This course, the first of two history classes included in Auburn’s
core curriculum, describes the development of some of the most important
world civilizations from the earliest ones through the early modern
civilization of the Europeans. In this course you will study the principal
characteristics of various major civilizations through the ages; of
particular concern will be the religions which evolved in these civilizations,
for their beliefs both influenced and in turn were affected by the emerging
civilizations of which these religions were a part. Moreover, many of
them evolved into major world religions of today, including Hinduism,
Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Our study of civilizations
through the semester will take us through the eighteenth century.