F25-42 Before the Microchip: Innovation in the Ancient World NEW
Class | Registration opens 8/17/2025 9:00 AM EDT
Explore the captivating world of ancient innovation and discover how early civilizations shaped our modern world. This course delves into the ingenious technologies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and beyond, from monumental architecture and waterworks to warfare, navigation and timekeeping.
Understand the skills and knowledge that allowed ancient peoples to build extraordinary structures, solve practical problems and leave a legacy on human history.
Tom Marini
Tom Marini worked at University of Michigan Ross School of Business as a Business Research Librarian, William and Mary University as an Associate Director of their McLeod Business School Library, Director at University of Virginia, Darden Business School Library. He also worked with the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows' Program in which he taught classes to senior military officers who would then go to work for various participating companies for a year. For a while, he did some contracting on the side with various military companies. He also did a threat analysis on a variety of subjects, with concentrations on the Middle East and Asymmetrical Warfare with various terrorist groups. From 2009-2010, he was a Fullbright Scholar in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.