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Unit 1 - Renaissance and Exploration11 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 1.1 Contextualizing Renaissance and DiscoveryMaterials
- Topic 1.2 Italian RenaissanceMaterials
- Topic 1.3 Northern RenaissanceMaterials
- Topic 1.4 PrintingMaterials
- Topic 1.5 New MonarchiesMaterials
- Topic 1.6 Technological Advances and the Age of ExplorationMaterials
- Topic 1.7 Rivals on the World StageMaterials
- Topic 1.8 Colonial Expansion and Columbian ExchangeMaterials
- Topic 1.9 The Slave TradeMaterials
- Topic 1.10 The Commercial RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 1.11 Causation in the Renaissance and Age of DiscoveryMaterials
Unit 2 - Age of Reformation8 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 2.1 Contextualizing 16th- and 17th-Century Challenges and DevelopmentsMaterials
- Topic 2.2 Luther and the Protestant ReformationMaterials
- Topic 2.3 Protestant Reform ContinuesMaterials
- Topic 2.4 Wars of ReligionMaterials
- Topic 2.5 The Catholic ReformationMaterials
- Topic 2.6 16th-Century Society and PoliticsMaterials
- Topic 2.7 Art of the 16th Century: Mannerism and Baroque ArtMaterials
- Topic 2.8 Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of ReligionMaterials
Unit 3 - Absolutism and Constitutionalism8 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 3.1 Contextualizing State BuildingMaterials
- Topic 3.2 The English Civil War and the Glorious RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 3.3 Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and DevelopmentMaterials
- Topic 3.4 Economic Development and MercantilismMaterials
- Topic 3.5 The Dutch Golden AgeMaterials
- Topic 3.6 Balance of PowerMaterials
- Topic 3.7 Absolutist Approaches to PowerMaterials
- Topic 3.8 Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and ConstitutionalismMaterials
Unit 4 - Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments7 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 4.1 Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the EnlightenmentMaterials
- Topic 4.2 The Scientific RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 4.3 The EnlightenmentMaterials
- Topic 4.4 18th-Century Society and DemographicsMaterials
- Topic 4.5 18th-Century Culture and ArtsMaterials
- Topic 4.6 Enlightened and Other Approaches to PowerMaterials
- Topic 4.7 Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution and the EnlightenmentMaterials
Unit 5 - Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century9 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 5.1 Contextualizing 18th-Century StatesMaterials
- Topic 5.2 The Rise of Global MarketsMaterials
- Topic 5.3 Britain's AscendencyMaterials
- Topic 5.4 The French RevolutionMaterials
- Topic 5.5 The French Revolution's EffectsMaterials
- Topic 5.6 Napoleon's Rise, Dominance, and DefeatMaterials
- Topic 5.7 The Congress of ViennaMaterials
- Topic 5.8 RomanticismMaterials
- Topic 5.9 Continuity and Change in 18th-Century StatesMaterials
Unit 6 - Industrialization and Its Effects10 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 6.1 Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and EffectsMaterials
- Topic 6.2 The Spread of Industry Throughout EuropeMaterials
- Topic 6.3 Second Wave Industrialization and Its EffectsMaterials
- Topic 6.4 Social Effects of IndustrializationMaterials
- Topic 6.5 The Concert of Europe and European ConservatismMaterials
- Topic 6.6 Reactions and RevolutionsMaterials
- Topic 6.7 Ideologies of Change and Reform MovementsMaterials
- Topic 6.8 19th-Century Social ReformMaterials
- Topic 6.9 Institutional Responses and ReformMaterials
- Topic 6.10 Causation in the Age of IndustrializationMaterials
Unit 7 - 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments9 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 7.1 Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political DevelopmentsMaterials
- Topic 7.2 NationalismMaterials
- Topic 7.3 National Unification and Diplomatic TensionsMaterials
- Topic 7.4 Darwinism, Social DarwinismMaterials
- Topic 7.5 The Age of Progress and ModernityMaterials
- Topic 7.6 New Imperialism: Motivations and MethodsMaterials
- Topic 7.7 Imperialism's Global EffectsMaterials
- Topic 7.8 19th-Century Culture and ArtsMaterials
- Topic 7.9 Causation in 19th-Century Perspectives and Political DevelopmentsMaterials
Unit 8 - 20th-Century Global Conflicts11 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 8.1 Contextualizing 20th-Century Global ConflictsMaterials
- Topic 8.2 World War IMaterials
- Topic 8.3 The Russian Revolution and Its EffectsMaterials
- Topic 8.4 Versailles Conference and Peace SettlementMaterials
- Topic 8.5 Global Economic CrisisMaterials
- Topic 8.6 Fascism and TotalitarianismMaterials
- Topic 8.7 Europe During the Interwar PeriodMaterials
- Topic 8.8 World War IIMaterials
- Topic 8.9 The HolocaustMaterials
- Topic 8.10 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic DevelopmentsMaterials
- Topic 8.11 Continuity and Changes in an Age of Global ConflictMaterials
Unit 9 - Cold War and Contemporary Europe15 topics
Open this unit →- Topic 9.1 Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary EuropeMaterials
- Topic 9.2 Rebuilding EuropeMaterials
- Topic 9.3 The Cold WarMaterials
- Topic 9.4 Two Super Powers EmergeMaterials
- Topic 9.5 Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and AtrocitiesMaterials
- Topic 9.6 Contemporary Western DemocraciesMaterials
- Topic 9.7 The Fall of CommunismMaterials
- Topic 9.8 20th-Century FeminismMaterials
- Topic 9.9 DecolonizationMaterials
- Topic 9.10 The European UnionMaterials
- Topic 9.11 Migration and ImmigrationMaterials
- Topic 9.12 TechnologyMaterials
- Topic 9.13 GlobalizationMaterials
- Topic 9.14 20th- and 21st-Century Culture, Arts, and Demographic TrendsMaterials
- Topic 9.15 Continuity and Change in the 20th and 21st CenturiesMaterials