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Overview

World History takes the class on a humanities-based journey through human history from the evolution of man to the European Renaissance. The sequence of study winds through our human ancestors and paleolithic man, early river valley civilizations, classical Greece and Rome, the European Dark Ages and Islamic Golden Ages, Africa, the Americas and China, world religions, the Reformation, Renaissance, and Age of Exploration. We will work as archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and historians as we dig deep in the historical record to hear the voices of people who lived in these times. Our objects of study will include human remains, ancient artifacts, visual art, literature, music, and political documents. We will devote special attention to people whose voices have been muted over time, and to why this silencing has happened to some and not others. Their words, ideas, and actions will illuminate and complicate our understandings of the past, ourselves, the world, and, ultimately, our connection to humanity. We can honor and learn from them by discovering, remembering, and retelling their stories.

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