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Course Content

Beginnings – 600 BCE

The origin of humans and early human societies
History and prehistory
Peopling the earth
Organizing paleolithic societies
The Neolithic Revolution and the birth of agriculture
The Neolithic Revolution and early agriculture
The spread of agriculture
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley
The Hittite Empire and the Battle of Kadesh
Ancient art and artifacts
The Standard of Ur
The Rosetta Stone (Opens a modal)
Ancient India
Indus River Valley civilizations (Opens a modal)
The Vedic Period
Sanskrit connections to English
Shang China
Shang Dynasty in Ancient China
Human innovation and the environment
n Development of agriculture and writing
Collective learning (Opens a modal)
Agriculture and human population
Firestick farming in early Australia
Ancient Americas
Pre-contact Americas

600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Ancient Persia
Cyrus the Great and the Achaemenid Empire
Zoroastrianism (Opens a modal)
Ancient Persia
Classical Greece
Greco Persian Wars
Second Persian Invasion
Classical Greek Society and Culture
Philosophy: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
Prelude to the Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War
Classical Greece
Comparison: Rise of empires
Comparison: Fall of empires
The rise and fall of empires
Philip of Macedon unifies Greece
Alexander the Great takes power (Opens a modal)
Alexander the Great conquers Persia
Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period (Opens a modal)
Empire of Alexander the Great
An Overview of Ancient Rome
Roman social and political structures
Exchange between Rome, Carthage, and the Phoenicians
Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage
Rise of Rome
Rise of Julius Caesar
Caesar, Cleopatra and the Ides of March
Ides of March spark a civil war
Augustus and the Roman Empire
From Roman Republic to Roman Empire
The Roman Empire
Emperors of Pax Romana
Fall of the Roman Empire
Ara Pacis
Visualizing Imperial Rome
Ancient and Imperial China
Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties
Confucius and the Hundred Schools of Thought
Early Judaism, part 1
Early Judaism, part 2
Early Judaism
Early Christianity
The spread of Christianity
Christianity in the Roman Empire
The Council of Nicaea
Early Christianity
Mayan civilization
Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Huari and Tiwanaku civilizations
Early Americas
Empires in India
The rise of empires in India
Gupta Dynasty
Early Hinduism
The Vedic Period
Sanskrit connections to English
Hinduism: core ideas of Brahman, Atman, Samsara and Moksha.
Hindu gods overview
Hindu scripture overview
Varnas and the Caste System
Bhakti movement
Early Buddhism
Hinduism: core ideas of Brahman, Atman, Samsara and Moksha
Early Buddhism
Core spiritual ideas of Buddhism
Buddhism: context and comparison
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
Syncretism
Cultural Syncretism in Central Asia
Women and families
Comparative roles of women in Rome and Han China
Transregional trade: the Silk Road
The Silk Road
Survey of second-wave civilizations
Survey from Neo Babylonians to Persians
Ancient Greeks and Persians
Rome becomes dominant (Opens a modal)
Byzantine Empire
Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires

600 – 1450 Regional and interregional interactions

Overview of the Middle Ages
Feudal system during the Middle Ages
Serfs and manorialism
Peasant revolts
An overview of the Crusades (part 2)
European Middle Ages: feudalism and serfdom
Introduction to Islam
Beginnings of Islam: The life of Muhammad
Beginnings of Islam: The Hijra to Medina and the conversion of Mecca
Contextualization of the development of Islam
Origins of Islam
The spread of Islam
Spread of Islamic Culture
Spread of Islam
Sunni and Shia Islam part 1
Sunni and Shia Islam part 2
Sunni and Shia Islam
Golden age of Islam
Golden Age of Islam
Christianity in the Roman Empire
The Council of Nicaea
Great Schism or East-West Schism part 1
Great Schism or East-West Schism part 2
The Great Schism
Introduction to the Crusades
An overview of the Crusades (part 2)
Impact of the crusades
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The Crusades
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Why were the Mongols so effective?
Timur
Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
The Mongols
Chinese Imperial Dynasties
Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi
Prosperity in Song China (960-1279) (Opens a modal)
Song China
Classical Japan during the Heian Period
Shoguns, samurai and the Japanese Middle Ages
Medieval Japan
Aztec Empire
Inca Empire overview
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Early medieval trade
Environment and trade
Causes and effects of human migration
Human migration
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Development of financial institutions
Spanish and Portuguese Empires
Spain, Portugal, and the creation of a global economy (Opens a modal)
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

