Building Global Perspectives – New Resources for 23 major topics in World History

Commissioned by the EDB, a team led by Professor David Faure and Dr Ma Muk-chi (Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) collaborated with experienced History teachers and selected 23 major History topics which can help students build up their global perspectives. Including important historical concepts, these topics constitute fundamental knowledge on world history for all students, and provide a solid foundation for those who will select History in their senior secondary study.

Topics

1. What is history?

2. East and West

3. Rise of civilizations

4. Heroes and myths

5. Greek city-states

6. Rome and the Roman Empire

7. The Legacies of Greece and Rome

8. The Middle Ages

9. The Renaissance

10. The Reformation

11. Rise of science

12. Voyages of discovery

13. The Enlightenment

14. The French Revolution

15. The Industrial Revolution

16. Old empires and new empires

17. Asia in the age of European expansion

18. Popular use of steel and the arms race

19. European nationalism

20. The World Wars in Europe

21. Asia between the World Wars

22. International relations after World War II

23. Modern Life and the environment