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The World Since 1492

A painting of the French Revolution featuring the burning of the royal carriages.

The French revolution: burning the royal carriages at the Chateau d'Eu, February 24, 1848. (Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZC2-2370 (color film copy slide)].)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

21H.912

As Taught In

Fall 2004

Level

Undergraduate

Course Highlights

This course also features archived syllabi from various semesters.

Course Description

This class offers a look into the last five hundred years of world history. Rather than attempt an exhaustive chronology of everything that has occurred on the globe since 1492 - an impossible task for a lifetime, let alone a single semester - we will be focusing on certain geographic areas at specific times, in order to highlight a particular historical problem or to examine the roots of processes that have had an enormous impact on the contemporary world.

Other OCW Versions

Each version of this subject reflects the methods and area specialties of different faculty members.

David Ciarlo. 21H.912 The World Since 1492, Fall 2004. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


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