HIS 101 - World Civilizations I the Emergence of Global Society to 1500

A survey of the development of human civilization, focusing on their convergence in a nascent global community by approximately 1500. This survey explores the independent emergence and development of various civilizations, with an emphasis on societies of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia. The class investigates local classical traditions in religion and governance, medieval transformations that created today’s major regional cultures, and the emergence of global community though the Silk Roads. When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Hours: 3