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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SOA 385 - The Conquest of Mexico

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: SOA 101 or SOA 111
An introduction to the cultures of medieval Spain and pre-Columbian and colonial Mexico. An examination of Olmec, Teotihuacan and Toltec cultures followed by detailed exploration of Aztec Culture. The course looks at Iberia from the Arab conquest to the fall of Grenada and its cultural consequences. The course examines Cortes’ entrada and the fall of Tenochtitlan and the blended societies that emerged from these histories. Cross-listed with ANT 385
Graded