Syllabus
1T 4/06 Introduction 1R 4/08 Tour #1: Alexander the Great, 334-323BC 2T 4/13 Tour #2: Alexandria, 331 BC to 641 AD 2R 4/15 Neoplatonic and early Christian background 3T 4/20 Tour #3t: Early Christianity, 300-550AD 3R 4/22 Tour #3th: Early Islam, 610-765 4T 4/27 Tour #4L: Western Buddhism Trek, 250BC-250AD Tour #4S: Western Buddhism Cruise, 100AD-500AD 4R 4/27 Baghdad, the first fifty years 5T 5/04 Biobibs: Alexandria to Baghdad 5R 5/06 Baghdad biobibs 6T 5/11 Islam in Spain and Egypt 6R 5/13 Translations from Arabic to Latin in Spain 7T 5/18 Translations from Greek to Latin in Sicily 7R 5/20 Birth of European mathematics 8T 5/25 The Italian Renaissance 8R 5/27 The Northern Renaissance 9T 6/01 no meeting (Exchange day) 9R 6/03 presentations 10T 6/1 presentations 10R 6/3 presentations 11Th 6/11 FINAL 4-7pm