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May 06, 2024
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ARGS 840 - The Evolution of the Empire3 credits
The course concerns the inception and development of empires and expansionist systems through history. The course begins with a review of theoretical work on the question of expansionism and globalization in order to develop models that can be used in the specific case studies. We then conduct a survey of expansive interaction systems though history, following key cultural systems around the world. Beginning with the early empires of Ancient Greece and Rome, we turn to the rise and spread of Christianity and Islam, the Mughals, the Ottoman Empire, and the Age of Colonialism. Ultimately, we will explore the set of new meanings that the term empire has taken on in the post-colonial world, with a special focus on expansionist systems of the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. This survey takes a comparative approach, examining the similarities and differences between these expansionist systems. We also pay special attention to the perspectives of those being conquered and colonized.
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