HI 116 - Development of Western Civilization II

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Mitchell College

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3 credits (fall and spring) HI116 begins by addressing the bearing of Chinese and Islamic civilizations upon the West's political, cultural, economic, and technological growth. It assures the extent to which the following historical movements (which owed much to this growth): dynastic centralism, the scientific revolution, the rise of a market based economy, the enlightenment, the revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the industrial revolution, nationalism, led to spectacular social upheaval in the west, and paved the way for the creation of the modern European power state. How and why did the West achieve dominion over the Americas, the East and West Indies, Asia, Africa? And to what extent did the West's global ambitions make inevitable two world wars?

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mitchell.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 701-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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