This course will help students understand the change of Asian historyfrom the perspective of world history. Based on understanding the reorientationof global economy, students will improve their ability to comprehend our worldand times from the multiple spatiotemporal dimensions. Studying Asian historyintegrating environmental history and maritime history, students will acrossthe disciplinary boundaries of humanity and science, accumulate the generalknowledge with historical consciousness, and further develop the ability tounderstand our world and Asia and predict their future from theinterdisciplinary and global perspective.