World History Class

One - Foundations

1. Perspectives on History
1. no point
2. First advent culmination
3. Progress toward Kingdom
2. Beginning of the Universe and the Genesis Account – Creationism, Evolutionism and Progressive Creationism
1. The two books

(1)  Bible

(2)  Nature

b.    The proper attitude – humility before both and an attempt to reconcile them.

c.    The relativism of time – time is relative to the observer

3.    Creation “Days”

a.    Day One (Genesis 1:1-5)

(1)  Tohu and Bohu – black hole

(2)  Spirit “vibrating” – quantum fluctuation

(3)  God said – sonic wave

b.    Day Two (Genesis 1:6-8)

(1)  “light” – energy spike

(2)  “waters” - plasma

(3)  “separation” – cool down and accretion of matter

c.    Day Three – (Genesis 1:9-13)

(1)  Waters gathered – Pooling of liquid water (vv. 9-10)

(2)  Grass – vegetative life forms (vv. 11-13)

d.    Day Four – (Genesis 1:14-19)

(1)  Lights appear – atmosphere becomes translucent

e.    Day Five – (Genesis 1:20-23)

(1)  Waters swarm…skies filled – Oceanic life preceded that of birds

f.     Day Six – (Genesis 1:24-27)

(1)  Earth animals – land life followed ocean and birds (vv. 24-25)

(2)  Make man – Human life arrived last (vv. 26-27)

4.    History and Civil Government – US is not unique and representing a pinnacle but merely one of many possibilities.

a.    Theologically unsound – early man not primitive

b.    Historically unprovable – Early Sumer, Sparta, Greece

c.    Not yet demonstrable – too young to tell yet

5.    The beginning of Languages, Nations and Races – Babel demonstrated Biblically and paleontologically.

Unit 1 Asia and Africa

Two – Sumer: The First Postdiluvian Civilization

1.    The cradle of civilization

a.    The Fertile Crescent

b.    The Two Rivers

c.    The Land between the rivers – Mesopotamia

d.    First postdiluvian civilization

2.    Sumer: Center of antiquity

a.    History of Sumer

                                          i.    Earliest settlements

1.    Eridu

2.    Uruk

3.    Ur

                                        ii.    Development of agricultural techniques

                                       iii.    Development of writing – cuneiform

                                       iv.    Sumerian chronology

1.    Early Dynastic Age – founded by Sargon

2.    Old Akkadian Period

3.    Third Dynasty or “Golden Age – founded by Ur Nammu

b.    Sumerian culture and civilization

                                          i.    Definition of culture

                                        ii.    Definition of civilization

                                       iii.    Development of formal education

                                       iv.    Skill in craftsmanship

                                        v.    Architecture

                                       vi.    Mathematics and science

                                      vii.    Trade and cultural diffusion

                                    viii.    Sumerian government – primitive democracy at first then monarchial

                                       ix.    Sumerian society – four classes

1.    Nobles

2.    Commoners

3.    Clients

4.    Slaves

                                        x.    Sumerian religion – monotheistic at first then polytheistic (naturalist and humanist)

Three – The Middle East: Past and Present

1. A Succession of Empires
1. Old Babylonian Empire

                                          i.    Location and Name

                                        ii.    History

                                       iii.    Culture

                                       iv.    Law and Government

1. Hittite Empire
2. Assyrian Empire
3. New Babylonian Empire
4. Persian Empire
1. Israel – the Land of Promise
1. The Holy Land
2. History of Israel

