The Sections listed under "Assigments" below are the only
required reading in the course. The material included in these Chapters
will be used as the basis of Assessments.
These may be accessed by clicking the links below or going to the "Chapters"
heading on the main page which links to the Chapters
themselves.
In addition, by clicking on the links appended to each Section designation
below, students will have access to the Powerpoint slides which are presented
in class and based on the Chapters. These slides will appear as Adobe
files (pdf) and will become available only after the lecture has been
delivered. Please note that there will be no material presented in the
lectures or Powerpoint slides which cannot also be found in the Chapters.
That is, all work in this course will be based on the information in the
Chapters alone. The lectures and Powerpoint presentations are included
solely to help students understand the course materials better by delivering
them in a different medium.
The articles listed under "Assignments" for each Section of
the class are on electronic reserve, which may be accessed on the main
page of the Course Description, under Articles
on Reserve. These articles are not required reading and will not be
included in material covered on Assessments. I have provided them for
those students who wish to delve more deeply into topics covered in class.
These articles serve as the basis for Reactions.
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Assignments (to
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the date to the left) |
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| INTRODUCTION:
A Brief Survey of Ancient Western Civilization |
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| Tues 8/28 |
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Introduction to the Class; Overview of the
Syllabus; A Brief Survey of Western Civilization up to 1500 CE (Part
1) |
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Click here to see the Timeline
presented in class (pdf file) |
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Questions about the Syllabus; A Brief Survey
of Western Civilization up to 1500 CE (Part 2);
Pre-Test of the Pre-Modern World |
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1: Documentary Evidence, or What Has Survived (and What Does It
Mean?) |
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SECTION 1: History and What-Really-Happened
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Powerpoint slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
1; "Western Civilization and the Study of History";
"Ascent to Glory"; "What's New at Pompeii and Herculaneum?" |
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| Thurs 9/6 |
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SECTION 2: Herodotus and the Persian
Wars
[click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
2; "The Art of the Storyteller" |
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| Tues 9/11 |
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SECTION 3:
History and Literature: Ancient Epic (Homer and Vergil) [click
here for the Powerpoint slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
3; "Clio Has A Problem" |
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| Thurs 9/13 |
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WRITING WORKSHOP (you
are strongly encouraged to attend!)
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Read A
Guide to Writing in History and Classics |
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| Tues 9/18 |
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IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
Determination of Quality Thesis Topics (QTT's) for PART 1 |
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Prepare Quality Thesis Topics for PART 1 |
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| Thurs 9/20 |
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ASSESSMENT 1
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Study for Assessment 1 |
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2: Physical Evidence and History |
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| Tues 9/25 |
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SECTION 4: Archaeology: Schliemann
and Troy [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class]; Papers/Reactions
for PART 1 DUE |
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Read Section
4; "Behind the Mask of Agamemnon"; "The Right Kind
of Multiculturalism" |
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| Thurs 9/27 |
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SECTION 5: Architecture: Culture and
Space [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
5; "Who Really Built the Pyramids?"; "Lost City
of the Pyramids" |
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| Tues 10/2 |
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SECTION 6: Man and Disease: The Black
Death [click here for the
Powerpoint slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
6; "The Bubonic Plague"; "How a Mysterious Disease
. . ." |
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| Thurs 10/4 |
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IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
Determination of Quality Thesis Topics (QTT's) for PART 2 |
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Prepare Quality Thesis Topics for PART 2 |
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| Tues 10/9 |
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ASSESSMENT 2 |
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Study for Assessment 2 |
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PART
3: History and Society |
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| Thurs 10/11 |
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SECTION 7:
The Indo-Europeans and Linguistics [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class]; Papers/Reactions
for PART 2 DUE |
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Read Section
7; "Shards of Speech";
The Discovery of the Hittites (pp.1-11, 137-140) |
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| Tues 10/16 |
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SECTION 8: The Fall of Rome: Facts and
Fictions [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
8; "Friends, Romans, or Countrymen?," "DNA Shows
Malaria Helped Topple Rome" |
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| Thurs 10/18 |
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NO CLASS: FOLLOW FRIDAY SCHEDULE |
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| Tues 10/23 |
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SECTION 9: Women and Historical Biography
[click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
9; "Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh" |
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| Thurs 10/25 |
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IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
Determination of Quality Thesis Topics (QTT's) for PART 3 |
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Prepare Quality Thesis Topics for PART 3 |
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| Tues 10/30 |
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ASSESSMENT 3 |
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Study for Assessment 3 |
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PART
4: History and Religion (Before Christ) |
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| Thurs 11/1 |
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SECTION 10: Akhenaten and Monotheism
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slides presented in class]; Papers/Reactions
for PART 3 DUE |
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Read Section
10; "Monotheism: The Egyptian Roots"; "Pharaohs
of the Sun"; "Correspondence in Clay" |
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| Tues 11/6 |
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SECTION 11: The Old Testament and Its
Authors [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
11; "What Separates a Minimalist . . .," "Biblical
Iconoclast," and "Balancing Biblical Faith and Archaeological
Evidence"; "The Abominations of Leviticus"; The
Unauthorized Version, pp. 15-27 |
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| Thurs 11/8 |
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SECTION 12: Roman Cults and Worship
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slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
12; "The Mithraic Mysteries" |
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| Tues 11/13 |
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IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
Determination of Quality Thesis Topics (QTT's) for PART 4 |
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Prepare Quality Thesis Topics for PART 4 |
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| Thurs 11/15 |
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ASSESSMENT 4 |
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Study for Assessment 4 |
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PART
5: History and Religion (After Christ) |
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| Tues 11/20 |
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SECTION 13:
Early Christianity and History [click
here for the Powerpoint slides presented in class]; Papers/Reactions
for PART 4 DUE |
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Read Section
13; "The Other Jesus?"; The Unauthorized Version,
pp. 27-38; "God the Father/God the Mother"; "The Passion
of Christ" |
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| Thurs 11/22 |
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NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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| Tues 11/27 |
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SECTION 14: The Nature and Triumph
of Islam [click here for the Powerpoint
slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
14; "What is Islam?"; "The Roots of Muslim Rage"
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| Thurs 11/29 |
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SECTION 15: The Crusades and Medieval
Christianity [click here for
the Powerpoint slides presented in class] |
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Read Section
15; The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, pp.
1-12, 386-391 |
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| Tues 12/4 |
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IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
Determination of Quality Thesis Topics (QTT's) for PART 5 |
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Prepare Quality Thesis Topics for PART 5 |
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| Thurs 12/6 |
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ASSESSMENT 5 |
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Study for Assessment 5 |
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| Thurs 12/13 |
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FINAL:
Post-Test of
the Post-Modern World (1:30-3:20 pm; ESLC 130); Bonus
Assessment; Papers/Reactions
for PART 5 DUE; Capstones DUE |
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