The Rise of the West - Purple Reading

The purple reading was trying to help us understand that history is made up of smaller (a)   stories and larger ​ (b)   stories and the goal of a historian of World History is to bridge the divide between local lore and the realities of a broader view of history.

• Local
• Broader
• accurate
• more accurate

Before the 1960s, most professional historians focused on the history of which entity?

• Nation-states

• Cities

• Religious institutions

• Individuals

Who is considered one of the founders of world history as a scholarly subject?

• William McNeill

• Charles Darwin

• Sigmund Freud

• Albert Einstein

What led to the change in historians' perspective on world history in the 1960s?

• Increased use of phones

• Development of jet airplanes

• Booming intercontinental trade

• All of the above

When was the Journal of World History founded?

• 1990

• 1782

• 1859

• 1886

What was the main idea of the section you read? How do you know that this is the main idea - what specific evidence helped you prove what you thought the main idea was?

Answer explanation

The main idea of the purple section of the reading was that history is made up or local stories and larger, broader stories that connect local places together through time and place. The author wants us to know that one example of this connection between local stories and broader global stories in history is Book a historian called William McNeil wrote in the 1960s' called "The Rise of the West". This book attempted to create one broader story of history that was not based on local, nationalistic narratives but rather it was made up of broader narrative.

Which of the following were examples of early schools of history that we're created to tell the story of their nations history and place in the world (choose all that fit based on what you read)

• German history, Historische Zeitschrift

• The Asian Historical Review

• The American Historical Review

• The English Historical Review