A textbook that covers major events from the beginning of time until 1900. The text is divided first by time period and then by region and country within the period. Learn about the following topics in this world history textbook:Ice Age, Neanderthals, Mesolithic Age, Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age,  Ancient Egypt, Greek Empire, Roman Empire, Nomads, Han Dynasty, Mayan Empire, Byzantine Empire, Dark Ages, Barbarians, Turkish Empire, Viking Empire, Vikings, Charlemagne, Classical Period, Middle Ages, Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, Black Death, Plague, Colonization, America, Pilgrims, Ottoman Empire, American Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Reconstruction, Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Elizabethan Era, Reformation Era, Age of Enlightenment. Suggested Level: UP (Upper Primary)

This is a video collection to support the Georgia Highlands College implementation of World Civilizations I:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/history-collections/8/

Video topics include:

Prehistory
Human Languages
Neolithic Revolution
Classical Age
Mongol Hegemony
World Religions
The Black Death
Transformations in Western Europe
Atlantic Slavery

This video textbook started with the creation of 73 supplementary 10-20 minute video lectures for World Civilizations at GHC through a Round 10 Textbook Transformation Grant. A Round 14 Mini-Grant enabled the team to create guiding questions, key terms, transcript, and table of contents for each of the 73 videos, followed by a public website to share these newly-organized resources with students and faculty.

Topics include prehistory, the classical world system, trade and the old world system, revolutions, imperialism and hegemony, the 20th century, and new global systems in the 21st century.

World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India’s Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia.

It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.

Survey of world history from ancient civilizations to 1500.
Chapter 1: Prehistory
Chapter 2: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations
Chapter 3: Ancient and Early Medieval India
Chapter 4: China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 5: The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest
Chapter 6: The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 CE
Chapter 7: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500 - 1000 CE
Chapter 8: Islam to the Mamluks
Chapter 9: African History to 1500
Chapter 10: The Americas
Chapter 11: Central Asia
Chapter 12: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 1000 – 1500 CE

Course Description
Survey of world history from ancient civilizations to 1500. (Louisiana Common Course Number: CHIS 1113). (540101) Community College Prerequisites:
ACT English 15 or COMPASS English 43 or ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills 60 or ACCUPLACER NG Writing 225 or Undergraduate level ENGL 0099 Minimum Grade of C or Undergraduate level ENGL 0098 Minimum Grade of C or Undergraduate level DVEN 0920 Minimum Grade of C or Undergraduate level DVEN 0910 Minimum Grade of C. This course was created with funding from Affordable Learning LOUISiana. Content for this course was curated by faculty and staff from Fletcher Technical Community College.

Course Description: Survey of world history from ancient civilizations to 1500. (Louisiana Common Course Number: CHIS 1113).This course was created with funding from Affordable Learning LOUISiana. Content for this course was curated by faculty and staff from Fletcher Technical Community College.Link to full course: https://fletcher.instructure.com/courses/194575  | Learning GoalsUnderstand the major intellectual, economic, social, and political developments from the ancient world to 1500.Identify major intellectual, economic, social, and political developments with the major world geographies: Europe, Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Americas.Understand the foundations and beginnings of the modern word from the ancient world to 1500.Demonstrate their mastery of the important topics in the course content, in class discussion boards, written assignments, and assessments.Recognize changes over time, historical context, causality, and historical complexity.Comprehend and analyze primary documents.