Changes

Our course will place a special emphasis on aspects of World history that continue to be influential today, such as world religions and cultural conflicts; we will link what happened in ancient times to what is happening today.  We are the product of our past.  We will make use of the Bible, which is the greatest history book ever written.

Our course will place a special emphasis on aspects of World history that continue to be influential today, such as world religions and cultural conflicts; we will link what happened in ancient times to what is happening today.  We are the product of our past.  We will make use of the Bible, which is the greatest history book ever written.

American history covers only about 400 years; World history concerns over 5000 years, going back to the first evidence of recorded events.  Our class covers the material in a course on Western Civilization or European history, and we cover far more too.  We will learn about Islam and Hinduism and all the forces that continue to shape our world to this day.  One cannot fully understand the attack on 9/11, the violence in the Middle East, or the hostility between India and Pakistan without learning World history.

American history covers only about 400 years; World history concerns over 5000 years, going back to the first evidence of recorded events.  Our class covers the material in a course on Western Civilization or European history, and we cover far more too.  We will learn about Islam and Hinduism and all the forces that continue to shape our world to this day.  One cannot fully understand the attack on the United States known as "9/11" (it occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, destroying the World Trade Center), the violence in the Middle East, or the hostility between India and Pakistan without learning World history.

We will consider how mankind progressed in understanding the unseen -- such as truth and gravity and God.  In mathematics, mankind progressed from the discovery of geometry ([[Greeks]]) to the concept of "zero" (Indians) to calculus (English).  In economics, mankind progressed from wage and price controls (Romans) to the "invisible hand" of the free market (Scottish), which then unleashed tremendous prosperity.  Government progressed from rulers who claimed to be gods (Egyptians), to monarchs (Middle Ages), to constitutional republics (United States).  World history spans from pre-Christian to Christian.  What are we progressing towards now?  We will learn to use history to predict the future.

We will consider how mankind progressed in understanding the unseen -- such as truth and gravity and God.  In mathematics, mankind progressed from the discovery of geometry ([[Greeks]]) to the concept of "zero" (Indians) to calculus (English).  In economics, mankind progressed from wage and price controls (Romans) to the "invisible hand" of the free market (Scottish), which then unleashed tremendous prosperity.  Government progressed from rulers who claimed to be gods (Egyptians), to monarchs (Middle Ages), to constitutional republics (United States).  World history spans from pre-Christian to Christian.  What are we progressing towards now?  We will learn to use history to predict the future.