History 100 - Western Thought to 1600
Spring
2022
01AB
F 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
30424
Bartlett Hall room 121
This course covers the origins of Western Civilization in the Mediterranean world and its development in Europe to the Protestant Reformation. It explores the achievements and disasters of the ancient world: democracy, republicanism, art, architecture, philosophy, literature, war, slavery, and despotism. It also explores Europe after the fall of the Roman Republic: Christianity, feudalism, plague, exploration, conquest, renaissance, and reformation. (Gen.Ed. HS)
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.