HIST 1115 - THE WEST AND THE WORLD

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
From the time of Columbus to that of William Pitt, Europe developed its knowledge and power in a way that enabled it progressively to dominate the world. Around the globe, Europeans reshaped, or destroyed, or failed to affect, the peoples whom they “discovered”. This course attempts to explain Europe’s rise to dominance, by comparing the West to the societies of Islamand of East Asia. It also explores the various kinds of cultural contact between Europeans, and Africans, Asians, and Amer-Indians, from the 15th to the 18th century.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: African Studies, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., West European Studies

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