In this course we will pursue a study of the Mediterranean world from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Crusades. Moving west to east, this course will analyze the political, military, economic, philosophical, and religious transformations in the region. Crucial to the course will be an analysis of the continuity or discontinuity of classical culture within the Mediterranean sphere. Also central to our study will be the struggles for Christian unity in this period as well as the rise of Islam as a challenge to the classical and Christian Mediterranean world.
HST 405: History of Late Antiquity
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