2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 17, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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HIS 370 - Eurasia: West-East Perspectives, 800-1500

Advanced study of historical and cultural notions of a "West" (Europe) and "East" (Asia), and their interaction from the 9th through the 15th centuries. Special topics include: the world of the early Slavs through Arab eyes, the Crusades in an Islamic context, Christian encounters with Asia.  Prerequisite: HIS 100 or HIS 101 or HIS 110 or HIS 111. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Explain the historical significance of key themes, events, and people relevant to the history of Eurasia.
  2. Assess the persuasiveness of historians' claims about the past.
  3. Interpret primary source evidence to make claims about the past.
  4. Establish a primary source's historical context through sourcing techniques.



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