HIS-122 Modern World History
A survey of modern world history since 1500; from the European colonization of the Americas in the 16th-17th centuries, to the 18th century Atlantic Revolutions, the 19th century Latin American Wars of Independence and the "Scramble for Africa," the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the Russian Revolution, the 20th century age of total War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and the Fall of the Soviet bloc Significant attention will be given to the frequent, and consequential, interactions between global civilizations and cultures during the "Age of Overseas Discovery," the "New Imperialism" of the Victorian era, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, the birth of the atomic age, the Cold War, the post-1945 era of decolonization, and emergence of the European Union and the Third World. This course carries SUNY General World History and Civic Engagement credit.