The student will be able to:

1. Explain patterns of development and change within societies and world regions, emphasizing the interactions of societies across political and geographical boundaries
2. Identify the influence of and the impact on race, gender, class, and ethnicity of developing cultures in different world regions
3. Identify the influence of geography, climate, and biology on interactions between societies in different world regions
4. Analyze human interactions between societies, including warfare, trade, cultural exchange, colonization, and migration
5. Compare political, economic, social, and cultural structures of world societies and assess similarities and differences
6. Evaluate the significance of major scientific, technological, philosophical, and theological developments on societies in different world regions
7. Analyze primary and secondary sources and construct theses and criticism using appropriate details and examples for support

1. Early hemispheric exchange
   1. East Asia
      1. Song Dynasty
      2. Technological and economic influence on Eurasia
      3. Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
      4. Expansion into Oceania
   2. Islamic world
      1. Abbasid Empire
      2. Schism within Islam
      3. Muslim impact on India, Anatolia, Africa, and Europe
      4. Scientific innovation
      5. Mongols, Turks, and rise of Ottoman Empire
2. Consolidation in Europe
   1. Spread of Christianity
   2. Schism within Christianity
   3. Russian expansion
   4. France monarchical consolidation
   5. Holy Roman Empire
   6. Serfdom, Feudalism, and Manorialism
   7. Spread of Vikings
3. Expansion of Mongol Empire
   1. Pastoral society
   2. China
   3. Persia
   4. Russia
   5. Mongol network and economic, cultural, and diplomatic exchange
4. India
   1. Social impact of Hinduism and Islam
   2. Expansion of Indian Ocean trade network
   3. Competing kingdoms
5. Africa
   1. Trade empires
      1. Ghana
      2. Mali
      3. Songhai
      4. Swahili city-states
   2. Islam and Christianity conflict with African traditional religions
6. American civilizations
   1. Toltecs
   2. Mexica (Aztecs)—growth of empire
   3. Inca—growth of empire
7. Oceania
   1. Australian nomadic societies
   2. New Guinea and New Zealand societies
   3. Micronesia and Polynesia
   4. Oceanic trade
8. Early global exploration and trade
   1. Viking settlement in North America
   2. Trans-Mediterranean trade
      1. West African and European kingdoms
      2. Crusades as economic and cultural exchange
      3. Trade between Islamic states
   3. Chinese reconnaissance in the Pacific
   4. European exploration and trading posts
      1. West Africa
      2. India
      3. Indonesia
9. The Atlantic world
   1. Exploration of the Americas
   2. Colonization by Spain
   3. African slave trade
   4. Further western European exploration and colonization
   5. Colombian exchange
10. European state system
    1. Protestant Reformation impact on European states
    2. Trade and capitalism
    3. Rise of absolute monarchies
    4. Scientific Revolution—new mode of thinking
    5. Enlightenment—new political thinking
11. American colonization—patterns of conquest
    1. New Spain and mestizaje
    2. New France and New Netherlands and trade relations
    3. English colonies and exclusion
    4. Portuguese Brazil and slavery
    5. Native consolidation and resistance
12. The Pacific world
    1. European exploration in Polynesia and Oceania
    2. Consolidation of island kingdoms
13. Political stabilization in East Asia
    1. China
       1. Ming Dynasty
       2. Qing Dynasty
    2. Unification of Japan
       1. Tokugawa Shogunate
14. Islamic empires
    1. Mughal India
    2. Ottoman decline

Not applicable.

Class discussion
Research project, including primary and secondary sources analysis
Essay exams, including a written final

Lecture
Discussion
Oral presentations
Analysis of video and internet resources

Bentley, Jerry, and Herbert Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, 7th ed.. 2021.

Pollard, Elizabeth, and Clifford Rosenberg. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World: From the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, 6th ed.. 2021.

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. History of World Societies, 12th ed.. 2021.

1. Reading of textbook and relevant primary and secondary sources
2. Writing prompts requiring historical analysis and synthesis
3. Research project requiring locating and evaluating legitimate historical sources