Class Date

 Class Topic:

Assignments

 Readings  = Complete before class

Week 1

(Jan. 20)

Intro, What is Civilization?

Introduction Assignment due

Read WC (Textbook) : Introduction  Links to an external site.

Week 2
(Jan. 27)

Prehistory

Read WC (Textbook):  Ch. 1Links to an external site. 

Read Primary Sources

-Hymn to AtenLinks to an external site. 

-A Poem Attributed to ZoroasterLinks to an external site.

Ancient Riverine Cultures

Week 3
(Feb. 3) 

Mesopotamia
and the rise of Riverine civilizations

Read WC (Textbook):  Ch. 2Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources:

-Code of HammurabiLinks to an external site.

Week 4
(Feb. 10)

The Nile
and the creation of Cultural stability

Presentations

Paper 1 Due 

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch.  3 Links to an external site. 

Read = Epic of GilgameshLinks to an external site. (book)

Week 5

(Feb. 17)

Rise of Land Empires:

Assyria and Persia

Presentations

Read WC (Textbook):     Ch. 4 Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources

-The Code of the Assura, c. 1075 BCELinks to an external site.

-The Code of the Nesilim, c. 1650-1500 BCELinks to an external site.

Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean

   Week 6

(Feb. 24)

Phoenician and the Greater Mediterranean

Presentations

Read WC (Textbook):Ch. 5Links to an external site. 

Read Primary Sources

-On Men and Women, by XenophonLinks to an external site.

-Hellenistic Epigrams about Women

-Women, by Semonides of Amorgos (Poem 7)Links to an externa

Week 7

(Mar. 3)

The Aegean
 and the Hellenic Maritime Powers
1150-480 B.C.E   

Presentations

Read WC (Textbook):  Ch. 6Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources

-Herodotus: On the Kings of Sparta, c. 430 BCELinks to an external
-Aristotle: The Polis, from Links to an external site.PoliticsLinks to
-Thucydides: Pericles' Funeral OrationLinks to an ext

Week 8
(Mar 10)

The Eastern Mediterranean
and the Hellenistic World
359-200 B.C.E.  

Presentations

=Paper 2 due=  

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 7  Links to an external site.

Read book (selected section) = THE ODYSSEYLinks to an external

(Mar. 16-20)

Spring Break

ROME

Week 9
(Mar. 24)

The Western Mediterranean
and the Roman Republic
753B.C.E.–305 B.C.E.

Presentations

Research  Proposal Due 

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 8Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources:

-Roman law, The Twelve Tables= Links to an external site.

-Polybius on the Roman Constitution 146 BCLinks to an external site.

Week 10
(Mar. 31)

The Roman Mediterranean
        and the age of empire                
27 B.C.E - 410 C.E.   

Presentations

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 9Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources

-Slavery in the Roman RepublicLinks to an external site.

-Grandeur of RomeLinks to an external site.

-Luxury of the Rich in RomeLinks to an external site.

Week 11
(Apr. 7) 

The Rise of Monotheism
  and the Jesus Cult   

Presentations

Bibliography due

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 10Links to an external site. 

Read Primary Sources

-On the Resurrection, by Justin MartyrLinks to an external site.

-The Didache: The Twelve Apostles To The NationsLinks to an

-The Gospel of MaryLinks to an external site.

Post Rome = Germanic Age

Week 12
(Apr. 14)

Migration Period
and the Fall of Rome
300 - 610

Presentations 

Read WC (Textbook):  Ch. 11Links to an external site.

Read book:  BEOWULFLinks to an external site.

Week 13
(Apr. 21)

 North Sea Powers

and the Viking Age
  400 - 1066

Presentations

Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 12Links to an external site.

Read Primary Sources

-Justinian's Digest - Book XIV (Title I-II) (529 - 565 A.D.)Links to an

Week 14
(Apr 28)

Wrap up week

Research Project due

Week 15

(May 5)

Video watching day

(Exam week)

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