Course Outline (SSE WORLD HISTORY 2)
COURSE OUTLINE
A. Connecting Hemispheres
1. European Renaissance and Reformation
a. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
b. Humanism
c. Martin Luther and the Reformation
2. The Catholic Counterreformation
B. The Expansion of the Muslim World
1. The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
2. Cultural Blending in the Ottoman
3. The Mughal Empire in India
C. Age of Exploration
1. Europeans Explore the East
2. China Limits European Contacts
3. Japan Returns to Isolation
D. The Atlantic World
1. Spain Builds an American Empire
2. European Nations Settle in North America
3. The Atlantic Slave Trade
4. The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade
E. ABSOLUTISM TO REVOLUTION
1. Absolute Monarchs in Europe
a. Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
b. The Reign of Louis XIV
c. Central European Monarchs Clash
d. Absolute Rulers of Russia
e. Parliament Limits the Power of the English Monarch
2. Enlightenment and Revolution
a. The Scientific Revolution
b. The Enlightenment in Europe
c. The Enlightenment Spreads
d. The American Revolution
3. The French Revolution and Napoleon
a. The French Revolution Begins
b. Revolution Brings Reform and Terror
c. Napoleon Forges an Empire
d. The Collapse of Napoleon’s Empire
e. The Congress of Vienna
4. Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
a. Latin American Wins Independence
b. Europe Faces Revolutions
c. The Emergence of European Revolution
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Course Outline (SSE WORLD HISTORY 2)
F. INDUSTRIALISM AND THE RACE FOR EMPIRE
1. The Industrial Revolution
a. The Beginnings of Industrialization
b. Industrialization in Europe
c. Industrialization Spreads
d. Reforming the Industrial World
G. THE WORLD AT WAR
1. The First World War
a. Marching Towards War
b. Europe Plunges into War
c. The League of Nations
2. World War II
a. Hitler’s Lightning War
b. The Holocaust
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