CLASS 18

The Age of Enlightenment and Western Technological Leadership

Introduction
The Forbidden City – China
The Imperial Palace – Japan
The Bodlieian Library – England  
The Klementinum – Czech Republic
Maria Theresa & Franz Joseph – Austria
The French Revolution – France
The Age of Enlightenment – France

CLASS 19

The Industrial Revolution

Introduction
Trafalgar Square – England
The Textile Workshop of Varanasi – India
Imperial Palace of Tokyo – Japan

USA

CLASS 20

The Rise of the US to Global Predominance

Introduction
US – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – Constitution Hall
US – New York – NYC – Port – Wall Street – Central Park – Midtown
US – Washington DC – Seat off Power – Slave Market

CLASS 21

The New Multilateralism World after World War II

Introduction
US – NYC – United Nations
US – NYC – UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
US – NYC – UN – SDGs

CLASS 22

The Post-Colonial World: Post-1950

Introduction
Century of Humiliation – China
End of Colonial Rule – India
Africa’s New Independence – Kenya
Crossroads of the East-West, North-South – Turkey
Multi-Cultural – Brazil

CLASS 23

The Digital Age 

Introduction
Japan – Tokyo
US – New York
India – Delhi
Kenya – Nairobi
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro

CLASS 24

Continuities and Change Across the Ages: Four Case Studies

Introduction
From Savanna to Metropolis – Nairobi, Kenya
From Celts to Modernity – Andalusia, Spain
From Indigenous Arrivals to Today – Belem, Brazil
Mother Ganga to the present – Varanassi, India