World History to 1500

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History 106A looks at the development of, and interactions between, peoples, states, and civilizations around the world from the end of the Ice Age (pre-history) to circa 1500 CE (Common Era). The course traces the beginnings of agriculture and rise of cities; the coming of world's major religions and intellectual thought; the rise and fall of empires; routes of trade and migration; and calamities that have parallels with present day, including the impact of human settlement upon the natural world.