Prerequisites: none
Description: Introduces early human societies from a global perspective. Covers the emergence of urban societies, diverging political and social orders, and global connections from the Neolithic to 1500 CE. Themes include technologies and ecology, governance and conflict, social and cultural identities, religious and ideological movements, and developing patterns of interregional contact.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following HIST 010, HIST 010H, or HIST 010W.