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HIS 102 This course covers the period from the end of the Wars of Religion (1648) through today. The course is divided into three segments. At the end of each, you are given an hourly exam. The final is comprehensive. This outline begins with a brief Review of HIS 101. Most of you have taken already Western Civilization I, but if you want to can also explore my HIS 101 pages. The outline continues with a review of the Early Modern Period, which is the last segment covered in HIS 101. Knowing these seven forces which shaped the modern period prepares you for the substantive material in this course, HIS 102. As stated before, this course begins in 1648 when the Modern European State System is said to have begun. The major states at that time were Spain, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Holy Roman Empire as dominated by the Austrian Habsburg family, Prussia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. These states and their successor-states, for example Prussia became Imperial Germany, dominated the history of Europe, and the world, until the end of World War II in 1945. A list of these countries and their ruling dynasties is given in the sections labeled Major European Powers and their Dynasties and Major Powers of Europe (Chronology of Rulers). You can also look at a detailed history of these countries in the WEB pages linked to this page. To give you a quick, broad overview of the course, I have provided a summary by century from the seventeenth to the twentieth. There are sub-links under each century. So explore. Finally, we get to the actual lecture
content of this course. The major
topics of this course are listed. When reading your textbooks and
listening to my lectures, it is these topics which deserve special attention.
There are some WEB pages which deal with these topics. Explore this WEB
site as you study for the course.
Early Modern Period: 1350 - 1650
Major European Powers and their Dynasties STATE DYNASTY 1 DYNASTY 2
Major Powers of Europe (Chronology of Rulers)
Brief Historical Outline By Century
Outline for Spring Semester 2007 Jan 18. 1.
Introduction
Constitutionalism in England from Queen Elizabeth to Glorious Revolution European State System from 1648 to 1789 First Wave of European Colonization 1492 to 1789 Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment to 1789 French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 Napoleon Congress of Vienna First Phase of Industrial Revolution 19th Century Ideologies Concert of Europe Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 Unification of Italy 1859 - 1861 Unification of Germany 1864 - 1871 Towards World War I, 1890 - 1914 World War I, 1914 - 1918 Interwar Period, 1919 - 1939 World War II, 1939 - 1945 Cold War, 1915 - 1991 End of European Imperialism, 1945 - 1991 Globalization and the War on Terrorism European Thought
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