Description
This course covers the development of the modern world (1400 C.E. – Present) through a non-Eurocentric lens. Engaging the past through different types of stories (e.g. graphic novel, biography, and an exhibition), World Civ II discusses shifting dynamics between old empires (e.g. Indian and China) and new Western nations (e.g. Britain), the Industrial Revolution, slavery, colonialism, technological innovations, demographic changes, and the transition into the Anthropocene (i.e. the era when humans impact the climate). Students will identify the contingencies (i.e. the dependent nature) of past developments, thus emphasizing their power to shape the future.