Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS: ATHENS, ROME, & JERUSALEM ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 2 ***** How were the great empires of the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds organized? This introductory course will explore the development of imperial systems from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire and pay special attention to how subject peoples participated in the imperial systems of multi-ethnic states. Aspects of the art, law, economics, religions, and literature of the empires of the Hittites, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Romans will be examined. Consideration will be given to the strengths and weaknesses of these empires along with discussions of their contributions to the modern world. Not offered 2003-2004.