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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1-4 credits Study of a selected topic in History. May be repeated as topics change. Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
A historical, literary, and philosophical introduction to the Hebrew Bible, one of the most important and influential texts in the history of world civilization. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between rhetoric and theology in the Bible. Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
The relationship between the Chinese polity and society in the late imperial period (Ming and Qing dynasties, from the 14th century to 1911). Topics include the family system, important socioeconomic changes, and the persistence of traditional culture, thought and institutions into modern times.
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3.00 Credits
China's revolutionary transformation in the 20th century. Includes the social and political origins of revolution, the Communist movement and rise of Mao, defeat of Nationalists, and the creation of the People's Republic and its principal domestic and foreign policies to the present.
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3.00 Credits
From the Tokugawa period to the present, this course traces Japan's transition from a feudal to an industrial society, the decline of the Samurai class and the rise of cities, merchants, and urban culture; the Meiji Restoration and political reform; imperialist expansion; war; American occupation; and postwar changes contributing to Japan's "miraculous" economic growt h. Spring
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3.00 Credits
The dawn of civilization: ancient Mesopotamia - life in the valley of the two rivers; ancient Egypt - civilization in the Nile Valley; the smaller kingdoms of the Hittites, Phoenicians, and Hebrews; the growth of the empire - Assyria and Persia. Selected cultural, economic, and political developments are studied. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
The evolution of Greek classical civilization from the Mycenaean origins through the Hellenistic age. The significance of the Polis is brought out by detailed examination of Athens and Sparta. Intellectual and cultural contributions of classical Greece. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Europe and the Byzantine and Islamic worlds from the collapse of the western Roman Empire to the discovery of America by Columbus. Feudalism, manorialism, the role of the Church, the rise of the nation-state, the growth of cities, the revival of the economy, and the development of technology. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the interactions of Europeans with the climate, cultures, and peoples of the Americas from 1492 to 1800. Special attention will be given to questions about how discovery and conquest shaped Europeans' images of themselves and their own cultures. Occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore central themes of the period in European history known as the Enlightenment (1650-1800), such as race, gender, religious tolerance, materialism, and political engagement. Students will explore these themes in writing assignments and class presentations based on close readings of primary and secondary sources. Occasionally.
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