HIST 1060 - World History to 1500

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course explores the ancient world into the early modern period in all its global diversities, including global themes and regional variations. The class stresses intellectual and social developments, which provide the foundation for the emergence of the modern world. In addition to examining the past, the course familiarizes students with the uses and limitations of historical sources, how knowledge about the past is produced, and the relevance of history to contemporary issues and questions.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Paleo/Neolithic Eras
2. Africa
3. The Near East
4. The Mediterranean Region and the Great Empires
5. Post Imperial Worlds: Eurasia and Africa
6. Europe: The Early Medieval Period
7. The Americas and Oceana
8. The Steppe Lands
9. Cross-Cultural Contact and Interaction
10. Development of World Religions and Philosophies
11. Disasters and Challenges to Civilizations
12. Exploration and Emerging Global Systems
13. Beginning of the Early Modern Era

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in World History from antiquity into the early modern era.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of World History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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