This document provides an outline for a course on global regions from c. 1200-c. 1450. It includes reading assignments from the textbook "Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 6th ed." for each class meeting covering various topics like the resurgence of empire in East Asia, the expansive realm of Islam, India and the Indian ocean basin, nomadic empires and Eurasian integration, states and societies of sub-Saharan Africa, and the increasing influence of Europe. It also provides learning objectives and assessment for each unit.

1. Global Regions, c. 1200-c. 1450
From Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 6th ed.
Chapter 13: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
Chapter 14: The Expansive Realm of Islam
Chapter 15: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom
Chapter 17: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
Chapter 18: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 19: The Increasing Influence of Europe
Chapter 20: The Americas and Oceania
Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural Interaction
Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
1 8/26 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Introduction
Introduction Syllabus
Student Profile
Basic Geography
2 8/27 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Religions of India
Lecture
Hinduism & Buddhism Chapter 13: The
Resurgence of Empire in
East Asia
3 8/28 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Chinese Philosophies
World Map Quiz
Confucianism, Daoism,
& Shinto
4 8/29 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Song Dynasty Thematic
Overview
Asian Religious
Traditions Quiz
Song China
5 8/30 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Introduction
Song Dynasty Thematic
Overview
Korea and Japan

2. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
6 9/3 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Introduction
Angkor Wat and
Borobodur Venn
diagram
East Asian
Civilizations Quiz
Southeast Asia and
Oceania
Chapter 14: The
Expansive Realm of
Islam
7 9/4 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Angkor Wat and
Borobodur Venn
diagram
Civilizations of
Southeast Asia &
Oceania Quiz
Dar al-Islam
Chapter 15: India and
the Indian Ocean Basin
8 9/9 Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Islam: Empire of Faith
video
South & East Asia Map
Quiz
Dar al-Islam
Chapter 17: Nomadic
Empires and Eurasian
Integration
9 9/10
Open House
Asia,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Mongol film clip
Dar al-Islam Quiz
Mongol Empire
Chapter 18: States and
Societies of Sub-
Saharan Africa
10 9/11 Africa,
c.1200-c. 1450
African Civilizations
slideshows
Mongol Empire Quiz
Africa
Chapter 16: The Two
Worlds of Christendom
11 9/12 Europe,
c.1200-c. 1450
African Civilizations
slideshows
African Civilizations
Quiz
Judeo-Christian
Traditions
Chapter 19: The
Increasing Influence of
Europe
12 9/13
Sr. Breakfast
Europe,
c.1200-c. 1450
African Civilizations
slideshows
Judeo-Christian
Traditions Quiz
Feudalism
13 9/16 Europe,
c.1200-c. 1450
Africa Map Quiz Chapter 20: The
Americas and Oceania

3. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
African Civilizations
slideshows
Feudal Europe Quiz
Manors & Burghers
14 9/17 The Americas,
c.1200-c. 1450
BBC Hanseatic League
Manors & Burghers
Quiz
The Americas
Chapter 21: Expanding
Horizons of Cross-
Cultural Interaction
15 9/18 Regional Trade,
c.1200-c. 1450
TED Talks
American Civilizations
Quiz
Commercial Innovations
and Regional Trade
Routes
16 9/19 Regional Trade,
c.1200-c. 1450
TED Talks
Regional Trade
17 9/20 Regional Trade,
c.1200-c. 1450
TED Talks
Mercantile City-States
18 9/23 Regional Trade,
c.1200-c. 1450
TED Talks
SW Asia Map Quiz
Travelers
19 9/24 Regional Trade,
c.1200-c. 1450
TED Talks
Cultural Diffusion
20 9/25 Global Regions,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Review
Review
21 9/26 Global Regions,
c. 1200-c. 1450
Review
Review

4. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
22 9/27 Global Regions,
c. 1200-c. 1450
TEST
Chapter 22:
Transoceanic
Encounters and Global
Connections

