Description

This course will cover the non-Greaco-Roman (and non-Egyptian) civilisations of the Near East, Aegean, and Mediterranean basin, together with selected cultures from Meso-, and South America (Aztecs/Incas). The origins and causes of civilisation, and definitions, will be covered. Cultures covered will include, The Minoans, Mycenaeans, Hittites, Sumer, Babylon, Assyrians, Persia, Etruscans, Phoenicians, Carthage, the Aztecs/Maya/Toltec, and the Incas. (By group negotiation these by be amended in favour of, Troy, the Sea Peoples, Scythians, Cycladic civilisation, Celti-Iberians, etc.)