HI201 World History – NFBC Online

This course examines the history of man from the beginning of written records to the present day, including the cultural developments of principal countries.

Credit hours: 3

In Their Words, edited by Ray Notgrass, Charlene Notgrass, and John Notgrass

Course Content

Introduction

Course Requirements

Lessons

Lesson One – Dawn of Civilizations

Lesson Two – Various Small Civilizations

Lesson Three – Sunset of Mesopotamian Influence

Lesson Four – Chinese Civilization and the Indian Vedic Age

Midterm Project Reading Preapproval

Lesson Five – Classical Greece and Hellenization

Lesson Six – Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic

Lesson Seven – Pax Romana, Foundations of Christianity, and Germanic Tribes

Lesson Eight – Christianity, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire

Lesson Nine – Indian Middle Ages and Islam

Lesson Ten – Early Middle Ages

Lesson Eleven – Rise of European Nations and Fall of Feudalism

Lesson Twelve – Far East and African Development

Lesson Thirteen – Pre-Columbus America

Lesson Fourteen – Growing European Nationalism and the Renaissance

Lesson Fifteen – The Protestant Reformation

Lesson Sixteen – European Religious Wars and the Age of Exploration

Lesson Seventeen – Absolutism Versus Limited Monarchy

Lesson Eighteen – England Turns from Absolutism

Midterm Project

Lesson Nineteen – The Enlightenment

Lesson Twenty – Christian Influence during the Post-Reformation Period

Lesson Twenty-One – Historical Fruits of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening (Part One)

Final Project Reading Preapproval

Lesson Twenty-Two – Historical Fruits of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening (Part Two)

Lesson Twenty-Three – Rise of Modern Science and the Industrial Revolution

Lesson Twenty-Four – Evolutionary Optimism and Theological Liberalism

Lesson Twenty-Five – Rise of Democratic Nationalism

Lesson Twenty-Six – Advance of European Imperialism

Lesson Twenty-Seven – Causes and Results of Imperialism

Lesson Twenty-Eight – World War I

Lesson Twenty-Nine – Rise of Totalitarianism

Lesson Thirty – World War II

Lesson Thirty-One – Cold War

Lesson Thirty-Two – The West after World War II (Part One)

Lesson Thirty-Three – The West after World War II (Part Two)

Lesson Thirty-Four – East Asia, Post World War II

Lesson Thirty-Five – Post-Colonialism in Latin America and Africa

Lesson Thirty-Six – Post-Colonial Muslim Nations and the Middle East

Assignments

Required Reading

In Their Words 1 Quiz

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Lesson Content

World History: Required Reading