His 2560.02, Fall 2011, Newton Key (90706)3:30 pm–4:45 pm TR Coleman Hall 2691 Early Modern World HistoryBefore Modern Civilization, 1200-1450 (relation between nomads and civilization?)week 1. Society and Civilization; Early and Modern23 Aug. Introduction25 Aug. Kishlansky, “How to Read a Document” (on a selection from Marco Polo, handout)1week 2. Pre-Modern Civilization: India & China as an Archetype30 Aug. Brummett, ch. 101 Sept. Brook, ch. 1, “The View from Delft”week 3. East Asia and the World6 Sept. Brummett, ch. 13 (pp. 370-381, 384-391, China and Japan only) [guest lecture/project]8 Sept. Reilly, ch. 1 (Cook, Ma Huan, Maps); Brook, ch. 3, “A Dish of Fruit”Europe and the Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1700 (relation between arms andpolitics? between Church and State?)week 4. Islamic Gunpowder Empires13 Sept. Brummett, ch. 1215 Sept. Reilly, ch. 3 (de Busbecq, Chardin, The Jahangirnama); Brook, ch. 5, “School forSmoking”week 5. Europe: Renaissance & Reformation20 Sept. Brummett, ch. 14 (pp. 396-421)22 Sept. Reilly, ch. 1 (Columbus); Brook, ch. 4, “Geography Lessons”; Vermeer’s Worlds pre-assignment dueweek 6. Europe: New Monarchies27 Sept. Brummett, ch. 1529 Sept. Mid-Term Exam 1Columbian Exchange and Its Impact, 1492-1763 (How did Europe and Africa fit intoAmerindian culture? How did the New World fit into European culture?)week 7. Old World and the New World4 Oct. Brummett, ch. 166 Oct. Reilly, ch. 2 (Díaz, The Broken Spears, DeVries); Brook, ch. 2, “Vermeer’s Hat”From Wars of Religion to Wars of Trade, 1555-1763 (Did early modern wars inEurope make sense? Why did Europe expand?)week 8. War, Trade, and Empire, part 111 Oct. Brummett, ch. 17 (pp. 490-516)13 Oct. Brook, ch. 6, “Weighing Silver”week 9. War, Trade, and Empire, part 218 Oct. Brummett, ch. 17 (pp. 516-524)20 Oct. Brook, ch. 7, “Journeys”week 10. Africa and the Atlantic World25 Oct. Brummett, ch. 19 (pp. 560-571); Reilly, ch. 2 (Mbemba, Bosman); Equiano, chs. 1-227 Oct. Vermeer’s Seventeenth-Century Worldspaper dueFrom Capt. Charles Johnson, A General History of the Robberies and Murdersof the Most Notorious Pyrates (London, 1724)His 2560.02, Fall 2011, Newton Key (90706)3:30 pm–4:45 pm TR Coleman Hall 26912week 11. Scientific Revolution and Applied Science in Europe1 Nov. Brummett, ch. 18 (pp. 526-532); Reilly, ch. 5 (esp. Le Van Baumer, Montague, and deFontenelle)3 Nov. Mid-Term Exam 2 week 12. Slave Trade and the Moral Imperative8 Nov. Equiano, vol I(all)10 Nov. Equiano, vol II (esp. chs. X-XII); Equiano (selected context, esp. pp. 206-249, 277-287)Liberty and Terror at the Advent of Modernity, 1763-1799 (relation betweenrevolution and civilization?)week 13. The Enlightenment Project15 Nov. April Brummett, ch. 18 (pp. 532-541)17 Nov. Reilly, ch. 6 (Hume, Jefferson, Adams, Smith); Equiano’s Eighteenth-Century Worldspaper due [Revolution debate preparation]week 14. Age of Revolution: France, Europe, the World29 Nov. Brummett, ch. 18 (pp. 541-559)1 Dec. Reilly, ch. 6 (Adams and Adams, French Declaration, L’Ouverture); Revolution debatepreparationweek 15. Birth of the Modern6 Dec. Revolution debate8 Dec. ConclusionTexts: Timothy Brook, Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World(2008)Palmira Brummett, et. al., Civilization Past & Present, vol. B, From 500 to 1815, 11 ed. (2006)thOlaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789), ed. WernerSollorsKevin Reilly, ed., Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, II, Since 1400, 2 ed. (2004)ndEngraving of the march of the market women on Versailles, October 5, 1789His 2560.02, Fall 2011, Newton Key (90706)3:30 pm–4:45 pm TR Coleman Hall 269131.”How to Read a Document” (on The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian, written 1298), in Sources ofWorld History, ed. Mark A. Kishlansky (New York, 1995), II:xv-xxii.His 2650 begins with classical civilizations unraveling and ends with the threads of modernity; it movesfrom the global civilization of the previously nomadic Mongols in the 13 century to the export of thethFrench Revolution to the rest of Europe and the New World circa 1800. The course introduces the richsource material of the early modern world, and helps refine your skills of analysis and synthesis. It alsoprovides a broad narrative of events. You should consult periodically the enhanced version of thissyllabus <http://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/syllabi/2560.htm>. Generally, I lecture on Tuesday and we discussdocuments/readings on Thursday (bring the appropriate book to class). Any revisions to the syllabus orthis schedule will be limited, for pedagogical reasons (changes in due dates, readings, specific essayquestions, review sheets), and will be announced in class in advance and posted on the web.His 2560 is designated writing-intensive (essays may be submitted for your Electronic Writing Portfolio;please contact me beforehand and revise with my comments in mind). The two essays (15% & 20%respectively) due should be typed, double-spaced, and use clear and consistent referencing (see guide athttp://ux1.eiu.edu/~nekey/citate.htm). These essays are relatively brief, but should be focused andthoughtful. The first uses a variety of primary sources (paintings, woodcuts, print) to understandseventeenth-century Europeans’ view of specific regions/cultures in the rest of the world. The secondfocuses on Equiano’s autobiography (and related primary sources) to understand aspects of the AtlanticWorld. Participation is required (15%, based on your contribution to pre-assignments, final debate, anddiscussion). Extra credit (up to 5%) can be obtained by an optional extra essay on the final. (There maybe in-class quizzes, but I factor them into your Participation grade portion only.) In order to keep us all ontask and minimize distractions, let’s not read newspapers, study or write for another class, text, make, orreceive phone calls, email or visit non-class-related sites during class time.Generally speaking, three or fewer absences will not adversely affect your participation grade. (Because itis participation I seek, I tend not to ask for nor receive excuse “notes” from authorities.) If you are/will beabsent, please consult the online syllabus first to see what was/will be covered. Your grade as a wholemay suffer if you miss assigned reports or exams. There is, of course, no make-up for the final. Othermake-ups will be at my discretion. (Anyone