Survey and development of western thought, culture, and political history from ancient times to 1650. This course of study includes the rise of the city in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the rise of Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire and the Middle Ages in western Europe, the Renaissance and Reformation, exploration and expansion, and the century of religious warfare.
Prerequisites
Reading proficiency as established by District Policy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply theories of interdisciplinary social sciences to historical events and actors.
- Assess the earliest histories of mankind.
- Analyze the small kingdoms and new empires that emerged from the collapse.
- Describe the classical civilization of Greece.
- Describe the classical civilization of Rome.
- Analyze Early Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the rise of Islam.
- Analyze the Middle Ages.
- Describe the crises in the Late Middle Ages.
- Describe the era of Renaissance and Reformation.
- Assess the era of exploration and expansion.
- Describe the age of religious warfare and the origins of absolutism.