Course Outline for Global History 9Instructor: Mr. Martelle

Unit I Early Man, His Culture, Civilizations and Belief Systems(50,000 B.C. – 1500 A.D.)

  1. Methods of study
  1. History, Anthropology, Economics
  2. Geography (migration theories)

[Chapter 1]

  1. Hunter Gatherers
  1. Basic stone age tools
  2. Cave paintings

[Chapter 1]

  1. Neolithic Revolution
  1. Climactic changes
  2. Villages
  3. Civilization

[Chapter 1]

  1. River Valley Civilizations
  1. Mesopotamia
  2. Indus River Valley
  3. Egypt

1)Old Kingdom  New Kingdom

2)Pyramids and Advances

  1. China

1)Mandate of Heaven

2)Shang, Zhou, Qin dynasties

[Chapters 2, 4]

  1. Belief Systems

a. Animismb. Hinduism

c. Buddhismd. Chinese Philosophies (Confucianism and Daoism)

e. Judaismf. Christianity

g. Islamh. Legalism

i. Shintoismj. Jainism

[See Chart page 296]

Main Themes of the Unit

  1. Migration of people
  2. Political Systems
  3. Economic Systems
  4. Belief Systems
  5. Dynastic Cycle

End of Unit I , UNIT TEST ONE

Unit II. Movement of People and the Rise of Great Civilizations (1500 B.C. – 500 A.D.)

  1. Migration of People
  1. Indo-European
  2. Spread of Hinduism and Buddhism
  3. Phoenicians
  4. Origins of Judaism
  5. Bantu Migration

[Chapters 3, and 8]

  1. Han Dynasty
  1. Geography
  2. Rise and fall
  3. Silk Road
  4. Contributions

[Chapter 7]

  1. Mauryan, and Gupta Empires
  1. Geography
  2. Rise and fall
  3. Silk Road
  4. Contributions

[Chapter 7]

  1. Mayan Civilization 200 B.C.- 900 A.D.
  1. Geography
  2. Contributions
  3. Religion

[Chapter 16]

Major Themes

  1. Trade
  2. Cultural Diffusion
  3. Geography
  4. Conquest and War
  5. Migration
  6. Cultural and intellectual Life

End Unit II, Unit Test Two

Unit III. Greco-Roman Heritage (1000 B.C. – 400 A.D.)

  1. Ancient Greece
  1. Geography
  2. Rise of City States – Athens/Sparta
  3. Contributions to later civilizations
  4. Growth of democracy in Athens vs Spartan political system
  5. Alexander the Great and the Spread of Hellenistic culture

[Chapter 5]

  1. Roman Republic
  1. Geography
  2. Contribution to Western Law and Government

[Chapter 6]

  1. Roman Empire
  1. Rise and Fall
  2. Contributions
  3. Role of nomadic cultures
  4. Pax Romana
  5. Causes of the Decline

[Chapter 6]

Major Themes

  1. Government
  2. Law and legal codes
  3. Trade
  4. Cultural Diffusion
  5. Conquest and War
  6. Cultural and Intellectual Life

End Unit III, Unit Test Three

Unit IV. Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter (500-1200 A.D.)

  1. Tang and the Song Dynasty (618-1126)
  1. Geography
  2. Contributions
  3. Influence on Korea and Japan
  4. Cultural Life
  5. Growth of Trade

[Chapter 12]

  1. Spread of Islam and the Golden Age of Islam
  1. Geography
  2. Caliphs
  3. Islamic Law
  4. Social Class System
  5. Contributions to scholarship
  6. Islamic Spain
  7. Trade and the Spread of Islam

[Chapter 10]

  1. Byzantine Empire 330 – 1453
  1. Geography
  2. Contribution to Western Law
  3. Orthodox Christian Church
  4. Impact on Russia

[Chapter 11]

