This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Study Materials

Final Exam Study Guide

Final Exam Study Guide. (PDF)

Handouts

Characteristics of Long Distance Trade Before 1500. (PDF)

Arab Civilization. (PDF)

America's Role in the Iran-Iraq War: From the Iran-Contra Affair to Iraqgate. (PDF)

Protestant Reformation and European Rivalries. (PDF)

Quotations from William Cronin's Changes in the Land: English Colonists and Americans in New England. (PDF)

United Kingdom. (PDF)

Imperialism in Africa: Case of South Africa. (PDF)

Jamaica. (PDF)

"Transatlantic Slave Trade": Summary of Hugh Thomas, "The Transatlantic Slave Trade," in The Atlantic World in the Age of Empire. Edited by Thomas Benjamin, Timothy D. Hall, and David E. Rutherford. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001, pp. 145-152. (PDF)

France 1500-1789. (PDF)

Labor, Violence, and Democratization in England. (PDF)

China 1500-1911: China in the Late Ming Period. (PDF)

Ch'ien Lung's Reply to George III of 1793. (PDF)

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Through Maps. (PDF)

Russia & Backwardness. (PDF)

The Great F&*%-Up. (PDF)

Post-War (WWI) Conditions. (PDF)

World War II. (PDF)

Japan. (PDF)

Russia 1500-1800. (PDF)

Cold War/Decolonization Timeline of Events. (PDF)

The World Since 1492: The Iberian Conquest of Mexico. (PDF)

Maps and Their Significance by Lecture. (PDF)