In Ancient History (Egypt and Near East), students will study the history, society, religions, material culture and languages of Ancient Egypt and the Near East. Periods range from Predynastic Egypt (c 3000 BCE) to the Near East and Late Antiquity, including the origins of Christianity and Judaism (c 600 CE). Students will learn about the events of this world, and the personalities – from pharaohs, patriarchs and prophets to the farmers and artisans on which their worlds rested. This major takes students from the rise of the Pharaohs in Egypt and the first civilizations in the Near East, through ancient Israel and the birth of Christianity, to its spread west and east into the new cultures, languages, and religions of Coptic Egypt and the Late Antique Near East.