HISTORY 2

(ASIA AND THE WORLD)

Course Description:
A study of Asian cultural heritage in relation to world civilization.

Credit: 3 units
Class Venue, Day and Time:

Facilitator: Glaiza Ann C. Alon

Contact Details: gcalon@up.edu.ph alonglaiza@gmail.com

Consultation hours: MTH10:00-2:30 TF11:30-2:30, 4:00-5:30

Course Objectives:
1. To appreciate Asian achievements in the context of world
developments;
2. To develop a sense of internationalism and cooperation by
underscoring interdependence among countries;
3. To situate the Filipino and the Philippines in the Asian and
world contexts; and,
4. To develop a critical mind and the ability to communicate
thought effectively through the practice of the historical
method.

Course Outline
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Definitions of history, culture, civilization, and Asia
B. Geographical Overview (with current perspectives)
C. Emergence of Early Civilizations
II. TRADITIONAL ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS
A. Religio-Philosophical Traditions
1. Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam in
West Asia
2. Hinduism and Buddhism in South Asia
3. Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism in China; Buddhism
in China and Japan; Shintoism in Japan
B. Political Development and Institutions
1. Theocracy and empire in West Asia
2. Kingdoms, empires, and sultanates in South Asia
3. Imperial governments in China and Japan; the
Shogunate in Japan
C. Social Institutions (Stratification and Accompanying
Customs and Belief Systems)
1. Religious and warrior elites in West Asia
2. Caste system in India
3. Chinese landed gentry and peasantry; samurai and
merchant class in Japan
D. Arts of Asia
1. Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, ceramics,
architecture)
2. Literature and Drama
3. Music and Dance
III. AT THE CROSSROADS OF EXCHANGE and SOCIAL CHANGE
A. Southeast Asia
B. Central Asia
IV. WESTERN COLONIALISM
A. Western Expansion to Asia (factors that led to Western
intrusion)
B. Patterns of Western Colonialism
1. Trade, Diplomacy and Wars
2. Indirect and Direct Rule
C. Cultural Repercussions
V. ASIA'S INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVES
A. Chronological Survey
B. Patterns of Resistance
1. Asia under direct rule
a. parliamentary reform
b. revolution
2. Asia under indirect rule
a. fundamentalism
b. revolution
VI. POST-INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTIONAL RESTRUCTURING
A. Modernization
B. Decolonization