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European Empires: An Introduction, 1400-1522 

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

7,249

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

European Empires: An Introduction, 1400-1522
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 2 hours
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European Empires: An Introduction, 1400-1522
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More about this course
  • It's the encounters that occurred beyond European borders that shaped Europe itself.
  • You will become familiar with the origins and nature of European interactions with the lands and people beyond its borders. This includes investigating the discovery of a westward route to the Americas and the building of states, nations and empires.
  • This online course will focus on primary sources and introduce you to some of the key events, issues and themes of European history that still resonate today.

European Empires: An Introduction, 1400-1522
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The Rise of Europe

Welcome to European Empires

The World on the Eve of 1400

14th & 15th Century Transformations

Expansion and Contraction

Europe and its Overseas Empires

European Understandings of Geography in the Fifteenth Century

Portuguese Exploration and Empire

'Discovering' the New World

The Conquest of Latin America

The New World

Conquest of the Aztecs

Why Was Cortés Able to Conquer the Aztecs?

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