africa 1912-1989 Latin America and the Caribbean The Mexican Revolution 1910-1917 The United States as regional 'gendarme' 1912-1933 Latin America 1916-1929 Latin America 1930-1939: the age of the dictators Latin America and the Caribbean 1940-1959 The Cuban Revolution 1917-1989 Latin America and the Caribbean since 1960 North America United States 1914-1945 United States since 1945 Canada since 1914 Recent developments and contemporary issues pertaining to the subject-matter of the course. Recommended or Required Reading: Robin W. Winks, R.J.Q. Adams: EUROPE- CRISIS AND CONFLICT (1890-1945) Oxford University Press Adas, Michael, Peter N. Stearns and Stuart Swartz, B.: TURBULENT PASSAGE: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY New York: Harper Kishlansky, Mark, et al.: SOCIETITES AND CULTURES IN WORLD HISTORY. VOL. C, New York: Harper Greaves, Robert L., et al.: CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WORLD VOL. C. New York: Harper Planned learning activities and teaching methods: Assessment methods and criteria: Class Instruction 42 Hours Consultation 15 Hours Examinations Assignments / Class Participation Paper Language of Instruction: English Work Placement(s): No Place of Teaching: Regular Classroom European University Cyprus, Nicosia 80% 10% 10% 100%