HIST 4325 - Bronze Age Aegean

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: Builders of labyrinths, bull-jumpers, monster-slayers, and semi-divine warriors, this course examines the rise and fall of Bronze Age Aegean societies and the aftermath of their collapse. Beginning at the start of the Bronze Age c. 3000 BCE and continuing through the end of the Greek Dark Age c. 750 BCE, the course explores political, social, and religious structures in Minoan, Mycenaean, and Dark Age Greek culture. It employs mythic texts, epic poetry, monumental architecture, and wide-ranging material culture to explore both the lived history of these period and the historical memory of the Bronze Age.