Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ORIGIN OF CITIES AND CIVILIZATIONS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Course will investigate the evidence of, and explanations for, the earliest settlements in the Ancient Near East and how those villages developed into cities. Archaeological, visual, and textual sources will be used. We will consider how early ideological models of civilization shaped the later development of cities.