HUM 213 – Modern World History
Course Content
This course aims to provide an introductory analysis of the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations that have been influential in the formation of the modern world, particularly between the 15th and 21st centuries, through the lenses of the modern state, capitalist development, underdevelopment, colonialism, modernization, and post-modern critique.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: General Overview of Pre-modern, Early Modern, and Modern Concepts: Understanding of Historical Time, Space, and Subject
Week 2: Western Voyages of Discovery
Week 3: Gunpowder Empires
Week 4: Cultural Change: Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Developments
Week 5: Political Transformation in the Early Modern Period
Week 6: Transition from Early Modern to Modern: Capitalism, Economy, and Society
Week 7: The Industrious Revolution and the Industrial Revolution
Week 8: Midterm Exam
Week 9: American, French, and 1848 Revolutions
Week 10: The Peak of Capitalism and Imperial Power (1850–1914)
Week 11: Colonizers and World War I
Week 12: The Interwar Period
Week 13: World War II and the Post-1945 World Order
Week 14: The Legacy of “Progress” and the Age of Technology
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