                                          i.    From Sumer to Canaan to Egypt

                                        ii.    From Egypt to Canaan

1. Two Great Monarchs

                                          i.    The reign of David

                                        ii.    The empire of Solomon

1. Later Events
1. Update on the Middle East
1. Medieval Times: Byzantine Empire and Islam
2. Modern Times

Four – Other Asian Cultures

Introduction: Asia – the largest continent

1.    The Subcontinent of India

a.    Triangular peninsula

b.    Early Civilization

                                        i.      The Indus valley civilization

                                       ii.      Aryans and Dravidians

1. Hinduism and the Caste System

                                          i.    The Hindu religion

                                        ii.    The caste system

1.    varnas

a.    Brahmans

b.    Princes and Warriors

c.    Landowners and Merchants

d.    Farmers, Laborers and servants

2.    Outcaste, pariah, untouchable

1. Times of Change

                                          i.    The Maurya Empire (Asoka)

                                        ii.    The Spread of Buddhism

1.    Siddhartha Gautama aka Buddha

2.    Middle Way

3.    Noble Eightfold Path

4.    Nirvana

                                       iii.    Gupta and Mogul rule

1.    Guptas – India’s “golden age”

2.    Islam

3.    Babar and the Mogul Empire

4.    Taj Mahal

5.    West and East Pakistan

6.    Bangladesh

7.    British Rule

a.    British East India Company

b.    Battle of Plassey

c.    Sepoy Rebellion

d.    William Carey – Father of modern missions; suttee

e.    Others: Henry Martyn, Alexander Duff, Amy Carmichael

f.     Adoniram Judson – Father of American missions

                                       iv.    20th Century

1.    Mahatma Gandhi

2.    Jawaharlal Nehru

3.    1947 Independence

4.    Indira Gandhi - assassinated

5.    Rajiv Gandhi – removed for corruption; assassinated when tried again

1. Contributions to Civilization

                                          i.    Math –

1.    zero,

2.    place value,

3.    decimal numeral system,

4.    “Arabic” numerals

                                        ii.    Science and technology

1.    cloth dying

2.    leather tanning

3.    soap manufacturing

4.    glass

5.    refined iron ore – Damascene steel

                                       iii.    Cotton

                                       iv.    Calico

                                        v.    Spices – especially pepper

1. China – an Asian Giant
1. The world’s oldest living civilization
2. The history of China

                                          i.    Hwang Ho civilization

                                        ii.    Ancient dynasties

1.    Shang dynasty (1525-1028 BC)

2.    Chou dynasty (1112-256 BC)

a.    Lao-tse and Taoism

b.    Confucius and Confucianism

3.    Ch’in dynasty – Shih Huang Ti (first emperor of a united China; Great Wall of China

4.    Han dynasty – Great Silk Road

iii. Middle Ages

1.    Genghis Khan

2.    Yuan dynasty

3.    Marco Polo

4.    Kublai Khan

iv. Modern History

1.    Ming dynasty

2.    Manchu Ch’ing dynasty

3.    Hong Kong

4.    William Burns

5.    J. Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission

6.    Boxer Rebellion

                                       vi.    20th Century

1.    Dr. Sun Tat-sen overthrew the Manchus

2.    Republic of China

3.    Chiang Kai-shek

4.    Mao-Tse-tung

5.    Formosa (Taiwan)

6.    China split in two

a.    Communist People’s Republic of China

b.    Free Republic of China

c.    Tiananmen Square (spring of 1989)

d.    Taiwan

1. Japan – Land of the Rising Sun
1. A nation of islands
2. Early history

                                          i.    Ainu

                                        ii.    Clans

                                       iii.    Yamato clan – 400 AD

                                       iv.    Prince Shotoku – founder of Japanese civilization

                                        v.    Taika Period – (Great Reform)

1. Medieval Japan

                                          i.    Mikado (emperor) began losing power

                                        ii.    Shoguns

                                       iii.    Daimios

                                       iv.    Samurais

                                        v.    1500s arrival of and rejection of Europeans

1. The opening of Japan to trade and missions

                                          i.    Commodore Matthew Perry

                                        ii.    Townsend Harris – the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (the Townsend Harris Treaty)

                                       iii.    Jonathan Goble – Marine; learned Japanese; first Baptist missionary; invented rickshaw for crippled wife

1. Modern Japan

                                          i.    Meiji (enlightened rule)

