Mediterranean Worlds

Catalog description

Identical to HIST-UA 131 . Offered every other year. This course focuses on the territories around the Mediterranean Sea, once united by the Roman Empire, after their division into three major cultural zones: Latin Christendom, Byzantium, and Islamic dynasties. Despite linguistic and religious differences, the people of these zones were in constant interaction with each other. Focusing on the period from roughly 900-1600, this course traces these interactions through primary sources translated from Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and the languages of Western Europe, alongside material culture.