Civilization & the Arts · Units 1 + 2
The SE is coming.
Thursday, October 8. From the ziggurats of Uruk to the fall of Constantinople — cram it all here.
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Timeline →
Every key event from Sumer to 1453, with places and explanations.
Map →
Constantinople, Dura-Europos, Ravenna, Alexandria and more.
History →
Put events in order — dates revealed at the end.
Art →
All 30 works with periods, artists and a matching game.
Music →
Genres, defining songs, timeframes and key figures.
What you need to understand
Learning goals
- IContested meanings of “Western Civilization” — Middle East, Greece, Hellenistic world, Rome.
- IIThe shift from mythopoeic to humanistic thinking in history, art and music.
- IIIArt and music as tools of power and religious belief.
- IVMusic fundamentals: musicology, formal, contextual and interpretive analysis.
- VTransculturation: the Mediterranean shaping the Classical aesthetic, and its spread.
- VIChristianity from marginalized to dominant; the schism with Byzantium.
- VIIReligious art as propaganda; sacred spaces designed to teach and enable worship.
- VIIISacred vs. secular music and their impact on Medieval composers and performers.
- IXThe rise of Islam and the Crusades in defining Medieval culture.