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COURSE OUTLINE |
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1.0 |
The Transformation of Western Civilization: 1650-1789 |
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1.1 |
Economic and Geographic expansion of Europe |
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1.2 |
Wars of Religion |
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1.3 |
Triumph of the European Nation States |
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1.4 |
The Age of Absolutism |
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1.5 |
Early Modern Thought and Science |
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1.6 |
The Enlightenment |
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2.0 |
Political and Industrial Revolution |
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2.1 |
The French Revolution and Napoleon |
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2.2 |
The Industrial Revolution |
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2.3 |
Nationalism and Empire Building |
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2.4 |
Cultural, Political and Scientific Change |
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3.0 |
The Culture of Western Civilization, 1815 – 1871 |
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3.1 |
The Age of Romanticism |
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3.2 |
The Impact of Liberalism, Socialism, and Industrialism |
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3.3 |
Science and Society |
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3.4 |
Democracy and Autocracy |
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4.0 |
The Supremacy of Western Civilization, 1871 – 1914 |
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4.1 |
Nationalism and Imperialism |
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4.2 |
The Impact of a World Economy |
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5.0 |
The Crisis of Western Civilization, 1914 – 1945 |
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5.1 |
The Great War |
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5.2 |
The Russian Revolution |
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5.3 |
Reconstruction and Depression |
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5.4 |
International Relations Between World Wars |
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5.5 |
The Struggle for World Power |
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5.6 |
World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance |
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6.0 |
The Contemporary Era |
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6.1 |
East-West Tensions and Conflict |
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6.2 |
Third World Impact Upon Western Civilization |
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6.3 |
A Global Economy |