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Introduction, brief history of humanity.\r\n2. The forager man, Neanderthal\r\n3. Homo Sapiens \u2013 Neolithic revolution\r\n4. Myths and fantasy class\r\n5. Cognitive revolution\r\n6. Writing, organization, numbering\r\n7. Agricultural revolution\r\n8. Globalization, unification of humanity, empires\r\n9. Money, trade, religion\r\n10. Scientific progress, colonialism\r\n11. Capitalism, credit and development, wars, and slavery.\r\n12. Industrial Revolution, Energy, Raw Materials, Overproduction and Demand, Consumerism and New Ethics\r\n13. Post-industrial society, information society","goals":"The aim of the course is to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and stimuli to understand basic features of human culture (Myths, writing, money, etc.), how they developed, what consequences their development had on the evolution of societies. The course is largely interdisciplinary and basically concerns history, but is also related to sociology, anthropology, economics, science, philosophy.\r\nThe aim of the course is for students to have a macroscopic understanding of the overall historical, social, scientific, and economic context in which they will be called upon to develop and act as scientists, professionals, and people.\r\nUpon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:\r\n\u2022 Understands the basic stages that characterize the evolution of human history.\r\n\u2022 Describes basic phenomena and characteristics of important historical phases of human history.\r\n\u2022 Knows the characteristics and importance of basic parameters that constitutes culture (writing, religion, etc.).\r\n\u2022 Demystify the role of phenomena such as slavery, war and realize the real causes of its appearance in human history.\r\n\u2022 Understand how abstract mechanisms work, necessary today, such as trade, money, etc.\r\n\u2022 To develop critical ability in relation to the dynamics of human civilization, the differences, and similarities with today.","skills":"Research, analysis and synthesis of data and information\r\nLiterature review\r\nAdaptation to new situations\r\nWorking in an interdisciplinary environment\r\nRespect for diversity and multiculturalism\r\nRespect for the natural environment\r\nExercise criticism and self-criticism\r\nDemonstration of social, professional, and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues\r\nPromoting free, creative, and inductive thinking\r\nTeamwork \u2013 distribution and delegation of responsibilities","teaching_methods":"Lectures, Project assignments, Projected presentations, E-mail communication, Interactive teaching, online synchronous and asynchronous teaching platform (moodle).","students_evaluation":"Assessment Language: English \/ Greek\r\nThe final grade of the course is formed by 100% by the grade of the theoretical part. The grade of the theoretical part is formed by a written final examination.\r\n1. The written final examination of the theoretical part may include multiple choice questions, solving problems of application of the acquired knowledge, short answer questions, essay development questions, comparative evaluation of theory elements\r\n2. Optional work by the form of project will be given to those students who wish to specialize, study and present issues that interest them. Her participation in the final grade will cover 30%.","bib_textbooks":"\u2022 Harari Noah Yuval, Sapiens A Brief history of Humankind, ISBN: 978-960-221-665-1, Alexandria, 2017, [59395938]\r\n\u2022 Cardwell Donald, History of Technology, ISBN:978-960-375-572-2, Metexmio, 2004, [24148]\r\n\u2022 Vakalios Thanasis, Technology, Society, Civilization, ISBN: 978-960-8295-01-8, Armos, 2002, [3185]\r\n\u2022 Armand L. & Drancourt M., Technique and Civilization, PapaZisis, Athens 1969.","bib_journals":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4142,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1469\/revisions\/4142"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/2063"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"course_type","href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type\/59"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"semester","href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"course_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iem.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}