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General introduction and information on course requirements |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
2 |
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The rise of the Western world – Why the West? |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
3 |
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The failed bid for Habsburg hegemony: the Westphalia settlement |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The “Second Hundred Years’ War” (Britain vs. France 1688-1763) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The French Revolution and the failed bid for French hegemony |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The Concert of Europe, the Metternich System and its downfall |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
7 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The Industrial Revolution and British imperial hegemony |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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9 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The unification and rise of Germany |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
10 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
European Imperialism and the shifting balance of world forces |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
11 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
The “Eastern Question” |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
12 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
European diplomacy before World War I |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
13 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
World War I and the breakdown of the European system |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
14 |
Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
General discussion: Why and how Europe went to war in 1914? Whose fault was it? |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Reading the related subject in the coursebook |
Wrap-up discussion and final exam review |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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FINAL EXAM |
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17 |
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FINAL EXAM |
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