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History101D:WorldHistoryofScience[Onlineonlyundergraduateupperdivisioncourse]

DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofCaliforniaSantaCruz

Instructor:MinghuiHu[mhu@ucsc.edu,831-459-5270]Zoomofficehours:TBATeachingassistant:TBA

Welcome

HumancuriosityandinquirychangedandvariedwidelyacrossEurasia.Wewillsurveyandunderstandhowthecuriosityandinquirywereframedinthreemajorcivilizations(China,IslamandJudeo-Christian)fromtheMongolconquestofEurasiainthethirteenthcenturytothebeginningofindustrialcapitalisminthenineteenthcentury.Duringthisperiod,mostpeoplelivedinanagrariansocietyandpoliticalhierarchyofvariouskinds.Itwasadifferentworldfromourindustrialandevenpost-industrialworldanditwilltakequitealotofimaginationandunderstandingtoventureintotheirworld:Whyandhowdidtheywatchsky,trackthemovementoftheSun,drawmaps,maketoolsandweapons,healthesick,preserveandpassonwhattheyhadlearned?

WewillexamineasmallsegmentoftheelitemembershipineachcomplexsocietiesacrossEurasia.TheelitemembersacrossEurasia(1300-1800)couldrecognizetheirdifferencesinthewaystheydressed,thelinguisticsystemstheyused,andtheroletheyplayedintheirownpoliticalhierarchy.Whentheytraveledtoadifferentsocietyinadifferentcivilization,theycouldidentifytheirelitepositioninagivensocietymorestronglyandreadilythantheirdressesorlanguages.Theirpoliticalroleswerewaymoreimportantthantheirculturalandlinguisticones.Forinstance,whenthemissionariesfromtheSocietyofJesustraveledtoChinainthe1600s,theywerequicklyidentifiedas"masters"and"scholars"atthetopofChinesesocialhierarchydespitethefacttheycouldbarelyspeakanydialectsinChina.

Moreimportantly,the"Europeansuperiority"inscience,technologyandmedicineaswereckontodaywasNOTyetapparentacrossEurasia.InfacttheEuropeaneliteperceptionwasquitetheopposite.Aswewilllearn,theelitemembersintheJudeo-ChristianworldregardedtheEastasthelandofwisdomandwealth.Inthiscourse,wewillchallengetheconventionalargumentknownas"theriseoftheWest"andquestionhowfarwecouldtracetheEuropean(industrialandscientific)superioritybackinhistory.

Syllabus:OnlineStructure(RemoteInstruction)

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● Studentsareexpectedtoreviewthevideolecturesbeforeparticipatingintheirweeklylivesessions.Studentsareexpectedtoattendthelivesessionpreparedwithquestions,anddiscussiontopics.Theattachedsyllabusshowsthevideosthatwillbediscussedineachclass.

● Quizzeswillaccompanyeachvideolectureandreadingmaterials.ThequizzeswillbedeliveredonlinethroughtheCanvasLMSquiztool,andwillprovideopportunitiestoreviewvideolecturecontent,andtorevisitandremediateanygapsinlearning.

● AllstudentswillbeevaluatedbyWikipediaassignment,onlinequizzesandforumparticipation:● (1)Wikipediaassignmentisdesignedtoevaluatestudents'informationliteracy,researchand

writingskills.Allstudentsshalllearnhowtodiscernsourcesofinformationonlineorinprint.EachstudentwillcreateaWikipediaaccountandgothroughtrainingsessionsprovidedbyWikipedia.Heorshewillthenworkinsmallgroupstoselectandeditexistingentriesspecifiedbytheinstructor.

● (2)Onlinequizzes:Allreadingmaterialsareacademicarticlesorbookchapters,writtenforprofessionalscholars.Studentsarerequiredtolearntheacademicgenreandextractthemainargumentsfromthem.Masteryofthesereadingsistestedbycompletionofonlinequizzes;thesequizzesmayberepeatedonce,andthehigherscorewillberecordedintheCanvasgradebook.(3)Forumparticipation:Participationinassigneddiscussionismandatory;eachweekstudentsarerequiredtoparticipateinassigneddiscussionforumsandtorespondthoughtfullytoatleastoneotherstudent’scontribution.Eachdiscussionassignmentwillbeginwithwritingprompts,andstudentsaresupposedtoaddressthepromptsmeticulouslybyshowingtheirmasteryandunderstandingofthereadingmaterialsbothininteractionwiththeirpeersandtheinstructororTA.

