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AHIS120: Antiquity's Heirs: Barbarian Europe, Byzantium, and Islam
How do the ancient world and the modern world fit together? Where did the Roman Empire, and its older neighbour Persia, go? Late Antiquity (about 250-750 AD/CE) was a period of profound transition that crucially shaped the world we know today. This introductory survey examines how both Christianity and Islam arose from the classical world, while charting the origins of European states, Rome's 1000 year continuation in Byzantium, and the creation of the Islamic caliphate. Pivotal changes in society and culture are studied through texts concerning such figures as Attila, St Patrick, and the earliest Islamic poets.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Andrew Gillett |
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| NCCW(s): | AHST104 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Ancient History |
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