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The Development of World Civilization: The Neolithic Age to the Renaissance

X19 (3 semester units in History)

This course is a comparative study of world civilizations from prehistoric times to the time of the European Renaissance, focusing on spiritual, political, intellectual, and artistic developments. You learn about ancient civilizations of Sumer, Egypt, Persia, and Greece; the beliefs and social organizations of India, China, and Japan; the rise and fall of imperial Rome and China; pre-Columbian America and early African cultures; the Mongol conquest of Eurasia; medieval culture and tension between East and West; and the shift toward modernity in the Renaissance.

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