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2025 Spring

WORLD HISTORY I - HIS103 Spring 2025


Course
Ebru Akcasu
For information about registration please contact our admissions.

Course Contents: From Ancient Civilizations to 1500 - Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East, India, China, the Greeks, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, rise of Christianity, end of the Roman Empire, Middle Ages in Europe, the rise and growth of Islam, Medieval Africa, S. E. Asia, China, and Japan in the Middle ages, Europe and the world by 1500.

Here is the course outline:

1. Stories About the Past

Jan 30

2. The Ancient Near East

Feb 4

3. Ancient Indus Valley and the Nile

Feb 11

4. Ancient China

Feb 25

5. Ancient Greek World

Mar 4

6. The Ancient Roman World

Mar 11

7. Birth of Christianity

Mar 13

8. Midterm

Mar 18

9. Islam and its Frontiers

Apr 1

10. Medieval Contacts: The Indian Ocean World

Apr 8

11. Medieval Contacts: the Old World

Apr 15

12. America On the Eve of Invasion

13. Medieval Prague (Field Trip)

May 13

Location TBA

14. Final Exam

May 19
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