● (3)Environmentalphotographyassignment:● ● Assignmentswillbeweightedasfollowstodeterminethefinalgrade:● Quizzes 25% ● Discussion 25%● FirstWikipediaarticle 25%● SecondWikipediaarticle 25%

Readings:Readingsforthiscoursewillbeprovidedineachmoduleeveryweek.WhileIdonotexpectyoutoreadeveryword,youshouldunderstandandbecomfortablediscussingthefactualcontentofthereadingsaswellastheauthor’sargumentandhisorheruseofsources.Youshouldalsobeabletothinkcriticallyaboutthetheoreticalandinterpretativeissuesraisedbythereadings.DISABILITYSTATEMENT:UCSantaCruziscommittedtocreatinganacademicenvironmentthatsupportsitsdiversestudentbody.Ifyouareastudentwithadisabilitywhorequiresaccommodationstoachieveequalaccessinthiscourse,pleasesubmityourAccommodationAuthorizationLetterfromtheDisabilityResourceCenter(DRC)tomeprivatelyduringmyofficehoursorbyappointment,preferablywithinthefirsttwoweeksofthequarter.Atthistime,wewouldalsolikeustodiscusswayswecanensureyourfullparticipationinthecourse.WeencourageallstudentswhomaybenefitfromlearningmoreaboutDRCservicestocontactDRCbyphoneat831-459-2089orbyemailatdrc@ucsc.edu.ACADEMICMISCONDUCTThedueprocessofacademicmisconductpolicycanbefoundhere.

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Plagiarismispresentingsomeoneelse’sworkasifitwereyourown.Itcanoccurintentionallyorunintentionally.Intentionalplagiarismischeating;it’swhenyoudeliberatelycopyanotherperson’swordsorideaswithoutacknowledgment.Examplesofthisincludecopyingalloranyportionofanencyclopediaentryorpublishedessay,downloadingapaperofftheinternet,andhandinginapaperfromafraternity’sfiles.Keepinmindthatyourinstructorsreadwidely,andhavealotofexperiencereadingstudentwork.Believeuswhenwetellyouthatwordsthatarenotyourownareeasytospot.Theconsequencesforplagiarizingaresevere.

Unintentionalplagiarismisbyfarthemostcommonform,andusuallyinvolvesimpropercitationofyourreferencesources.Thebestwaytoavoidthisistolearnhowtociteyoursourcescorrectly.Inhistoryclasses,youwilloftenfindyourselfworkingwiththewordsandideasofothers.Carefulnote-takingandaclearunderstandingoftherulesforquoting,paraphrasing,andsummarizingsources,accordingtoarecognizedmanualofstyle,willhelppreventaccidentalplagiarism.Propercitationtellsyourinstructorswhereyougotyourinformation,anddemonstratestothemthatyouarenottryingtocheat.

REQUIREDTEXTS:Iselectabodyofliteratureineachmoduleforyourtostudy.Theamountofreadingsislimitedroughlybetween300and500pagessothatyouwillhavesufficienttimetostudythemwithcareandattention.Yourreadingactivitywillbefollowedbydiscussionorquiz,bothofwhichwillbegradedandincludedinyourparticipationofthiscourse.

Readingisanarduousmentalactivitytolearn.Youwillbesurprisedbyhowmuchyoucouldlearnfromreading!Pleasetakenoteswhileyouaregoingthroughsomeratherunfamiliarandrightlywrittenmaterials.

WEEKONEreadings:

1.CivilizationasaUnitofWorldHistory:

Farmer,EdwardL.“CivilizationasaUnitofWorldHistory:EurasiaandEurope’sPlaceinIt.”TheHistoryTeacher18,no.3(May1985):345–363.doi.org/10.2307/493055(Linkstoanexternalsite.).

