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Overview: Prehistoric Culture
The Paleolithic Era
Paleolithic Cave Art and Venus Figurines
The Mesolithic and Neolithic Era
The End of the Neolithic Era
Overview: Ancient River Valley Civilizations
The Fertile Crescent
Ancient China & the First Dynasties
Indus Valley Civilization
The Nile and Egyptian Religion
Reading: Enuma Elish Tablets I-III
Overview: Greek Culture
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean Civilization
The Greek Dark Ages
The Archaic Period
Classical Greece
The Rise of Athens (508-448 BCE)
Greek Religion
The Greek Philosophical Tradition
Classical Greek Sculpture
The Close of the Classical Age
The Hellenistic Age
Ancient Greek Theatre
Greco-Bactrian Civilization and Artwork
Reading: Excerpt from The Odyssey, Book 7
Overview: The Rise of Large Land Empire Civilizations
Early Roman and Etruscan Civilizations
The Roman Republic
Transition to Empire and Rome Under Augustus
The Flavian, Nervan-Antonin, and Severan Dynasties
Rome’s Imperial Crisis and the Rise of Constantine
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Reading: On Facing The World With Confidence
Overview: Religious Culture in the Age of Large Land Empires
Early Beliefs and the Roman Pantheon
Cult Worship
Early Christian Religion and Culture
The Chinese Religions: Daoism and Confucianism
The Indian Religions: Early Development
Hinduism
Buddhism
The Rise of Islam and Christianity in Western Europe
Reading: Dhammacakkappavattanasutta
Overview: Latin West Civilization During the Middle Ages
The Medieval Period
Early Middle Ages
The Holy Roman Empire
Western Society
Carolingian Europe
New Kingdoms and a Revived Byzantium
Military and Technological Developments
High Middle Ages
Women in the Latin West Middle Ages
From the Anglo-Saxons to the Magna Carta: England
Was It So Very Dark After All?
Overview: Global Civilizations During the Middle Ages
Medieval Life
The Crusades
The Late Middle Ages and Collapse of Byzantium
The Beginnings of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Iconography
Justinian
Justinian's Law
The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire
Islamic Civilization
Chinese Civilization
Overview: The Renaissance and Its Legacy
Rebirth of the Self?
The Renaissance
Renaissance "Man"
Trade and Religion: Italy During the Renaissance
An Economic Rebirth
Renaissance Sultans
Humanist Thought
Art in the Renaissance
Literature in the Renaissance
Legacies of the Renaissance
The Cosmopolitan Indian Ocean
Hallucinations and New Creations: Artificial Intelligence
Attribution Statement
Food for Thought
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