Learning Objectives
After studying this time period, you will be able to:
- Explain how states interact with peoples who do not identify with a state.
- Analyze the influence of politics on how states come into being, grow, and falter.
- Describe interactions between states and stateless societies.
- Describe the role of the arts in both changing and reflecting society.
- Describe the effects, both positive and negative, of legal systems and independence movements on race, class, and gender.