Course Outline Sse 110
Course Outline Sse 110
COURSE OUTLINE
A. Connecting Hemispheres
1. European Renaissance and Reformation
a. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
b. Humanism
c. Martin Luther and the Reformation
2. The Catholic Counterreformation
C. Age of Exploration
1. Europeans Explore the East
2. China Limits European Contacts
3. Japan Returns to Isolation
E. ABSOLUTISM TO REVOLUTION
1. Absolute Monarchs in Europe
a. Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
b. The Reign of Louis XIV
c. Central European Monarchs Clash
d. Absolute Rulers of Russia
e. Parliament Limits the Power of the English Monarch
2. Enlightenment and Revolution
a. The Scientific Revolution
b. The Enlightenment in Europe
c. The Enlightenment Spreads
d. The American Revolution
3. The French Revolution and Napoleon
a. The French Revolution Begins
b. Revolution Brings Reform and Terror
c. Napoleon Forges an Empire
d. The Collapse of Napoleon’s Empire
e. The Congress of Vienna
4. Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
a. Latin American Wins Independence
b. Europe Faces Revolutions
c. The Emergence of European Revolution
2. World War II
a. Hitler’s Lightning War
b. The Holocaust