HIST 112 - Gods, Empires, and Engines: World Civilizations Since 1500

3 Credit(s)

This course explores key currents in global history since 1500. It focuses on close reading of primary sources—from the Islamic Quran to training manuals used by Japanese samurai, from Gandhi’s autobiography to Lenin’s speeches, from diaries of Portuguese missionaries to edicts of Chinese emperors. Through journals, class discussions, and research projects, students analyze how diverse cultures— African, Chinese, European, Indian, American and Islamic—interacted with each other at different points in time; how cultural, political, and economic events in one region affected others; and how these societies shaped our modern world.