History 100
Early World History
Topics to expect in this class:
Student Learning Outcomes,
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Demonstrate
an understanding of the societal practices (economic, political,
social) in regards to conquest and imperialism from the founding
of our practice of living in settled societies since 3,500 BC
(civilization) illustrating: defense strategies; retaining
control over raw materials; ideological differences;
colonialism; war-time technology and fighting styles; weaponry &
armor craftsmanship, quality, and effectiveness.
Appraise the spread of knowledge though an examination of
the effects of the printing press on world history with the
circulation of ideas, while political and cultural forces
attempted to keep societies from challenging authority
(religious, economic, and political: the Catholic Church in the
West, wealthy landed elite-warrior class, and the nobility)
Distinguish aspects of medicine, health practices, women,
and politics: from rural home environments to seats of
political power (republican, ‘barbarian’, monarchical
empires to regional feudal state governments).
Identify
and discuss aspects of exploration, ship building, and sea
travel knowledge & experiences across the globe along with
overland trade & migration across the
Americas,
Africa, and
Asia before 1700 AD.
Discuss and recall multicultural social and cultural
perceptions of lives lived from (for example) a Japanese
court maiden to a lowly Roman slave as gladiator to Native
Americans contact with Europeans and Mongol warrior horsemen
tribe’s conquests in Asia, the Middle East, and
Eastern Europe.
Examine and interpret aspects of law, justice, court
systems, crime and punishment practices as they were
transformed after the fall of the Roman Empire from the 5C
through the Middle Ages by the influences of new cultural
and legal authorities (the German ‘Barbarians’ and the
Catholic Church) while backed in the understanding classical
Greek standards, unified practices from the time of Huang-di
in China, Ancient Persia, and Egypt before and after
Alexander the Great.
Recognize and evaluate aspects of technology, architecture,
inventions, and commodities connecting Ancient China with
empires of Mediterranean region
and later Europe and Africa with the
Americas.
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Contact info:
Melinda S. Klein
(formerly Courtney)
History Instructor
Grossmont College
email address:
melinda.klein@gcccd.edu
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