  1. The Formation of Russia
  1. Geography
  2. Trade
  3. Kiev and Moscow
  4. Orthodox Church
  5. Impact of Mongols

Important Themes

  1. Cultural and Intellectual Life
  2. Political Systems and Law
  3. Geography
  4. Cultural Diffusion
  5. Tolerance

End Unit IV, Unit Test Four

Unit V. Feudalism in Europe and Japan

  1. Medieval Europe (the Middle Ages) 500-1400 A.D.
  1. Geography
  2. Charlemagne
  3. Manorialism and Feudalism
  4. Role of the Roman Catholic Church
  5. Art and Architecture and Monastic centers of Learning
  6. Anti-Semitism

[Chapter 13]

  1. Crusades
  1. Causes
  2. Impact on Byzantium and Europe
  3. Urban II, Saladin, and Richard the Lion-Hearted
  1. Early Japanese History
  1. Geography
  2. Feudalism
  3. Early traditions
  4. Influence of China
  5. Tokugawa Shogunate
  6. Zen Buddhism

Major Themes

  1. Geography
  2. Economic Systems
  3. Political Systems

End Unit V, Test on Unit Five

Unit VI. Global Interaction (1200-1650)

  1. The Rise and Fall of the Mongols
  1. Geography
  2. Origins
  3. The Yuan Dynasty in China
  4. Extent of Empire under Ghengis Khan and Kublai Khan
  5. Impact on Central Asia
  6. Impact on Moscow
  7. Interaction with the West and Global Trade (Marco Polo)
  8. Causes of the Decline

[Chapter 12]

  1. European Trade
  1. Italian City States
  2. Trade Fairs
  3. Medieval Guilds
  4. Commercial Revolution
  5. Major Trading Centers
  6. The Spread of the Plague
  7. Ibn Battu
  8. Portuges and Spanish global trade

[Chapters 14, 19]

  1. African Trading Kingdoms
  1. Geography
  2. Aksum, Ghana, Mali and Songhai
  3. Spread of Islam and Mansa Musa
  4. Timbuktu and the Gold Salt Trade

[Chapters 8 and 15]

Major Themes

  1. Trade
  2. Cultural Diffusion
  3. Economic Systems
  4. Urbanization

End Unit VI, Test Unit Six

Unit VII. The European Renaissance

  1. The Renaissance in Europe 1300-1600
  1. Humanism
  2. Fall of Christian Influence
  3. Greco-Roman Revival
  4. Art and Architecture
  5. Literature
  6. Printing Press and Mapping

[Chapter 17]

  1. Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation
  1. Martin Luther
  2. Anti-Semitic laws and policies (Spanish Inquisition)
  3. Henry VIII and the English Reformation
  4. Calvin and other Reformers
  5. Counter Reformation (Ignatius Loyola and the Council of Trent)
  6. Religious Wars in Europe

[Chapter 17]

  1. Rise of Nation States in Europe
  1. Decline of Feudalism
  2. Centralization of Government
  3. Nationalism

Major Themes

  1. Belief Systems
  2. Cultural and Intellectual Life
  3. Science and Technology
  4. Turning Points

End Unit VII, Test Unit Seven

Unit VIII. Global Civilizations

  1. The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  1. Restoration of Chinese Rule
  2. Impact on Asia
  3. Relationship with the West
  4. Contributions
  5. Expansion of Trade (Zheng He, 1405-1433)

[Chapter 19]

  1. Ottoman Empire
  1. Geography
  2. Contributions
  3. Suleiman I
  4. Disruption in established trade routes

[Chapter 18]

  1. Spain and Portugal
  1. Geography
  2. Reconquista under Ferdinand and Isabella
  3. Expulsion of Moors and Jews
  4. Exploration and Technology
  5. Columbus
  6. Magellan

[Chapter 19]

  1. Aztec and Inca before 1500
  1. Geography
  2. Organizational structures
  3. Contributions
  4. Trade
  5. Belief Systems

[16]

  1. Encounter
  1. Columbus Exchange
  2. European competition for colonies
  3. Triangular Trade
  4. Mercantilism
  5. Encomienda System of Latin America
  6. Dutch colonization of Japan and East Asia
  7. Exchange of food and disease

[Chapters 19 and 20]

Major Themes

  1. Human Interaction
  2. Trade
  3. War and Conquest
  4. Cultural and Intellectual Life
  5. Geography
  6. Technology

End Unit VIII, Unit Eight Test