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China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last DynastiesRated 4.8★ stars based on | 6 ratings · . Cost $89 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
This course, the second in a collection on Chinese history and culture, addresses how the Qin dynasty conquered China and established a new system of government and how the Han dynasty built a stable, centralized empire that lasted for hundreds of years. We cover...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last Dynasties
A MicroMasters from edXCost $445 · . Contains 5 courses · . Course Total length: 120 hours estimated
explores the development of this great civilization from the Neolithic to the last dynasty. We see the formation of political structures and social practices that have lasted into the present; we learn to appreciate artistic and literary traditions of...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
China (Part 1): Political and Intellectual Foundations: From the Sage Kings to Confucius and the Legalists
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 9 ratings · . Cost $90 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
_China (Part 1): Political and Intellectual Foundations: From the Sage Kings to Confucius and the Legalists _is the first of ten parts of ChinaX, that collectively span over 6,000 years of history. Each part consists of 4 to 8 weekly "modules," each with videos,...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last DynastiesRated 4.7★ stars based on | 4 ratings · . Cost $89 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
In the 13th century, by force of arms, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Yet by the end of the Ming dynasty in the late 16th century, a new global economy emerged. New World silver brought together the Americas, Europe, and East Asia, and...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 1
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 17 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Taught by James Z. Lee
Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing
History of China: The Modern EraRated 4.8★ stars based on | 6 ratings · . Cost $129 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
This course, part of a comprehensive series on China, looks at the Qing state in the early 1600s and the challenges that the Manchus faced as minority rulers. While living in Chinese cities and surrounded by Chinese culture — a culture that was far more...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby, Mark C. Elliott
Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 2
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 8 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 15 hours estimated
The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Taught by James Z. Lee
600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
World history. Course Length: 9 hours estimated
This period lays the foundation for much of civilization as we know it today. The classical Greeks lay the cultural foundation for Western civilization. The Achaemenid Persians under Cyrus unify much of the Middle East and Egypt. Alexander the Great unifies Greece...
Offered through Khan Academy
The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part I
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 207 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
This course will review the emergence of the modern Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire, at the end of the First World War to the present. We will discuss the Ottoman legacy in the region and the Western imperial impact on the creation of the Arab...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Tel Aviv University | Taught by Professor Asher Susser
International Politics in the Korean Peninsula
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 8 hours estimated
This course is divided into three parts. First, you’ll learn how the Chinese World Order emerged in the ancient world, focusing on the concept of the "heavenly mandate" (天命) as the ultimate source of political power (1 module). You’ll also learn how the Chinese...
Offered through edX | and created by Seoul National University, SNUx | Taught by Dong-Joon Jo, Hae Jeong Jeon, Soyun Chang
600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
AP®︎ World History. Course Length: 7 hours estimated
This period lays the foundation for much of civilization as we know it today. The classical Greeks lay the cultural foundation for Western civilization. The Achaemenid Persians under Cyrus unify much of the Middle East and Egypt. Alexander the Great unifies Greece...
Offered through Khan Academy
Will China Rise as a Disruptive Force? The Insiders’ Perspective
Cost $179 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
China, one of the world’s oldest countries, is currently undergoing massive political, social and economic changes. The rapid emergence of China as a key player in the global political and economic landscape has led many to question how China’s decision makers...
Offered through edX | and created by Tsinghua University, TsinghuaX | Taught by David Daokui Li, Wang Hui, Yan Xuetong
600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions
World history. Course Length: 9 hours estimated
The development and expansion of Islam spurs greater cross-cultural interactions with Europe, Africa, and Asia. State-building in China. Migrations in Africa and the Pacific. Human movement spreads knowledge, goods, and disease. This course contains 19...
Offered through Khan Academy
600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions
AP®︎ World History. Course Length: 9 hours estimated
The development and expansion of Islam spurs greater cross-cultural interactions with Europe, Africa, and Asia. State-building in China. Migrations in Africa and the Pacific. Human movement spreads knowledge, goods, and disease. This course contains 19...
Offered through Khan Academy
The European Discovery of China
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
This free online course focuses on when and how the West first approached China. We will explore the influence that the discovery of China exerted on late medieval and early modern European minds. Explore Chinese history through the eyes of Westerners The...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona | Taught by Dolors Folch, Anna Busquets Alemany
Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present
History of China: The Modern EraCost $129 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
What does it mean to be modern? What constitutes modern politics, modern institutions, a modern military, and modern infrastructure? In this period of great excitement and experimentation, the country is asking itself
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last DynastiesCost $89 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
By the Tang period, China was divided into northern and southern dynasties with different rulers and political systems. The north was conquered by relatively unsophisticated barbarians, but in the south, the aristocratic families established a refined appreciation...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby
Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science
Rated 4.9★ stars based on | 32 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 37 hours estimated
This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Taught by David Zweig
Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
Cost $119 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
Based on the second half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, this short literature course examines how writers reach beyond national and linguistic boundaries as worldly readers and travelers, and how their modern fictions rise to the status of world...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by David Damrosch, Martin Puchner
Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China
History of China: Bronze Age to the Last DynastiesRated 5.0★ stars based on | 6 ratings · . Cost $89 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
Fundamental changes in government, the economy, and broader society took place between the 8th and 11th centuries in China. The state aristocracy gave way to new literati elite
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Peter K. Bol, William C. Kirby