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The World: 1400-Present

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.009
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2014English
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This course surveys the increasing interaction between communities, as the barrier of distance succumbed to both curiosity and new transport technologies. It explores Western Europe and the United States’ rise to world dominance, as well as the great divergence in material, political, and technological development between Western Europe and East Asia post–1750, and its impact on the rest of the world.

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