Environmental History
(Course code: 347ΚΕΥ, Course outline)
| Semester: | 7 | Teaching Credits: | 3 | ECTS: | 5 | Type: | Optional Compulsory | |
| Prerequisite Courses: | – | Course type: | Special background | Instructor: | Iosif Botetzagias | |||
In this course we will study the interactions of human societies and the natural environment over time. In particular we will examine how humans shaped their natural environment through based on their technological, economic and ideological choice and preferences as well as how the natural environment affected the profile and trajectories of human societies.
| Topics per Week: | • First humans and their interaction with the natural environment • The first transition: the socio-environmental aspects of plants’ & animals’ domestication • The first civilizations & the environment: Americas, Mesopotamia, Archaic Greece • The environmental problems of Ancient Greeks & Romans • The Abrahamic religions and the environment • Humans & their environment in the Middle Ages: agriculture, commerce, health • The Europeans in overseas environments: Americas, Pacific, Oceania • The scientific revolution and the new understanding of the natural environment • The second transition: Industrial revolution and the natural environment • The long 20th century: Urban environmental Problems • The long 20th century: The planet at risk (air/water/soil pollution) • The long 20th century: the movements for the protection of nature • The long 20th century: the movements for the protection of nature • Our current global environmental crisis: what does (environmental) history teach us? |
| Theory – Lectures (hours / week): |
3 |
| Exercises – Laboratories (hours / week): |
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| Other Activities: | – |
| Grading: | Individual Assignment (100%) |
| Notes: | Lectures’ notes on pdf format |
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| Language: | Greek |
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