Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3BDescriptionAn interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the history of human culture and ideas. Major eras covered span from roughly 500-1600 CE and include the pre-modern cultures of India's Rajput, Japan's Samurai, Northern European Vikings, Christendom's Crusaders, Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire, the Aztecs of Mesoamerica, and the Assassins of the Islamic Golden Age. Class discussions, projects, and lectures address the impact of war and warrior culture on the development of worldviews, moral and ethical values and the arts in civilizations across the globe and throughout time. As an honors course, this is a full seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class presentations, group discussions and interactions. 