5. Global Interactions, c. 1450-c. 1750
From Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 6th ed.
Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
Chapter 23: The Transformation of Europe
Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americans and Oceania
Chapter 25: Africa and the Atlantic World
Chapter 26: Tradition and Change in East Asia
Chapter 27: The Islamic Empires
Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
23 10/1 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Exam analysis
Renaissance Chapter 23: The
Transformation of
Europe
24 10/2 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Exam analysis
Transoceanic Travel
25 10/3 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Medici: Godfathers of the
Renaissance Pt. 2
Portuguese and Spanish
Exploration
26 10/4 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Renaissance QR art
analysis
Renaissance Quiz
English, French, and
Dutch Exploration
27 10/7 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Renaissance QR art
analysis
Scientific Revolution
Quiz
The Columbian
Exchange
Chapter 24: New
Worlds: The Americans
and Oceania
28 10/8 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Transoceanic Travel &
Portuguese Empire
Quiz
European Maritime
Empires
29 10/10 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Spanish Conquest Quiz

6. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
Asian Isolation & Intra-
Asian Trade
30 10/11 Discovery,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Spanish Empire Quiz
American Colonies
Map Quiz
African Kingdoms & the
African Diaspora
31 10/14 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
England and Scotland
& United Kingdom of
Great Britain Quiz
Labor
Chapter 25: Africa and
the Atlantic World
32 10/15 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Dutch Republic Quiz
Mercantilism and the
Atlantic Community
33 10/16 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Bourbon France Quiz
Reformations
Chapter 26: Tradition
and Change in East Asia
34 10/17 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Ming and Qing China
Quiz
Reformations
35 10/18 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Tokugawa Japan Quiz
Sunni, Shi’a, and Sikh
36 10/21 Maritime Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
African Kingdoms and
African Diaspora Quiz
Resistance, Diversity,
and Elites
Chapter 27: The Islamic
Empires
37 10/22 Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Gunpowder & Sunni,
Shi’a, and Sikh Quiz
Gunpowder and
Manchus
38 10/23 Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Mughals Quiz
Mughals
39 10/24 Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Ottomans Quiz
Ottomans and Safavids
40 10/25
Pep Rally
Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Safavids Quiz
Gunpowder Empire
Map Quiz

7. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
Russia
41 10/28 Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
The Reformation and
European Wars of
Religion Quiz
42 10/29 Land Empires,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Russia, Prussia, and
Austria Quiz
Prussia and Austria
43 10/30 Global Interactions,
c. 1450-c. 1750
Review
44 10/31
End of Q1
Global Interactions,
c. 1450-c. 1750
TEST
Chapter 28: Revolutions
and National States in
the Atlantic World

8. Global Empires, c. 1750-c. 1900
From Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 6th ed.
Chapter 28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
Chapter 29: The Making of Industrial Society
Chapter 30: The Americas in the Age of Independence
Chapter 31: Societies at Crossroads
Chapter 32: The Building of Global Empires
Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
45 11/4 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The Enlightenment Chapter 28: Revolutions
and National States in
the Atlantic World
46 11/5 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The Enlightenment
Quiz
The English Civil War
and the American
Revolution
Continue Chapter 28
47 11/6 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The American
Revolution Quiz
The French Revolution,
the Haitian Revolution,
and Napoleonic Europe
Complete Chapter 28
48 11/7 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The French Revolution
Quiz
Latin American
Revolutions, 1830,
1848, and Nationalism
Chapter 29: The Making
of Industrial Society
49 11/8 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Latin American
Revolutions Quiz
Early Reform
Movements and
Liberalism
Continue Chapter 29
50 11/12 Revolutions,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Nationalism Quiz
Unification
Complete Chapter 29
51 11/13 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Political Ideologies
Quiz
Factors of Production
and the Factory System
Chapter 30: The
Americas in the Age of
Independence

9. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
52 11/14 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Reform Movements
Quiz
Western Ascendency,
the Second Industrial
Revolution, and the
Spread of
Industrialization
Continue Chapter 30
53 11/15 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The Factory System
Quiz
Transportation and
Communication
Complete Chapter 30
54 11/18 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The Second Industrial
Revolution Quiz
Modernization and
Global Finance
Chapter 31: Societies at
Crossroads
55 11/19 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Transportation,
Communication, and
Financial Networks
Quiz
Urbanization and Social
Class
Continue Chapter 31
56 11/20 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Social Class and Labor
Movements Quiz
Socialism
Complete Chapter 31
57 11/21 Industrialization,
c. 1750-c. 1900
The Civilizing Mission
Quiz
Later Reform
Movements and Gender
Roles
Chapter 32: The
Building of Global
Empires
58 11/22 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
New Imperialism in
Africa Quiz
The Civilizing Mission
Continue Chapter 32
59 11/25 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
New Imperialism in
Asia Quiz
Sick Man of Europe
Complete Chapter 32
60 11/26 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
American States Quiz
The Scramble for Africa
Review

10. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
61 12/2 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Migration Quiz
The Great Game, the
British Raj, and the
American Empire
Review
62 12/3 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Modernization in the
Ottoman Empire and
Late Romanov Russia
Settler Colonies and
Anti-Colonialism
Review
63 12/4 Imperialism,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Modernization in Late
Qing China and Meiji
Japan
Commercial Exports,
Economic Imperialism,
and Migration
Review
64 12/5 Global Empires,
c. 1750-c. 1900
Review Review
65 12/6 Global Empires,
c. 1750-c. 1900
TEST
Chapter 33: The Great
War: The World in
Upheaval

11. Global Challenges, c. 1900-Today
From Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past 6th ed.
Chapter 33: The Great War: The World in Upheaval
Chapter 34: An Age of Anxiety
Chapter 35: Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War
Chapter 37: The End of Empire
Chapter 38: A World Without Borders
Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
66 12/9 World War I,
c. 1900-Today
The Mexican Revolution
67 12/10
Pre-ACT
World War I,
c. 1900-Today
Western Dominance and
the Great War
68 12/11 World War I,
c. 1900-Today
Imperial Collapse Chapter 34: An Age of
Anxiety
69 12/12 World War II,
c. 1900-Today
The Great Depression,
International
Economics, and Soviet
Modernization
Chapter 35: Nationalism
and Political Identities
in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America
70 12/13 World War II,
c. 1900-Today
Fascism Chapter 36: New
Conflagrations: World
War II and the Cold War
71 12/16 World War II,
c. 1900-Today
Total War
72 12/17 World War II,
c. 1900-Today
Genocide
73 12/18 The Cold War,
c. 1900-Today
Self-Government and
Superpowers
74 12/19 The Cold War,
c. 1900-Today
Communist China Chapter 37: The End of
Empire
75 12/20 The Cold War,
c. 1900-Today
The Non-Aligned
Movement and Proxy
Wars
76 1/6 The Cold War,
c. 1900-Today
Fall of Communism

12. Day Date Unit Topic Reading Assignment
77 1/7 Decolonization,
c. 1900-Today
Colonial Independence
78 1/8 Decolonization,
c. 1900-Today
New States,
Development, and
Metropoles
79 1/9 Decolonization,
c. 1900-Today
Conflicts Chapter 38: A World
Without Borders
80 1/10 Technology,
c. 1900-Today
Global Networks,
Energy, Reproduction,
the Green Revolution,
and Modern Medicine
81 1/13 Technology,
c. 1900-Today
Climate Change
82 1/14 Globalization,
c. 1900-Today
Free Markets
83 1/15 Globalization,
c. 1900-Today
Information and
Inequality
84 1/16 Globalization,
c. 1900-Today
Global Culture and
International
Cooperation
85 1/17 Global Challenges,
c. 1900-Today
Review
86 1/21 Global Challenges,
c. 1900-Today
TEST
87 1/22 Review
88 1/23 Finals
89 1/24 Finals
90 1/27 Finals