WORLD HISTORY
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Vestavia Hills Civic Center 1975 Merryvale Road , City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents World History with Matt Levey, Professor of History, Birmingham-Southern College.
Aug 6: The transition from small village life and nomadism to settled agriculture in separate regions of the world.
Aug 13: The development of big empires and the beginnings of interconnections among them.
Aug 20: The emergence of the vast regional system of exchange covering what is called “Afro-Eurasia”.
Aug 27: The Industrial Revolution and 20th Century globalization.
The point is to look at the entirety of human history in which the world is the framework. Professor Levey will talk about a variety of individual civilizations and nations as they developed over time, but the context will be how they illustrate these fundamental transitions made by the human species. He strongly recommends we read The Human Web: A Bird’s-Eye View of World History by J. R. and William H. McNeil to understand the issues he will cover.