HIST112 Western Civilization I: From its Origins to the Renaissance

This course will survey Western Civilization from its origins in the Ancient Near East to the European Renaissance of the 14^th and 15^th centuries. Emphasis will be given to social, cultural, and institutional developments. Topics will include the Agricultural Revolution and the birth of settled societies, the first civilizations in Afro-Asia and Mesopotamia, Classical and Hellenistic Greece, Republican and Imperial Rome, Byzantine civilization and the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, Humanism and the Renaissance.

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

None

Credits

4.5

Distribution

General Education