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WRLD 4B/404B THE ROMAN EMPIRE - 14 - 600 CE
February 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24.
Art, literature, history, philosophy and religion of the Roman Empire and early Christianity, with an emphasis on the family, society, and international affairs. Examination of the expansion of the Roman Empire beginning with Tiberius, its decline in the West, and its rebirth in the East as the Byzantine Empire.
GENT 5/WRLD 405 THE CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC MEDIEVAL WORLD I - 400-1100 CE
March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24.
Art, literature, history, philosophy and religion of Christian and Islamic civilizations of the Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the family, society, and international affairs of these early civilizations.
The collapse of the Roman world in the West, which continues in the East in the Byzantine Empire. The emergence of Christian Church as the
cement holding the new culture together, and its gradual taming of the Germanic tribes who were to inherit Europe.
GENT 6/WRLD 406 MEDIEVAL WORLD: PART II - 1100-1350 CE
April 5,7, 12,14, 19, 21, 26, 28.
Art, literature, history, philosophy and religion of prehistoric society and civilizations of the Medieval Renaissance, with an emphasis on the family, society, and international affairs. Europe's "first Renaissance": Christian art and cathedrals, music, literature, and philosophy. The age of Thomas Aquinas, the Crusades, courtly
love, and Dante. Also the age of economic recovery and the growth of towns and universities, prosperity, and population explosion.
GENT 7/WRLD 407 EARLY RENAISSANCE - 1350-1520 CE
May 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26.
Art, literature, history, philosophy and religion of the Renaissance, with an emphasis on the family, society, and international affairs. The rediscovery of Greece, Rome, and human dignity. Florence, the Medici, the growth of cities and trade. New art, music, philosophy, and literature and - in addition - the discovery of the New World.
