Introduction to Mediterranean Studies

3 credits · Undergraduate

History and geography of southern Europe, north Africa, and Near East from Iron Age through Middle Ages (ca. 1000 BCE-1500 CE). Greeks, Romans, and related peoples. Abrahamic religions. Case studies in complexity and change, community and identity, innovation and prosperity, power and conflict, and environment and cosmos. Cultural transmission and reception. [3] (INT) (CORE C, E) (LE HFA)