European History

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). The course explores the major political, economic, social, religious, and cultural aspects of Western Civilization from antiquity through the Early Modern Period. Topics include Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, the Islamic Empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Commercial Revolution. (Students are advised to take either WOH2012/2022 or EUH1000/1001.)

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This is a survey of western civilization stressing early development, diffusion of cultural institutions, and the emerging national monarchies to 1600. The subjects covered include Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and Islam. Emphasis is placed on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Commercial Revolution. (Students are advised to take either WOH2012/2022 or EUH1000/1001.)

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course examines modern Western institutions from ca. 1600 to the present day. Topics include the modern state system, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, the development of nationalism, democracy, socialism, industrialism, imperialism, the Russian Revolution, the World Wars, and the contemporary world. (Students are advised to take either WOH2012/2022 or EUH1000/1001.)

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course examines modern Western institutions from 1600 to the present day including the Modern State System, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, Reaction, the development of Nationalism, Democracy, and Socialism, Industrialism, Imperialism, the Russian Revolution, the World Wars, and the Contemporary World. (Students are advised to take either WOH2012/2022 or EUH1000/1001.)

(Offered spring). This course will examine the medieval world from the ?fall? of the Roman Empire to the coming of the Renaissance. The main emphasis will be on Western Europe but the course will give due consideration to the neighboring civilizations of Byzantium and Islam. Cultural, intellectual, and social developments will be considered within a political framework.