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=Ancient Western Civilizations =

Over the course of this semester we will travel through 10,000 years of our history. We will explore the very roots of Western civilization, observing the social and cultural changes that take place throughout the ancient world. We will begin with the advent of farming and the first civilizations in Mesopotamia ​ , discuss and ponder the great Pharaohs and monuments of Egypt, observe the turbulent whirlwind of civilizations trying to inhabit the early eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, watch the birth of democracy and the spread of Greek culture, and follow Rome from it's meager beginnings as a republic to eventually bask in the glory, spender, decadence, and excess that was the Roman Empire only to see it's eventual fall.