HIST 241 — Western Civilization
History 241 is a survey of the development of Western Civilization from the pre-historic era through the mid-seventeenth century A.D. It focuses on the contributions to this development of ancient Sumer, Egypt, classical Greece, Rome, Christianity, Byzantium, Islam, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation. It acquaints students with the basic institutions, personalities, documents, and writings of the Western world which have influenced contemporary events.