World History to 1500

Catalog description

This course examines global history from antiquity to 1500 C.E. It explores from the first river valley civilizations through the Bronze Age to the development of writing, the depiction of the human form and the creation of new communities in the Middle East. It examines the spread of world religions and the building of huge empires in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. The course stresses that history, with its different definitions and ways of studying the past, is not reserved for a particular group. It embodies written and material culture and activities carried out by people all over the world.