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Globalization is a phenomenon that seems to be occurring everywhere around us and yet seems to have no origin. Is the world really flat? Or have certain places, people and things become better connected than others? This course seeks to answer these questions by exploring when and why certain places became better connected, people became more mobile and things gained wider circulation. Since the Indus valley civilization started trading with the Mesopotamian civilization four millennia ago, the Indian Ocean has been an important space of economic and cultural exchange.

This course will examine modern Brazil from 1800 to the present, concentrating on the making of the nation given its massive geographical size and diverse population. Topics studied include Brazil's status as the world's largest slave holding society in the nineteenth century, and twentieth-century attempts to establish democracy.

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)