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The Development of World Civilization: 1500 to the Present

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Engage in a comparative introduction to the major cultures of the world since 1500, focusing on social, political, intellectual and artistic developments and responses to the dynamics of modernity. Learn about the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, Africa and the Middle East; the beliefs and social organizations of India, China and Japan; European political and intellectual revolutions; the World Wars and the Cold War; anticolonialist movements; and today’s political, economic and environmental configurations across many regions.

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