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SSCI 332 - The Rise & Fall of Civilizations


Explores the origins of human cultural development spanning the rise of civilization and the modern state. The domestication of plants and animals, early village life, the development of metallurgy and the arts, the origins of writing and the earliest dynastic traditions, and the rise of urbanism and the state in Africa, the Middle East, China, India, Europe, and the Americas.

Typically Offered: Fall term only

Units: 4