Lead Faculty: Dr. Alex Zukas
Prerequisite
ENG 100/101
Course Description
A discussion of how the distinctive cultures, economies and societies of the world developed from prehistoric times up to the European conquest of the Americas (ca. 1500 C.E.). Explores issues of gender, class, personal identity, love, war, imperialism, sexuality, citizenship, religion, urban life and ecology as they pertain to the ancient civilizations, classic civilizations and post-classical (medieval) civilizations in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe.