Making of the Modern World
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Making of the Modern World is an interdisciplinary general-education course sequence at Eleanor Roosevelt College that explores global history, cultures, and social change from ancient times to the present.
All labels observed (1)
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| Making of the Modern World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6687737 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making of the Modern World Context triple: [Eleanor Roosevelt College, hasGeneralEducationProgram, Making of the Modern World]
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A.
Glimpses of World History
Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, offering a sweeping narrative of global history from ancient times to the early 20th century.
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B.
A Study of History
A Study of History is Arnold J. Toynbee’s multi-volume comparative analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, proposing that societies grow and decline in response to challenges.
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C.
Science and the Modern World
Science and the Modern World is a seminal 1925 work of process philosophy in which Alfred North Whitehead analyzes the historical development and philosophical implications of modern science for our understanding of reality.
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D.
The Outline of History
The Outline of History is a sweeping early-20th-century universal history book by H. G. Wells that attempts to narrate the story of humanity from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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E.
The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making of the Modern World Target entity description: Making of the Modern World is an interdisciplinary general-education course sequence at Eleanor Roosevelt College that explores global history, cultures, and social change from ancient times to the present.
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A.
Glimpses of World History
Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, offering a sweeping narrative of global history from ancient times to the early 20th century.
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B.
A Study of History
A Study of History is Arnold J. Toynbee’s multi-volume comparative analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, proposing that societies grow and decline in response to challenges.
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C.
Science and the Modern World
Science and the Modern World is a seminal 1925 work of process philosophy in which Alfred North Whitehead analyzes the historical development and philosophical implications of modern science for our understanding of reality.
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D.
The Outline of History
The Outline of History is a sweeping early-20th-century universal history book by H. G. Wells that attempts to narrate the story of humanity from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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E.
The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interdisciplinary general-education course sequence
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undergraduate course sequence ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| approach | interdisciplinary ⓘ |
| component |
discussion sections
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lecture courses ⓘ |
| designedFor | students interested in global and transnational issues ⓘ |
| educationLevel | general education ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
comparative perspectives on world regions
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connections between cultures ⓘ long-term processes of social change ⓘ |
| field |
cultural studies
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global history ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| focus |
global history from ancient times to the present
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historical social change ⓘ world cultures ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
to fulfill Eleanor Roosevelt College general-education requirements
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to provide students with a global historical perspective ⓘ |
| includes |
reading of primary historical sources
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reading of secondary scholarly works ⓘ writing-intensive coursework ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| offeredAt | Eleanor Roosevelt College ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eleanor Roosevelt College core curriculum
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linked to:
Eleanor Roosevelt College
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| targetAudience |
Eleanor Roosevelt College students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| temporalScope | ancient times to the present ⓘ |
| typeOfRequirement | core sequence requirement at Eleanor Roosevelt College ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Making of the Modern World Description of subject: Making of the Modern World is an interdisciplinary general-education course sequence at Eleanor Roosevelt College that explores global history, cultures, and social change from ancient times to the present.
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