HS 120 - World History to 1500

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To provide basic content and methods of history through an introductory study of world cultures before 1500. The course will have a special focus on Non-Western societies including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This course will analyze and compare the ways in which political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and demographic factors influenced the development of world societies. The course will examine the ways in which these societies interacted with one another and with the Western World. Themes of study will include: migration, war, empire, technological development, and religious and cultural diffusion.