HIST 141

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe

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Credit: 3 hours.

[IAI Code: H2901] Western societies from antiquity to the early modern age in western Asia, North Africa, and Europe; with an emphasis on cultural exchange, migration, and the transmission of knowledge, ideas, technologies, and arts. Topics include the formation of the earliest civilizations; political and intellectual experiments of the Greek and Roman worlds; emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; military, commercial, social, and educational revolutions of the Middle Ages; rise of independent cities and territorial monarchies; religious upheavals and violent aftermaths.

Credit is not given toward graduation for: Credit is not given for both HIST 141 and HIST 140.

Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 141 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
39268	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	1010 Wymer Hall	Coskun, N Symes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
39269	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	R	209 Huff Hall	Coskun, N Symes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
39270	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	223 David Kinley Hall	Coskun, N Symes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
34044	Lecture	AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM	TR	134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Symes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Description: This course explores the major processes, ideas, and events that formed societies from ancient Mesopotamia to the European colonization of the Americas: over four thousand years of human endeavor. This history influences our everyday lives in fundamental ways; our languages, living spaces, food, clothing, attitudes toward sexuality, political institutions, values, beliefs, basic assumptions - all are rooted in this past. Students will investigate the shared and contested heritage of the West, shaped and reshaped by peoples from the ethnically and culturally diverse regions of western Asia (often called the "Near East" or "Middle East"), North Africa, and Europe. Major themes include the growth and transformation of empires; the emergence and development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the changing status and roles of women; forms of kingship and law, and the impact of new technologies. This course also serves as an introduction to the craft of history, as both an intellectual discipline and a basic human need.