Constructing Our Mental Framework
5 Themes of World History Interaction between Humans & the Environment Development & Interaction of Cultures State-Building, Expansion, & Conflict Creation, Expansion, & Interaction of Economic Systems Development & Transformation of Social Structures
Interaction Between Humans & the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology
Development & Interaction of Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies & ideologies Science & technology The arts & architecture
State-building, Expansion, and Conflict Political structures & forms of governance Empires Nations & nationalism Revolts & Revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures & organizations
Creation, Expansion, & Interaction of Economic Systems Agricultural & pastoral production Trade & commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism & socialism
Development & Transformation of Social Structures Gender roles & relations Family & kinship Racial & ethnic constructions Social & economic classes
Embracing Contextualization These themes articulate at a broad level the main ideas that are developed throughout the span of world history. By combining them with our understanding of time and place, we can begin to grasp the full complexity of the human mosaic that has been created over the past twelve thousand years.