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Western Civilization I


(from prehistoric to ~1500)


Survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from human origins to the 17th century. Themes that should be addressed in Western Civilization I include the cultural legacies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic civilizations, and Europe through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformations. 

Link to YouTube Playlist of Lectures
  • Paleolithic Age
  • Neolithic Revolution
  • What is Civilization? (Original 6 Civilizations)
  • What is an Empire? (Classical Age Empires)
  • Rome
  • Asia & The Americas
  • What is Religion?
  • The Islamic World
  • The Middle Ages
  • Medieval Torture
  • Late Middle Ages
  • Renaissance
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