A free online course that teaches you the key events and forces that have shaped the civilizations of this world. This online course offers a comparative overview of world history spanning continents and centuries. It examines the origins of major political, economic, social, and technological trends of the past 500 years while explaining their impact on world societies as well as cultures. The course material is structured chronologically, and each module focuses on a significant aspect of history for an in-depth understanding of the bygone times.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195318 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 20-30 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Assess how global trade networks shaped economic development during the 17th and 18th centuries • Identify the origins of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Europe • Indicate the social and political consequences of Reformation and Counter-Reformation movements for the people of Europe • Evaluate how the Enlightenment ideas led to political and social revolutions in Europe and the Americas • Identify the origins and impact of the Scientific as well as Industrial Revolutions • Compare how European imperialism affected Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the 19th century • Outline the origins of World War I • Discuss how the war's outcome altered economic and political balances of power worldwide • Summarize the origins of totalitarian political movements and assess how these movements led to World War II • Describe how World War II reshaped power balances, leading to the emergence of global superpowers • Assess how decolonization movements in the 1950s and 1960s altered international relationships • Recall the contemporary issues, developments, and politics of the global world |
| Course Code | 7406 |
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