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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
School of history
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Yuval Noah Harari
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday, 15:00-16:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Yuvalnoah Harari
Course/Module description:
The course will survey the main processes and turning points of history from the appearance of mankind until today. Why is there today only one species of man on planet earth, and what happened to all the other species of man that inhabited the planet in earlier eras? Was mankind responsible for a series of ecological catastrophes that befell the animal world over 10,000 years ago? Why did almost all human societies think that women are inferior to men? Why do all people throughout the world believe in gold, but they don’t all believe in the same god? How do empires rise – and fall? How did the monotheistic religions of the Middle East become the most common religions in the world? How did modern Europe gain control of the entire planet? Does history have a direction? Is there justice in history? Did people become happier as history progressed? And what are the chances that mankind will still be around in the year 2100?
Course/Module aims:
To give students a general picture of the course of human history, and to expose students to various basic questions and dilemmas in history.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To think in a more critical and imaginative way about the course of human history, and about the condition of humankind today and in the future.
Attendance requirements(%):
0
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures
Course/Module Content:
1. The Cognitive Revolution
2. The Agricultural Revolution
3. The Unification of Humankind
4. The Scientific Revolution
Required Reading:
1. Yuval Noah Harari, A Brief History of Humankind (Or Yehuda: Dvir, 2011).
2. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel (New York : W.W. Norton, 1997).
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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