The student will be able to:

1. Identify scientific, thinking, technical and artistic contributions of the ancient world and the ancient heritages.
2. Appreciate the multicultural foundations of the ancient world and the continuous interaction with Africa, Near East, Asia, and the Mediterranean Sea.
3. Comprehend and analyze the ideas, discoveries, developments, contributions of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations and draw relationships to the contemporary world.
4. Understand art and literature as a mirror to its age, the Greek contribution to the political ideal of the West, the Roman contribution to law, the enduring impact of the Roman Empire.
5. Critically evaluate origins and development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. And recognize the impact of Christianity upon the development of Western civilization, and the impact of Greek philosophy on Western thought.
6. Appreciate the growth and development of themes of war, slavery, gender models, religion, athletics, daily culture.
7. Analyze the break-up of the Roman Empire and the resultant decentralization of the successor states.
8. Note the development of the heirs of Rome—Byzantine Empire, Islam, Christian Europe.
9. Effectively communicate in writing and orally the challenges and lasting legacies of the Ancient World.

1. Ancient history
   1. Its roots in the Mediterranean, Africa, and Near East
   2. How do we know what we know
   3. Reliance on the range of disciplinary knowledge and discoveries from geography to anthropology and archaeology
   4. Importance of cultural differences, similarities, sharing, changing
2. Ancient Near East
   1. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hebrews
   2. Development of civilization, culture
   3. Inventions, art, architecture
   4. Governmental forms, war, trade, economics
3. Greece
   1. Archaic age and development of common themes
   2. Government forms, religion, expansion and contraction
   3. Gender and slavery
   4. The development of thinking and philosophy
   5. Major figures and original sources
   6. Art, architecture, literature, drama
4. Philip and Alexander
   1. Movement through Greece and stabilization
   2. Thrust into Africa, Near East, Asia
   3. Strategies, successes, failures
   4. Cross cultural impacts
5. Persia
   1. Empire, culture, wars, religion
6. The Hellenistic world
   1. Dynamics, art, politics
   2. Governing models
   3. Philosophies
7. Rome
   1. Origins, Etruscans, republic
   2. Expansion, wars, relation to conquered
   3. Republic government, challenges, change
   4. Impact on Mediterranean world
   5. Empire
      1. Government, law, change
      2. Military and diplomatic expansion and strategies
      3. Key figures and sources
      4. Bread and circuses
      5. Cultural transmission, interchange of ideas and customs
      6. Expansion and contraction of empire
   6. Decline and refocus to the East
8. Christianity
   1. Origins, expansion
   2. Importance of key figures
   3. Development, persecution, acceptance
   4. Doctrines and beliefs
9. Heirs of Rome
   1. Byzantine Empire
   2. Islam
   3. Christian Europe
10. The world of the Carolingians and Charlemagne

Not applicable.

Class discussion/projects including museum analyses and primary sources
Essay midterm and final
Significant required writing: essay exams, papers, special essay project

Lecture
Discussion
Oral presentations
Participation
Web work
Special projects such as museum analysis
Extensive writing and analysis

Hunt, Lynn, et al.. The Making of the West, 7th ed.. 2021.

Spielvogel, Jackson. A History of Western Civilization, Volume A - To 1500, 11th ed.. 2020.

Range of paperbacks and primary materials

1. Reading: textbook and other material, including web; 30 pages per week
2. Writing: continuous essay questions relating to the SLOs; 25-36 pages of writing for quarter