Basic Information
The Course Surveys From a Bird's Eye View The Development Of Western Civilization# Fron Persia to The Atlantic Ocean, From The Agricultural Revolution Through The Invention of Writing (the Birth of History), The Rise of The Ancient Empires, Greek and Roman Civilizations, and The Rise of The Monotheism. The Aim of The Course Is to Become Familiar With The Ancient World, to See How Ideas and Central Institutions Developed, And to Ask How They Affect Us Today.