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HIST 101 - World Civilization I

(3,0) 3 Credits
General Education Course: Humanities-History, Global and Cultural Awareness
Prerequisite(s): Placement into ENGL 111 English Composition I  with ENGL 070 English Composition I Workshop  , or higher
Students will learn about the history of the world, beginning with the first surviving written records (~3000 BCE) and ending in 1500 CE, which many consider to be the beginning of the modern period. We will approach premodern history from a global perspective, with focus on non-European cultures, religions, and empires. This course asks students to consider how humans perceived and remembered themselves and their communities in the premodern era. Students will also be challenged to consider how perceptions of the natural world, law, religious precepts, philosophical perspectives, gender constructs, the environment, the administration of power, and constructions of identity shaped the development of the major civilizations of the ancient world. Finally, students will consider how 21st century articulations of the premodern past are often inaccurate, misleading, and even weaponized to serve modern political agendas and ideological ends.


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