History with its flickering lamp stumbles along
the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes to revive
its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former
days.
–Winston Churchill
This course is designed for the General Education student and is
intended to meet the requirements for world history instruction
established at most colleges and universities including the UC and
CSU systems. It traces the economic, political, social and
cultural evolution of civilizations in Asia, the Near East,
Europe, Africa and the Americas from Antiquity to 1500CE.
Required Text
Traditions & Encounters, Volume I: From the
Beginnings to 1500
Third Edition by Jerry Bentley and Herbert Ziegler published
by McGrawHill, 2006
