Political--State-building, expansion, and conflict Political structures and forms of governance • Empires • Nations and nationalism • Revolts and revolutions • Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations • Economic--Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems Agricultural and pastoral production • Trade and commerce • Labor systems • Industrialization • Capitalism and socialism • Cultural--Development and interaction of cultures Religions • Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies • Science and technology • The arts and architecture • Technology matters related to the interaction of humans and tools/inventions Getting Started: Summer Assignment: by David This Fleeting World Christian See Appendix A for Summer Assignment. Course Schedule Unit 1 To 600 BCE: Technological and Environmental Transformations Key Concepts: Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth • Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies • Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies • Topics for Overview include: Prehistoric Societies • From Foraging to Agricultural and Pastoral Societies • Early Civilizations: Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania • Special Focus: Issues Regarding the Use of the Concept of Civilization Activities & Skill Development
Political--State-building, expansion, and conflict • Political structures and forms of governance • Empires • Nations and nationalism • Revolts and revolutions • Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations Economic--Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems • Agricultural and pastoral production • Trade and commerce • Labor systems • Industrialization • Capitalism and socialism Cultural--Development and interaction of cultures • Religions • Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies • Science and technology • The arts and architecture Technology matters related to the interaction of humans and tools/inventions Getting Started: Summer Assignment: This Fleeting World by David Christian See Appendix A for Summer Assignment. Course Schedule Unit 1 To 600 BCE: Technological and Environmental Transformations Key Concepts: • Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth • Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies • Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies Topics for Overview include: • Prehistoric Societies • From Foraging to Agricultural and Pastoral Societies • Early Civilizations: Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania Special Focus: Issues Regarding the Use of the Concept of Civilization Activities & Skill Development
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