Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe credit:

3 Hours

[IAI Code: H2901] Western societies from antiquity to the early modern age in western Asia, North Africa, and Europe; with an emphasis on cultural exchange, migration, and the transmission of knowledge, ideas, technologies, and arts. Topics include the formation of the earliest civilizations; political and intellectual experiments of the Greek and Roman worlds; emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; military, commercial, social, and educational revolutions of the Middle Ages; rise of independent cities and territorial monarchies; religious upheavals and violent aftermaths. Credit is not given toward graduation for: Credit is not given for both HIST 141 and HIST 140 . This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Humanities - Hist & Phil Cultural Studies - Western