1450 – 1750 Renaissance and Reformation

Mughal rule in India
Mughal rule in India
Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
Sikhism
Sikhism introduction
Continuity-Sikhism connections to Hinduism and Islam
The Protestant Reformation
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Setting the stage
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Varieties of Protestantism
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: The Counter-Reformation
The Russian Empire
How did Russia begin?
French Revolution
French Revolution (part 1)
French Revolution (part 2)
French Revolution (part 3) – Reign of Terror
French Revolution (part 4) – The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon and the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions
Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition
Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition
Napoleon’s Peninsular Campaigns
French invasion of Russia
Napoleon forced to abdicate
Hundred days and Waterloo
France’s many revolutions and republics
Les Miserables and France’s many revolutions

1750 -1900 Enlightenment and Revolution

Haitian Revolution (Part 2)
Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution (Part 1)
Latin American independence movements
Latin American independence
Industrialization and imperialism
Opium Wars
Japanese Imperialism
Imperialism
American Revolution
The Seven Years’ War: background and combatants
The Seven Years’ War: battles and legacy
Background and introduction to the United States Declaration of Independence
Birth of the US Constitution
Beginning of World War I
Empires before World War I
German and Italian Empires in 1914
Alliances leading to World War I
Language and religion of the former Yugoslavia
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Great War begins
Other fronts of World War I
Serbian and Macedonian fronts
Serbian losses in World War I
Italy backs out of Triple Alliance
Italian front in World War I
Japan in World War I
Western and Eastern fronts of World War I
Schlieffen Plan and the First Battle of the Marne
Comparing the Eastern and Western fronts in WWI
World War I Eastern front
Battles of Verdun, Somme and the Hindenburg Line
Closing stages of World War I
Technology in World War I
Blockades and American entry
Blockades, u-boats and sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmermann Telegram
United States enters World War I

The 20th century’

World War I shapes the Middle East
Theodor Herzl and the birth of political Zionism
Sinai, Palestine and Mesopotamia campaigns
Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration
Arabia after World War I
Aftermath of World War I
Deaths in World War I
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles
More detail on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany
Arabia after World War I
Rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Initial rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler and the Nazis come to power
Night of the Long Knives
Nazi aggression and appeasement
Rise of Mussolini and Fascism
Fascism and Mussolini
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
Mussolini becomes absolute dictator (Il Duce)
Mussolini aligns with Hitler
Overview of Chinese history 1911 – 1949
Overview of Chinese history 1911-1949
Beginning of World War II
1940 – Axis gains momentum in World War Il
1941 Axis momentum accelerates in WW2
World War II in the Pacific in 1942
1942 Tide turning in World War II in Europe
1943 Axis losing in Europe
American progress in the Pacific in 1944
1944 – Allies advance further in Europe
1945 – End of World War II
Overview of World War II
Communism
Korean War overview
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Allende and Pinochet in Chile
Pattern of US Cold War interventions
The Cold War
The Holocaust
International Human Rights
Independence movements in the 20th Century
Human rights

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Course Content

Beginnings – 600 BCE

The origin of humans and early human societies

History and prehistory

Peopling the earth

Organizing paleolithic societies

The Neolithic Revolution and the birth of agriculture

The Neolithic Revolution and early agriculture

The spread of agriculture

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia and the Hebrew Bible

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley

The Hittite Empire and the Battle of Kadesh

Ancient art and artifacts

The Standard of Ur

The Rosetta Stone (Opens a modal)

Ancient India

Indus River Valley civilizations (Opens a modal)

The Vedic Period

Sanskrit connections to English

Shang China

Shang Dynasty in Ancient China

Human innovation and the environment

n Development of agriculture and writing

Collective learning (Opens a modal)

Agriculture and human population

Firestick farming in early Australia

Ancient Americas

Pre-contact Americas

600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Ancient Persia

Cyrus the Great and the Achaemenid Empire

Zoroastrianism (Opens a modal)

Ancient Persia

Classical Greece

Greco Persian Wars

Second Persian Invasion

Classical Greek Society and Culture

Philosophy: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

Prelude to the Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War

Classical Greece

Comparison: Rise of empires

Comparison: Fall of empires

The rise and fall of empires

Philip of Macedon unifies Greece

Alexander the Great takes power (Opens a modal)

Alexander the Great conquers Persia

Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period (Opens a modal)

Empire of Alexander the Great

An Overview of Ancient Rome

Roman social and political structures

Exchange between Rome, Carthage, and the Phoenicians

Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage

Rise of Rome

Rise of Julius Caesar

Caesar, Cleopatra and the Ides of March

Ides of March spark a civil war

Augustus and the Roman Empire

From Roman Republic to Roman Empire

The Roman Empire

Emperors of Pax Romana

Fall of the Roman Empire

Ara Pacis

Visualizing Imperial Rome

Ancient and Imperial China

Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties

Confucius and the Hundred Schools of Thought

Early Judaism, part 1

Early Judaism, part 2

Early Judaism

Early Christianity

The spread of Christianity

Christianity in the Roman Empire

The Council of Nicaea

Early Christianity

Mayan civilization

Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Huari and Tiwanaku civilizations