Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-12    Course Name: The Big History

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Towards Big History: Meaning, Scope and Subject Matter of Big History; Beginning of Cosmos – Religious and Scientific Theories; The Expansion of Cosmos: Stars and Galaxies; The Solar System
2 The Earth: The Formative Phase – Atmosphere and Geological Changes; The Coming of Life – Plants and Animals
3 The Human: Evolution and Early Phase; The Age of Anthropocene: Agriculture; Early Civilizations; Ancient and Medieval World
4 Modernity Arrives: Ideas and Progresses; The Conflict between Tradition and Modernity; Crisis of Modernity; Sustainability and Future
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