HIS 10100 Western Civilization I

Who were the Ancients? Why did the Greeks invent democracy, tragedy, comedy, history, and philosophy? How did the Hebrews preserve monotheism? What did the Romans do besides "decline and fall?" What did Jesus bring and what do we owe Islam? Yesterday's solutions highlight today's problems, as the course moves through the lives of men and women transforming their society of master and slave, knights and peasants, popes and crusaders into a world beginning to look much like our own. Honors sections will do further in-depth research and presentations as well as a research paper.