Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations
Spring
2020
01
4.00
Priscilla Mollard
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
39414
Mary Lyon House rm 119 (loung)
pmollard@umass.edu
The emergence and character of the world's first civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang China, the Olmec and Maya of Mesoamerica, and the Chavin of Peru. Topics include the Neolithic background to the rise of civilizations and theories on the rise and fall of civilizations. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)
Open to Undergraduate Freshmen only. This course will be taught in a residential classroom.
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