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Topics for Developing Global History Social Problems
- The need for early civilizations to create a legal system (4000 BC-500 AD)
Justice, Decision Making, Political Systems, Citizenship, Power
- The rise and fall of great empires (4000 BC-500 AD)
Human/Physical Geography, Cultural and Intellectual Life, Movement of People and Goods, Technology, Power
- The challenges that confronted the developing empires: the Gupta Empire (320-550 AD), Tang and Song Dynasty (618-1126 AD), Byzantine Empire (330-1453 AD)
Human/Physical Geography, Cultural and Intellectual Life, Interdependence, Diversity
- The political, social, and economic problems of medieval Europe (500-1400)
Economic Systems, Factors of Production, Political Systems, Belief Systems
- The rise and fall of the Mongols and of the African civilizations (1200-1650)
Human/Physical Geography, Interdependence, diversity, Urbanization, Movement of People and Goods, Conflict, Belief Systems
- The challenges to the power of the Roman Catholic Church (1400-1650)
Belief Systems, Conflict, Change, Nationalism
- The decline of feudalism and the rise of European nation states (1400-1650)
Nationalism, Nation State, Conflict, Political Systems, Power, Decision Making
- The problems related to the encounters between Europeans and Africans, the Americas, and Asians
Conflict, Economic Systems, Movement of People and Goods
- The problems resulting from absolutism (1450-1800)
Conflict, Culture and Intellectual Life, Decision Making, Power, Citizenship
- The problems for traditional authority posed by the scientific revolution (1450-1770)
Science and Technology, Change
- Problems related to industrialization and urbanization (1750-1914)
Human/Physical Geography, Change, economic Systems, Urbanization, Factors of Production, Environment, Human Rights, Conflict
- Imperialism (1750-1914)
Imperialism, Economic Systems, Factors of Production, Political Systems
- World War I and II (1900-1945)
Nationalism, Imperialism, Conflict, Diversity, Political Systems
- The 20th Century Since 1945 (1945-Present)
The Cold War
- The 20th Century Since 1945 (1945-Present)
The Role of the United Nations
(These are only a sample of the topics and themes for developing global social problems)
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