Foundations+-+Southwest+Asia


 * Theme #1 - Interaction between Humans and the Envirnoment**
 * Demography and Disease
 * Migration
 * Patterns of Settlement
 * Technology

Theme #2 - Development and Interaction of Cultures
 * Religion
 * Belief Systems, Philosophies, Ideologies
 * Science and Technology
 * Arts and Architecture

Theme #3 - State building, Expansion and Conflict
 * Political Structures and forms of governance
 * Empires
 * Nations and Nationalism
 * Revolts and Revolutions
 * Regional, Transregional and Global structures

Theme #4 - Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
 * Agricultural and Pastoral Production
 * Trade and Commerce
 * Labor Systems
 * Industrialization
 * Capitalism and Socialism

Theme #5 - Development and Transformation of Social Structures
 * Gender Roles and Relations
 * Family and Kinship
 * Racial and Ethnic Constructs
 * Social and Economic Classes