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DESCRIPTION:World history education has long been shaped by the assumption 
 that globalization represents an inevitable and progressive historical pro
 cess. Drawing on educational contexts in Korea and Japan\, this paper reco
 nsiders how the global past can be taught in a contemporary world marked b
 y strengthened border controls\, resurgent nationalism\, and growing skept
 icism toward globalization.\n\nThis paper argues that the Neo-Assyrian Emp
 ire (934-609BCE) offers an effective pedagogical case for teaching world h
 istory in a “post-globalization” context. While Assyria is often assoc
 iated with militarism\, forced deportations\, and centralized imperial rul
 e\, cuneiform archival materials from Assur and other urban centers reveal
  an imperial system sustained by long-distance trade\, professional mobili
 ty\, and the integration of foreign families into the state economy. Mobil
 ity and connectivity in the Assyrian world were neither free nor universal
 \, but carefully managed by imperial institutions\, producing a form of im
 perial connectivity without globalization.\n\nFrom a pedagogical perspecti
 ve\, the Assyrian case challenges teleological narratives that equate hist
 orical connectivity with modern globalization. By incorporating Assyrian e
 vidence into secondary and undergraduate world history courses\, educators
  can encourage students to ask critical questions about borders\, migratio
 n\, and inequality: who was allowed to move\, trade\, and communicate acro
 ss imperial space\, and under what conditions? The paper concludes by outl
 ining concrete classroom strategies—such as source-based inquiry and com
 parative discussion—that use pre-modern imperial history to help student
 s critically engage with contemporary tensions between global interdepende
 nce and political closure.
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LOCATION:Room 201 (Seats 42)
SUMMARY:Imperial Connectivity without Globalization: Teaching the Neo-Assyr
 ian Empire - Sota Maruono
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/Q8ZNWP/
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