HIST 271 World History to 1500

This course will examine the varied, complex, and rich histories of the human experience across the globe to the year 1500 CE. It will look at the history of the world both as a global unit and also in terms of the synergies between diverse cultures that have generated the transformative motors of world history. Revolving around the core theme of cross-cultural interactions we will look at the exchanges between nomadic and sedentary cultures, trade, instruments of governance, the formation and spread of worldviews, the role of the environment, and subaltern social groups.