Survey of World History

This course explores the history of human societies including the geographic and environmental factors that have shaped civilizations and influenced human development.

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$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

Survey of World History

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2021

During Survey of World History you will explore the 5,000-year history of human societies. A focus is given to the geographic and environmental factors that have shaped civilizations and influenced human development.

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What You'll Learn

Examine industrialization, revolution, and reformation, as well as political and ideological conflicts that arose in the modern period.

Analyze the rise of multicultural empires, the spread of people, ideas, and technologies into new territories, and the escalation of global trade.

Examine the spread of European power into the rest of the world, the impact of exchange on new territories and people, as well as the impact on Europe.

Assess the various methods used to understand natural phenomena and the human impact on it, and analyze the steps taken to protect the environment.

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Course Details

CIV103

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Survey of World History

Upon completing our online Survey of World History course, you will be able to demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of how different civilizations were formed and their continued influence around the globe.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take Survey of World History.

Topic Subtopic
Concepts of History
  • Beginning of Human History
Early Civilizations
  • Mesopotamia
  • Egypt
  • India
  • China
600 BCE - 600 CE
  • Ancient Greece
  • Roman Republic & Empire
  • Persia and China
600 CE - 1500 CE
  • Europe
  • Islamic Civilization
  • East Asia
  • The Americas
1500 CE - Present
  • The Gunpowder Empires
  • Age of Revolution and Nationalism
  • Expansion and Empire to World War I
  • World War I and World War II
  • Post-War World to Present
The Early Middle Ages
  • The Western World Divided
  • The Medieval World
Islam in the Medieval World
  • The Birth of Islam
  • Muslim Empires
  • The Decline of Medieval Islam
The Restoration of Order
  • Feudalism
  • The Rise of Centralized Monarchies
  • Peasant Life
The Crusades
  • Capturing the Holy Land
  • The Later Crusades
The Late Middle Ages
  • Proclamation of Papal Supremacy
  • The Conciliar Movement
  • The Black Death
The Renaissance
  • The Italian Renaissance
  • Politics in Italy
  • The Northern Renaissance
The Reformation of the Church
  • Martin Luther and the early Protestant Reformation
  • Piety, Protest, and Politics
  • The Catholic Counter-Reformation
The New World
  • The Search for the New World
  • The New World Discovered
  • Conquest of the New World
The Age of Revolution
  • The Wars of Religion
  • Absolutism in France
  • The Power of the English Parliament
  • The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

Assignments for this course include:

  • 5 Unit Exams
  • 1 Final Graded Exam


This course does not require a textbook.


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