PART I

Three Zones, Links, and Asia as the Center

Lectures/Topics

WEEK ONE

(Sep 28-30)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 1-13, 21-26

Before European Hegemony pp.41-134

9/29:  Pre-modern World System. 

9/30:  Europe

WEEK TWO

(October 3-7)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 13-21, 35-40

Before European Hegemony pp.137-211, 251-63

10/3: Europe (Continued)

10/6:  Middle East in Pre-modern World

10/7:  Pax Mongolia

WEEK THREE

(October 10-14)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 26-35, 59-66

Before European Hegemony pp. 316-73

10/10:  Crusades

10/13:  Asia (1250-1350)

10/14: China (1250-1350),

PART II

The Crisis and the Transformation of the Pre-Modern World System:

The Rise of the Capitalist Market and the Origins of the Modern State

Lectures/Topics

WEEK FOUR

(October 17-21)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 49-54, 66-77, 83-86, 148-160

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs. 3.4

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation Chs 2,3, 4, 5, 6

10/17:The end of the Pre-modern World (1350-1450)

10/20:  Ottoman Empire (1300-1650)

10/21 Why Europe, Why not China

PART III

Widening of the Capitalist World into the Americas, Africa, and Asia

Lectures/Topics

WEEK FIVE

(October 24-28)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 54-59, 87-106, 110-117, 120-148.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, Chs. 5,6,7,8

10/24: Iberians in America

10/27:  Africa and the Slave Trade

10/28 Asia (1450-1850)

WEEK SIX

(October 31-November 4)

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation,  Chs 7,8

Ecological Imperialism, Chs 1, 2, 5,7,8,9

10/31:  Discoveries Explained

11/ 3 Discoveries Explained

PART IV

The Age of Revolution

Lectures/Topics

WEEK SEVEN

(November 7- 11)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 198-223

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs 13,14, 15

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation Ch. 9

11/7: Industrial Revolution

11/10: French Revolution and Napoleon

11/11:  Holiday

PART V

Expansion

Lectures/Topics

WEEK EIGHT

(November 14-18)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp.223-230, 251-257, 263-269

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs. 16, 17, 18

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation Chs 10,11

11/14: 1848, The Age of Capital

11/17: Ottoman Empire, Nationalism, New States

11/18:  Egypt, India

WEEK NINE

(November 21-23)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp.230-237, 248-250,

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs. 21, 22, 23.,

11/21:  China, Japan

WEEK TEN

(November 28-December 2)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 280-307

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs 19, 20, 25

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation Chs 12,13

11/28: North and South America

12/1:  Towards the Age of Empire

12/2: The Age of Empire,

PART VI

Globalization and Its Discontents

Lectures/Topics

WEEK ELEVEN

(December 5-9)

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart pp. 309-355

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Chs. 1,2, 3, 4

Ecological Imperialism Chs 11, 12

12/5:  Tensions

12/8: War 

12/9: Conclusions