UNSW Handbook Course - World History: The Big Picture

World History: The Big Picture - HIST1016


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Doumanis,Nicholas
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: ASIA1000, HIST1017, INST1000, INST1100
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Focuses on the basic features and forces which have shaped human history from the origins of civilisation to modern times. The first part of the course covers selected major civilisations (eg, Roman Empire, Han China) while the second covers transnational issues such as nomadism, trade between civilisations, disease and climate. The final part covers the origins and nature of modernity, to the 19th century.

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