2.BiologicalOldRegime:

Chapters1and2of:

Marks,Robert.TheOriginsoftheModernWorld:FateandFortuneintheRiseoftheWest.Rev.andupdateded.WorldSocialChange.Lanham,Md.:Rowman&Littlefield,2007.

3.ComplexSocieties:

Chapter1of:

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Crone,Patricia.Pre-IndustrialSocieties:AnatomyofthePre-ModernWorld.London:Oneworld,2015.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=1771833#

Turchin,Peter,andSergeyGavrilets.“EVOLUTIONOFCOMPLEXHIERARCHICALSOCIETIES.”SocialEvolutionandHistory8,no.2(September2009):167–98.http://peterturchin.com/PDF/Hierarch.pdf(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

4.ScienceandCivilizations:

Lin,JustinYifu.“TheNeedhamPuzzle:WhytheIndustrialRevolutionDidNotOriginateinChina.”EconomicDevelopmentandCulturalChange43,no.2(January1995):269–292.http://www.jstor.org/stable/1154499(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapter2,3and4of:

Bala,Arun.TheDialogueofCivilizationsintheBirthofModernScience.1sted.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2006.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=308211#

5.IntroductiontoCelestialSphere:

Chapter12through15of:

Duncan,DavidEwing.Calendar:Humanity’sEpicStruggletoDetermineaTrueandAccurateYear.NewYork,N.Y.:Bard/AvonBooks,1999.

Chapters12and13of:

Bala,Arun.TheDialogueofCivilizationsintheBirthofModernScience.1sted.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2006.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=308211#

6.EurasianCosmologyandEastAsianMathematics:

Chemla,Karine."EastAsianMathematics."EntryofEncyclopediaBritannicaOnline.https://www.britannica.com/science/East-Asian-mathematics(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapters2,3,4and5of:

Hart,Roger.TheChineseRootsofLinearAlgebra.Baltimore,MD:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2011.

7.ScientificIdeasTraveledacrossEurasia:

Chapters2of:

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Elman,BenjaminA.Ontheirownterms:scienceinChina,1550-1900.Cambridge,Mass.:HarvardUniversityPress,2005.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3300298#

Chapter2of:

Hu,Minghui.China’sTransitiontoModernity:TheNewClassicalVisionofDaiZhen.Seattle:UniversityofWashingtonPress,2015.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=4305961#

8.ScientificRevolutionandCatholicChurch:

Chapters1through5of:

Dear,Peter.RevolutionizingtheSciences:EuropeanKnowledgeandItsAmbitions,1500-1700.Princeton,N.J:PrincetonUniversityPress,2001.http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.09104.0001.001

WEEKTWOReadings:

1.HowBigIsOurWorld?

Richards,John.“EarlyModernIndiaandWorldHistory.”JournalofWorldHistory8,no.2(Fall1997):197–207.http://www.jstor.org/stable/20068593(Linkstoanexternalsite.)Abramson,S.(2017).TheEconomicOriginsoftheTerritorialState.InternationalOrganization,71(1),97-130.doi:10.1017/S0020818316000308https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818316000308(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

2.TerritorialEmpiresandBorders

Chapters2of:

Akerman,JamesR.,ed.TheImperialMap:CartographyandtheMasteryofEmpire.TheKennethNebenzahl,Jr.,LecturesintheHistoryofCartography.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2009.

Perdue,Peter.“BoundariesandTradeintheEarlyModernWorld–NegotiationsatNerchinskandBeijing.”Eighteenth-CenturyStudies,ChinaandtheMakingofGlobalModernity,43,no.3(Spring2010):341–356.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25642205(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapter9of:

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Tolan,JohnVictor,GillesVeinstein,HenryLaurens,andJaneMarieTodd.EuropeandtheIslamicWorld:AHistory.Princeton,N.J:PrincetonUniversityPress,2013.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=1040748#

3.SolarMovementandEastAsia

Chapter3of:

Hu,Minghui.China’sTransitiontoModernity:TheNewClassicalVisionofDaiZhen.Seattle:UniversityofWashingtonPress,2015.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=4305961#

Aslaksen,Helmer."WhenisChineseNewYear?"

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/calendar/chinese.shtml(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

4.SolarMovementandCathedral

Heilbron,John.“TheSunintheChurch.”TheSciences39,no.5(October1999):29–35.https://search.proquest.com/docview/212620181?accountid=14523(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Lipking,Lawrence.WhatGalileoSaw:ImaginingtheScientificRevolution.Ithica,NY:CornellUniversityPress,2014,pp.1–67.

https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3138665

5.SolarMovementandMecca

Chapter7of:

Saliba,George.IslamicScienceandtheMakingoftheEuropeanRenaissance.1stMITPresspbk.ed.Transformations.Cambridge,Mass:MITPress,2011.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3338641#

Chapter4of:

Peters,F.E.TheHajj:TheMuslimPilgrimagetoMeccaandtheHolyPlaces.Princeton,N.J:PrincetonUniversityPress,1994.

WEEKTHREEReadings:

1.GlobalTradeandLuxuryGoods

Chapter2of:

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Frank,AndreGunder.ReOrient:GlobalEconomyintheAsianAge.Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1998.http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.31038.0001.001(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapter6of:

DeVos,Paula.“TheScienceofSpices:EmpiricismandEconomicBotanyintheEarlySpanishEmpire.”JournalofWorldHIstory17,no.4(December2006):399–427.http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079398(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

2.SilverandCopper

Chapter3of:

Frank,AndreGunder.ReOrient:GlobalEconomyintheAsianAge.Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1998.http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.31038.0001.001(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

3.GourmetFood

Chapters3,4and5of:

Laudan,Rachel.CuisineandEmpire:CookinginWorldHistory.CaliforniaStudiesinFoodandCulture43.Berkeley,Calif:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,2013.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=1390810#

4.ManuscriptsandBooks

Chapters9and10of:

Darnton,Robert.TheCaseforBooks:Past,Present,andFuture.NewYork:PublicAffairs,2010.

Chapters1,2and3of:

Berry,MaryElizabeth.JapaninPrint:InformationandNationintheEarlyModernPeriod.Asia–LocalStudies/GlobalThemes12.Berkeley,Calif:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,2006.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=254861#

5.HousesandPalaces

Chapters1and2of:

Bray,Francesca.TechnologyandGender:FabricsofPowerinLateImperialChina.Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1997.http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02385.0001.001(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

6.Ocean-goingShips

Locakard,Craig.“‘TheSeaCommontoAll’:MaritimeFrontiers,PortCities,andChineseTradersintheSoutheastAsianAgeofCommerce,ca.1400–1750.”JournalofWorldHistory21,no.2(June2010):219–247.http://www.jstor.org/stable/20752948(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapters6through10of:

Huth,JohnEdward.TheLostArtofFindingOurWay.Cambridge,Massachusetts:TheBelknapPressofHarvardUniversityPress,2013.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3301321#

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WEEKFOURReadings:

1.HumanBodyandViolenceintheEarlyModernWorld

Pinker,Steven.“AHistoryofViolence.”TheNewRepublic,March18,2007.https://newrepublic.com/article/77728/history-violence(Linkstoanexternalsite.).

Chapter1of:

Campbell,Roderick,ed.ViolenceandCivilization:StudiesofSocialViolenceinHistoryandPrehistory.JoukowskyInstitutePublication4.Oxford:OxbowBooks,2014.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=2084655

Chapter1and3of:

Ward,Richard,ed.AGlobalHistoryofExecutionandtheCriminalCorpse.Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire ;NewYork,NY:PalgraveMacmillan,2015.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=4001356#

2.SexedBodiesandDisorder

Chapter3of:

Laqueur,Thomas.MakingSex:BodyandGenderfromtheGreekstoFreud.10.print.Cambridge,Mass.:HarvardUniversityPress,2003.