                                        ii.    Rise as an industrial power

                                       iii.    Chinese war (1894-1895)

                                       iv.    Russian war (1904-1905)

                                        v.    With Allies in WWI (1914-1918)

                                       vi.    Against the Allies in WWII (1939-1945)

                                      vii.    Pearl Harbor

                                    viii.    Island war

                                       ix.    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

                                        x.    VJ Day September 2, 1945

                                       xi.    General Douglas MacArthur military governor

                                      xii.    Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989)

                                    xiii.    Emperor Akihito (1989 - )

1. Korea – A Divided Nation
1. The Korean peninsula
2. The history of Korea

                                          i.    Chinese migrants 108 BC under Chinese Han dynasty

                                        ii.    Korean warlords in control by 313 AD

                                       iii.    Conquered by the Mongol Kublai Khan in 1259

                                       iv.    200 years of independence

                                        v.    Conquered by the Chinese Manchu Dynasty

                                       vi.    Conquered by the Japanese

                                      vii.    After WWII Russians occupied the north with their puppet Kim Il Sung

                                    viii.    Under American protection the south was free with president Syngman Rhee

1. The Korean War

                                          i.    June 1950 Russian equipped, Soviet trained north attacked

                                        ii.    General Douglas MacArthur won the entire peninsula back

                                       iii.    November 1950 Chinese brought 300,000 troops to the party

                                       iv.    Truman fired MacArthur for his “outspoken comments”

                                        v.    July 27, 1953 truce signed

1. Southeast Asia
1. The Philippines
2. Indonesia
3. Malaysia and Singapore
4. Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
5. Myanmar and Thailand
6. Summary

Five – Egypt: The Gift of the Nile

1. The Seedbed of African Cultures
1. The Land of Ham
2. Magnificent Empire
3. The Nile River
2. Cultural Life of Ancient Egypt
1. Language and Literature
2. The Egyptian City
3. Government
4. Education
5. Religion
3. Egypt through the Ages
1. Ancient History

                                          i.    The Old Kingdom

                                        ii.    The Middle Kingdom

                                       iii.    The New Kingdom

                                       iv.    Foreign Domination

1. Modern History

Six Other African Cultures

1. The Dark Continent
1. The African Landscape
2. Great Rift Valley
2. Highlights of African History
1. Migration from Asia
2. The Land of Phut

