Western Civilization I (HST 153)
Term: 2016-2017 Academic Year Fall
Office Hours (Spring 2025)
Mondays 8:00-9:00 & 1:00-2:00
Tuesdays 8:30-9:30 & 1:00-2:00
Wednesdays 8:00-9:00 & 2:00-3:00
Thursdays 8:30-9:30
Mon-Wed-Fri, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM (8/22/2016 - 12/15/2016) Location: MAIN JONES 301
This course explores the story of Western Civilization from the emergence of complex societies in the Ancient Near East through the mid-seventeenth century. Together we will examine the roots of western society in the various civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world, the development of a unique European culture in the fusion of the Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and Germanic traditions in the Middle Ages, and the gradual emergence of the West as a global force in the Early Modern Period. Fall/Spring