Chapters1and7of:

Furth,Charlotte.AFlourishingYin:GenderinChina’sMedicalHistory,960-1665.Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1999.http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04218.0001.001(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

3.MortalityandMortalRemains

Chapters11,12and14of:

Bengtsson,Tommy,andEurAsianProjectonPopulationandFamilyHistory,eds.LifeunderPressure:MortalityandLivingStandardsinEuropeandAsia,1700-1900.TheMITPressEurasianPopulationandFamilyHistorySeries.Cambridge,Mass:MIT,2004.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3339841#

Chapter1of:

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Laqueur,ThomasWalter.TheWorkoftheDead:ACulturalHistoryofMortalRemains.Princeton,NewJersey:PrincetonUniversityPress,2015.

4.MakingWeapons

PartIIof:

Andrade,Tonio.TheGunpowderAge:China,MilitaryInnovation,andtheRiseoftheWestinWorldHistory,2016.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=4089513#

5.GunpowderEmpiresinEastAsia

Chapters12and13of:

Andrade,Tonio.TheGunpowderAge:China,MilitaryInnovation,andtheRiseoftheWestinWorldHistory,2016.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=4089513#

WEEKFIVEReadings:

1.MaxWeberandtheRiseofthewest

Chapters1,2and3of:

Huff,TobyE.TheRiseofEarlyModernScience:Islam,China,andtheWest.Thirdedition.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017.

2.The"ChineseScience"?

Chapters7,8and9of:

Huff,TobyE.TheRiseofEarlyModernScience:Islam,China,andtheWest.Thirdedition.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017.

3.HowDoWeMeasuretheSuccessofCivilizations?

Saliba,George.“SeekingtheOriginsofModernScience,”essayreviewofTobyE.Huff,TheRiseofEarlyModernScience:Islam,ChinaandtheWest,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1993,inBulletinoftheRoyalInstituteforInter-FaithStudies(BRIIFS)vol.1no.2(Autumn1999):139–152.http://riifs.org/old/review_articles/review_v1no2_sliba.htm(Linkstoanexternalsite.)Huff,Toby."TheRiseofEarlyModernScience:AReplytoGeorgeSaliba."RoyalInstituteforInter-FaithStudies(BRIIFS)vol.4no2(Autumn/Winter2002):115–128.http://riifs.org/old/review_articles/review_v4no2_huff_exch.htm(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

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Saliba,George.“FlyingGoatsandOtherObsessions:AResponsetoTobyHuff's“Reply””,RoyalInstituteforInter-FaithStudies(BRIIFS)vol.4no2(Autumn/Winter2002):129–141.http://riifs.org/old/review_articles/review_v4no2_sliba_exch.htm(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

Chapter2of:

Hart,Roger.ImaginedCivilizations:China,theWest,andTheirFirstEncounter.Baltimore,Md:JohnsHopkinsUniv.Press,2013.https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.oca.ucsc.edu/lib/ucsc/detail.action?docID=3318706#

Chapter1and2of:

Elman,BenjaminA.,andChao-HuiJennyLiu,eds.The“Global”andthe“Local”inEarlyModernandModernEastAsia.LeidenSeriesinComparativeHistoriography,volume10.Leiden ;Boston:Brill,2017.

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WeeklyScheduleandTopics

Topics

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Week One: Eurasian Historical Framework and Cosmology Civilization as a Unit of World History Biological Old Regime Complex Societies Science and Civilizations Introduction to Celestial Sphere Eurasian Cosmology and East Asian Mathematics Scientific Ideas Traveled Across Eurasia Scientific Revolution and Catholic Church

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Week Two: Astronomy and Cartography How Big Is Our World? Territorial Empires and Borders Solar Movement and East Asia Solar Movement and Cathedrals Solar Movement and Mecca

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Week Three: Circulations of Artifacts Global Trade & Luxury Goods Silver & Copper Gourmet Food Manuscripts and Books Houses & Palaces Ocean-Going Ships

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Week Four: Body and Empires Human Body and Violence in Early Modern World Sexed Bodies & Disorder Mortality and Mortal Remains Making Weapons Gunpowder empires in East Asia

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Week Five: Comparative History of Civilizations Max Weber and the Rise of the West The "Chinese Science"? How Do We Measure the Success of Civilizations?

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