                                          i.    The fertile Sahara

                                        ii.    Skilled artisans and craftsmen

1. The Land of Cush

                                          i.    A high culture

                                        ii.    Some famous Cushites

1. The Mountains of Ethiopia

                                          i.    Subaea

                                        ii.    The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

1. Early Christianity in North Africa

                                          i.    A center of Christianity

                                        ii.    Muslim Conquest and control

1. Important Centers of Trade

                                          i.    East coast trading cities

                                        ii.    The Ghana Empire

                                       iii.    The Mali Empire

                                       iv.    The Songhai Empire

                                        v.    Southern Kingdoms

                                       vi.    Tribal life

1. The Age of Exploration and Missions
1. The White Man’s Grave
2. Scottish Explorers and Missionaries

                                          i.    Early explorers

                                        ii.    Robert Moffat, missionary pioneer

                                       iii.    David Livingstone, missionary explorer

1. The Power of the Gospel in Africa

                                          i.    Missionary contributions

                                        ii.    Black missionaries

1. Africa in Modern Times
1. Toward Independence

                                          i.    European rule

                                        ii.    Desire for self-government

                                       iii.    Civil war and bloodshed

                                       iv.    From empire to slavery

                                        v.    Communist subversion in southern Africa

1. Modern Africa’s needs

                                          i.    The saving gospel

                                        ii.    Food, shelter, and education

                                       iii.    Stable civil governments

                                       iv.    Summary

Unit 2 Europe

Seven – Greece: Home of Beauty

1. The Rise of Ancient Greece
2. The Politics of Ancient Greece
3. A New World Empire
4. Greek Culture

Eight – Rome: Preparation of the World for Christ

1. The Foundations of Rome
2. From Republic to Empire
3. The Roman Empire
4. The Legacy of Rome

Nine – Early Church History

1. The Apostolic Church (AD 30-96)
2. The Persecuted Church (AD 98-313)
3. The Imperial Church (AD 313-476)

Ten – The Byzantine Empire

1.    Byzantium – the Eastern Roman Empire

2.    Byzantine Contributions to Civilization

Unit 3  The Middle Ages

Eleven – The Dark Ages

1. Medieval Christianity
2. A New Empire in the West
3. The Holy Roman Empire
4. Decline of the Medieval Church

Twelve – Medieval Culture

1. Feudalism: A New Way of Life
2. The Crusades
3. Pre-Reformation Europe
4. The Italian Renaissance
5. The Invention of the Printing Press

*People in History: Saladin and Coeur de Lion; Roger Bacon – Early Scientist; Savonarola of Florence

Thirteen – The Rise of Modern Nations

1. England through the Norman Conquest
2. England from the Plantagnets to the Tudors
3. France
4. Spain and Portugal
5. New Horizons: Early Exploration Efforts

Unit 4 The Reformation Era

Fourteen – The Protestant Reformation

1. The Northern Renaissance
2. The Protestant Reformation
3. Further Reform – More Reformers

Fifteen – Post-Reformation Europe

1. Germany and Rome Respond to the Reformation
2. Spain and Portugal after the Reformation
3. Reformation in the Netherlands
4. The English and Scottish Reformations
5. The Reformation in France
6. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)

Sixteen – Post-Reformation Science and Culture

1. The Rise of Modern Science
2. New Achievements in Music and Art

Unit 5 The Age of Ideas

Seventeen – France: the Road to Revolution

1. France under Louis XIV
2. The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
3. The Tyranny of Napoleoon

Eighteen – England and America: Quest for Freedom

1. England’s Struggle for Freedom
2. An Era of Revival
3. The Birth of the United States

Nineteen – The Age of Industry

1. Improvements in Agriculture
2. The Industrial Revolution
3. America in the Age of Industry

Twenty – The Victorian Era: England’s Age of Progress

1. England in the 19th Century
2. 2. The Growth of the British Empire
3. The Beginning of Britain’s Decline

Twenty-One – Unbelief and Revolution in 19th Century Europe

1. The Power of Ideas
2. Europe Tries Political Solutions to Spiritual Problems
3. The Spread of Revolutionary Nationalism

Unit 6 The Twentieth Century

Twenty-Two – World War I: “The War to End All Wars”

1. A New Century
2. The Course of the War
3. The Peace that Failed

Twenty-Three – The Rise of Communism

1. The Importance of Understanding Communism
2. Marxism: The Root of Communism
3. Russia: The First Communist Nation

Twenty-Four – 20th Century Liberalism: Retreat from Authority and Responsibility

1. The Roots of Modern Liberalism
2. Religious Liberalism vs. the Christian Witness
3. Liberalism and Conservatism in the Arts
4. The Twenties and the Great Depression

Twenty-Five – World War II

1. The Coming of War
2. The European Theater, 1939-1941
3. The United States: From Neutrality to War
4. The European Theater, 1942-1945
5. The Pacific Theater, 1941-1945
6. The Aftermath of War

Twenty-Six – The Cold War Era: Years of Conflict

1. The United Nations
2. The Cold War Begins
3. Communism in China
4. The Koreans war (1950-1953)
5. Conflicts in Latin America
6. The Middle East and Africa
7. The Vietnam War (1957-1975)
8. Disarmament and Détente
9. The Rise of Conservatism in the West

Twenty-Seven – The Rise of Globalism

1. The Persian Gulf War (1991)
2. The European Union
3. Eastern Europe and Russia
4. Africa
5. The Americas
6. Asia and the Middle East
7. A New World Order