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• What is World History?
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• 1 Maps, Time, and World History
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• Video Segment: Cartographical Constructs
• Video Segment: Units of Analysis
• Video Segment:Chronological Constructs
• Perspectives on the Past
• 2 History and Memory
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• Video Segment: Commemorating Columbus
• Video Segment: Changing Views of the Maya
• Video Segment: Memory and Museums
• Perspectives on the Past
• 3 Human Migrations
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• Video Segment: Out of Africa
• Video Segment: Peopling the Pacific and the Americas
• Video Segment: Linguistic Clues: Bantu Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Perspectives on the Past
• 4 Agricultural and Urban Revolutions
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• Video Segment: Early Settlements
• Video Segment: Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Complexity
• Video Segment: Cities and Their Origins
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• 5 Early Belief Systems
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• Video Segment: Shinto
• Video Segment: Early Greece and China
• Video Segment: Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism
• Perspectives on the Past
• 6 Order and Early Societies
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• Video Segment: The Evolution of the Early Chinese Empire
• Video Segment: Mayan Kingdoms
• Video Segment: Igbo-Ukwu: Archaeology and Early States
• Perspectives on the Past
• 7 The Spread of Religions
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• Video Segment: Buddhism
• Video Segment: Christianity
• Video Segment: Islam
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• 8 Early Economies
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• Video Segment: Early Economies
• Video Segment: Commercial Revolution in China
• Video Segment: Inkan Tribute Economy
• Perspectives on the Past
• 9 Connections Across Land
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• Video Segment: The Silk Roads
• Video Segment: The Gold Roads
• Video Segment: The Turquoise Roads
• Perspectives on the Past
• 10 Connections Across Water
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• Video Segment: The Indian Ocean World
• Video Segment: The Vikings
• Video Segment: The Mississippians
• Perspectives on the Past
• 11 Early Empires
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• Video Segment: The Mongol Empire
• Video Segment: The Mali Empire
• Video Segment: The Inka Empire
• Perspectives on the Past
• 12 Transmission of Traditions
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• Video Segment: Islamic Spain
• Video Segment: Confucian Korea
• Video Segment: Oral Traditions in West Africa
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• 13 Family and Household
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• Video Segment: Confucian Views of Family and Household in China
• Video Segment: The Early Islamic Family and Household
• Video Segment: The European Family and Household from Ancient Rome to Early Modern Europe
• Perspectives on the Past
• 14 Land and Labor Relationships
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• Video Segment: Slavery and Serfdom: From the Ancient World to Tsarist Russia
• Video Segment: Islamic Southeast Asia
• Video Segment: The Americas and the Globalization of Labor: Slavery and Resistance
• Perspectives on the Past
• 15 Early Global Commodities
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• Video Segment: Silver Connects the World: China
• Video Segment: Silver Connects the World: The Americas
• Video Segment: Silver Connects the World: Europe, East Asia, and West Africa
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• 16 Food, Demographics, and Culture
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• Video Segment: Food and the Columbian Exchange: The Atlantic Voyages
• Video Segment: Food and the Columbian Exchange: The Caribbean Experience
• Video Segment: Changing Diets, Population, and Trade: China
• Perspectives on the Past
• 17 Ideas Shape the World
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• Video Segment: Ben Franklin and Transatlantic Revolutions
• Video Segment: Revolutions in the Americas
• Video Segment: Islamic Revitalization Movements
• Perspectives on the Past
• 18 Rethinking the Rise of the West
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• Video Segment: The Story of the Rise of the West
• Video Segment: World Systems Critique
• Video Segment: The "Great Divergence" and Comparative World History
• Perspectives on the Past
• 19 Global Industrialization
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• Video Segment: Transforming Sugar Plantations in Cuba
• Video Segment: Liebig's Beef
• Video Segment: The Silk Industry of Japan
• Perspectives on the Past
• 20 Imperial Designs
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• Video Segment: Imperialism in Portuguese Brazil
• Video Segment: Imperialism in South Africa
• Video Segment: Imperialism in East Asia
• Perspectives on the Past
• 21 Colonial Identities
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• Video Segment: Colonial Zanzibar
• Video Segment: Colonial India
• Perspectives on the Past
• 22 Global War and Peace
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• Video Segment: The Rise of Japan as a Military and Imperial Power
• Video Segment: Post-Colonialism in the Belgian Congo
• Video Segment: International Peace Movements
• Perspectives on the Past
• 23 People Shape the World
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• Video Segment: Mao Zedong (Revolution and Resistance in China)
• Video Segment: Khomeini (Revolution and Resistance in Iran)
• Video Segment: Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Revolution and Resistance in Argentina)
• Perspectives on the Past
• 24 Globalization and Economics
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• Video Segment: Global Economy and the Death of the Nation-State: The Soviet Union
• Video Segment: Global Economy and Social Change: Sri Lanka
• Video Segment: Economy and Environmental Change: Chile
• Perspectives on the Past
• 25 Global Popular Culture
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• Video Segment: The Olympic Games: From Ancient City-State to World Athletes
• Video Segment: Reggae Music: Out of Africa
• Video Segment: Soccer and the World Cup
• Perspectives on the Past
• 26 World History and Identity
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• Video Segment: The Chinese Diaspora
• Video Segment: The Chechen Conflict
• Perspectives on the Past
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