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** Early contact and cooperation Exploration/Trade/ European Empires Shift from mercantilism to capitalism Overseas Trade and early colonialism Gain wealth, power and engage in missionary activity Europe’s lead in creating a unified world trade network Contact/Exchange/ Muslim Empires Population Movements Economic, political and social interaction between the western and eastern hemispheres. Evaluation of the nature and results of this interaction Columbian Exchange Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Asian Migrations/Muslim Empires Urban growth/rise of capital cities Continued Cooperation and early competition Enlightenment/Age of Reason Religion vs. Scientific thought Age of Democratic Revolution Shifts in the role of government Mutual consent between the ruler and the ruled
 * World History II 2008-09 **
 * Course Outline by Chapter **
 * Semester I: Rise of the West **
 * __ Quarter 1: __
 * Movement of Goods and Peoples (1450-1750). **
 * Chapter 14: Unification of World Trade **
 * Chapter 15: Migration **
 * Movement of Ideas (1650-1914) **
 * Chapter 16: Political Revolutions **


 * __ Quarter 2: __**

Economic transformation Technological innovations Changes in the means of production New forms of economic organization Vast shifts in the relationships between the individual, family and society Idea of the nation state Political rivalry and competition Race for overseas colonies to fuel national pride and sustain industrial growth Ascendancy and dominance of the West Unequal development between the colonizer and the colonized Early resistance to colonialism
 * Chapter 17: Industrial Revolution **
 * Chapter 18: Nationalism and Imperialism **

Semester II: Decline of Western Dominance ** Challenges of industrialization, nationalism and imperialism Continued Competition and Conflict Contested Views of a new international order Causes of World War I  Militarism Course of the Great War Results of the War Depression New Nations in the postwar world Causes of World War II  Rise of Fascism and Communism Economic Crisis Shift in the balance of power from Europe to U.S. and USSR. Power Struggle between U.S. and U.S.S.R  Anti-colonial revolts and decolonization Post World War II  Decolonization
 * Semester Exam**
 * __ Quarter 3: __**
 * Exploding Technologies (1914-1945) **
 * Chapter 19: Mass Production and Destruction **
 * Chapter 20: World War II and the Cold War **
 * Chapter 21: Cold War and New Nations (1945-1989) **

Contested Worldview New nation states Cooperation resulting in global interdependence Conflict resulting from ethnic and religious strife
 * __ Quarter 4: __**
 * New Evolving Identities (1945-2003) **
 * Research Paper **

Comparative case study of newly emerging Asian nation states in the 21st century. Demise of the Cold War Religious and Political Identities Decline of the nation-state Globalization **Final Exam**
 * Chapter 22: India and China (1914-1991) **
 * Chapter 23: New Public Identities (1979-to the present) **
 * Chapter 24: Regional Identities (21st century) **

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