HIST 381 - History of Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the spring semester

This course focuses on the cultural and economic aspects of Greek life as well as on the political and military conflicts within and without Greece. The time period begins with the Homeric era, continues through the flowering of Classical Greece in 5th-century Athens, covers the conquests of Alexander the Great and concludes with the collapse of Hellenistic kingdoms in the face of Roman expansion at the time of Cleopatra. The settings extend from Greece to Persia, Anatolia, Syria and Egypt.