Status
C
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Early Mesopotamia
Term
2021A
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
401
Section ID
NELC575401
Course number integer
575
Registration notes
Course Online: Asynchronous Format
Level
graduate
Description
The fourth millennium BCE saw the rise of cities and the birth of writing in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). This class traces the history of Mesopotamia from about 3000 BCE to about 1600 BCE (the end of the Old Babylonian Period), examining political history and changes in social organization as well as developments in religion, literature and art.
Course number only
575
Use local description
No