Further description can be found in PHL 100 . Technical innovation and scientific thought in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. The development of law from the early Greek polis and Rome of the XII Tables to the Digest of Justinian, emphasizing civil law and procedure. Religious thought, rituals, and institutions from Homer to late antiquity. The perception and reality of the roles, functions, and status of women from the time of Homer to late antiquity.
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The Emergence of Economic Rationalism in the Ancient World. An exploration of the history of economic thought from the Bronze Age through the Early Middle Ages, from Egypt and the Ancient Near East to the Late Roman West, with special focus on the relationship between economics and society, politics, and religion, and the role of economics in shaping value structures. Further description can be found in PHL 123 . The influence of Greek and Roman antiquity and the ideology of the ''classical'' on later western cultures from the Middle Ages to the present day, with particular attention to literature, the arts, and historical thought. Further description can be found in DPC 190S .