European civilization from the Greeks through the Renaissance, addressing the intellectual, cultural, political, social, and economic developments that shaped European society before the dawn of the modern era. The historical themes of continuity and change and the interdependent development of the various European cultures will be the focus of the course. A variety of source materials will be used.

This class is a lecture class mainly, and starts with the Geeks and their tragedies and there intellectual, cultural, political, social statuses and ends with the Black Death in the Renaissance. The are different types of reading that give you a sense of what is to be talked about for each day that way you know some of the basics for each lecture.

Projects/games: trivia, debates, and throwing cocks.