Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE RENAISSANCE ***** This course will explore the environmental impact on human settlement patterns and social development from the Neolithic (ca. 8,000 B.C.E.) to 1500 C.D. The geographical focus centers on southern Eurasia (central Asia), Europe, and North Africa. Themes to be covered include human reaction to general climatic/geographic conditions, reaction to severe environmental displacement and current theories of links between specific environmental and historical events.