Week 1 - Welcome & Introduction

Welcome to Modern World History. We will introduce the course in class this week, including the many functions this blog serves. The most important is that you can always find reading and homework assignments posted here. So for this week you have three things to do:
  • Wednesday Sept. 14th
    • Read: Strayer, 363-369
  • Friday Sept. 16th
    • Read: Strayer, 369-378
    • DUE: Summer reading assignment
    • DUE: Map exercise (see below)
      • **Please identify the regions that the following cultures inhabit on the map of Africa that I distributed in class:
        • Yoruba
        • Bini
        • Igbo
        • Fulbe
      • I'd like you to use the internet (Google, Wikipedia, I'm not particular) to try and identify where these people were living during the 15th century. Also see if you can find out some basic information about them to share with the class on Friday. This doesn't have to be a big deal, just spend a few minutes learning more about these examples that the textbook gives, because they will help us make the broader processes of cultural exchange more tangible.

See you soon...
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