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·         Identify the changes on maps of what constituted the Habsburg lands over 600 years of history in Central Europe

·         Identify the major figures (emperors, advisers, generals, diplomats, artists, intellectuals) that governed the Habsburg lands

·         Understand the basic nature of dynastic rule in European history by way of the Habsburg family

·         Understand the interaction between growing and waning Habsburg power vis-à-vis European history and how European dynasties balanced Habsburg power

·         Understand the Habsburgs struggle with the Ottomans and Russians in the East and the French and Germans in the West

·         Understand the nature of the rise of nationalities and multi-ethnic conflict within the Habsburg Empire

·         Understanding the changing Austrian identity vis-à-vis German identity within the Central European context

·         Have a basic understanding of the political cultures of ethnic groups within the Habsburg lands

·         Have a basic understanding of social and economic history of the Habsburg lands

·         Have a basic understanding of the Austrian lands as a “cultural superpower” in Europe

·         Understand how the legacies and memories of World War II powerfully linger – and affect the peoples of the Habsburg succession states -- to this day

This course will cover the entire Empire from Oetzi to Rudolf I acquiring Habsburg lands, to the end of the Empire in World War I.