To provide students with the third of a four part series of an introductory level general cultural, philosophical, and political history Course that studies the civilizations of the world. The goals of the Course are to demonstrate the cultural and philosophical movements that have influenced the Western world from ancient times to the present. The Course will document the high and low points in the history of Western society, the political confrontations and their consequences, the artistic triumphs and the literary accomplishments, and the never-ending struggles to create societies that could provide both order and justice, protection and furfillment. The Course will examine the lives of extraordinary men and women, heroes, villains, and ordinary citizens -
all those who have contributed to shaping Western society as we know it.