History
A World Divided
I. Overview: Unity and Division in History
i. Sources of Difference
ii. Borders and Breaks
II. Religious Divides
i. Within Major Religions
1. Sunnite and Shiite Islam
2. Christianity
a. Early Sects
b. The Orthodox Schism
c. The Protestant Reformation
3. Buddhism
ii. Faiths in Collision
III. Ideological and Political Divisions
i. Civil Wars
ii. The Three Kingdoms Period of China
iii. Directed Research Area: Modern Secessionist Movements
iv. Legacies of the Cold War
1. East and West Berlin*
2. North and South Vietnam
3. The Republics of Korea
v. Legacies of Colonialism
1. India and Pakistan
2. China, Hong Kong, and Macau*
vi. The Causes and Consequences of Border Disputes
1. South Ossetia
2. Cyprus*
3. Antarctic Treaty System*
IV. Cultural Divisions
i. The Disintegration of Yugoslavia
ii. Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda
iii. Directed Research Area: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
iv. Generational Gaps
1. The 1960s
2. The Internet Generation*
V. Gender Equality and Inequality
1. The Equal Rights Amendment in the United States*
VI. Toward a Less Divided World
i. Globalization
ii. The Persistence of Difference
* Directed Research Area
