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Nov 12, 2024
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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENV 295-01 - Special Topic: Agriculture and Empires4 credits (Fall) Human agriculture has transformed the face of Earth more than all the armies of history. This course will examine hunting and gathering, the role of post-Pleistocene climate change (and particularly the Younger Dryas) in the development of sedentary agriculture and silviculture in both the Middle East and the pre-Columbian Americas (including Amaz“nia and MesoAmerica); the great trophic and epidemiological interchanges: the Colombian exchange and the Silk Road; the insidious relationship of sugar, slavery and colonialism; the indispensable role of Peruvian chinchona (quinine) in the establishment of British Empire; the pelagic whaling industry: GMOs; the use of food crops as fuel, and other topics.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing. Instructor: Campbell
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