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HIST254: World Contacts and Interactions From 1450 |
This explores the consequences of the opening of the Atlantic passage on the subsequent course of world history. Known to European historiography as the 'age of discovery', the era from the end of the fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century has often only been considered from the Western perspective. Alternatively, we will look at the social, cultural, economic and ecological impact of this new global connectedness from the view of indigenous peoples, Africans and Asians, as well as from the view of Europeans. By shifting our perspective to a 'bird's eye view' and by placing the Americas in a broader world context, we chart the extent of the cross-cultural contacts and interactions from 1450 through mass migration, imperial conquest, indigenous dispossession and the transfer of diseases and biological species.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: No session) |
| Staff Contact: |
Dr Adrian Carton |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp
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| NCCWs: | HIST299, HIST369
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Modern History |
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