HUMS 377b - nelc 101b,Origins of Western Civilization:The Near East from Alexander to Muhammad

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Yale University

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Benjamin Foster. mw9-10.15, 1 htba Hu (32) Cultural and historical survey of Hellenistic, eastern Roman, Parthian, Byzantine, and Sassanian empires in the Near East. Emphasis on mutual influences of Near Eastern and classical worlds, the rise of Christianity and Islam in Near Eastern contexts, and the division of East and West between conflicting ideas of unity. (Formerly hums 101b)

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.yale.edu

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(203) 432-4771

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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