His 111  Early World Civilization

Schedule of Readings

  

OER Course Materials:

There are no books to purchase for this class.  All textbooks and monographs are free Open Online Resources linked below:
-Textbook=                        - World History Textbook (click here)

-Additional online materials will be made available via the Course Schedule.

-Tip= Use nightlight or nightshift screen setting to make reading online easier.  (How to turn off Blue Light-click here)

Lecture Textbook Review Materials (links) 

-Lecture Review Materials:    (PDFs are below and posted on Canvas-> Files)  

Slides Mes-Egypt      Slides China-India      Slides Greece-Rome         Slides Monotheism-Americas          Slides Mongol-Europe

   

His 111  Course Schedule 


 

Class Date

 

Topic:

Face-to-Face Meeting

 

Readings

(to be completed before class)

Tuesday- Read textbook     
Thursday- Read primary sources



Week 1


Prehistory:
What is Civilization?

Read (Textbook):  Ch. 1- Prehistory

Read Primary Sources

-Hymn to Aten 

-A Poem Attributed to Zoroaster

Rivers as the Cradles of Civilizations                   



Week 2


  Tigris,Euphrates, &Nile:

Mesopotamia and Egypt

Read (Textbook):    Ch. 2 - Middle East

Read Primary Sources

-Hathor's Destruction of Mainkind

-Code of Assura

-Hymns from the Rig Veda


Week 3
 



Indus & Ganges:
Indian Subcontinent

Read  (Textbook):  Ch. 3 - India

Read Primary Source BOOK (read ahead of time) 
            = Epic of Gilgamesh (book)


Week 4
 



Yellow & Yangtze:
China and the Early Dynasties

Read (Textbook):  Ch. 4 - China

Read Primary Sources

-Confucius: Analects

-Japanese Creation Myth

-Buddha: Sermons

Week 5


Balsa:
The Americas

Read (Textbook):   Ch. 10 - The Americas

Read Primary Sources:

-Account of Meroe, Kush, Axum, Nubia, Ethiopia


Regional Commercial Empires Develop                                  



Week 6


           
Persian & Hellenistic Culture
   

Read  (Textbook):     Ch. 5 - Greece

Read Primary Sources

-On Men and Women, by Xenophon

-Hellenistic Epigrams about Women

-Women, by Semonides of Amorgos (Poem 7)


Week 7



West and East Empires
Mediterranean Roman &
Chinese Han
 

Read  (Textbook):    Ch. 6 - Roman World

Read Primary Sources

-Roman law, The Twelve Tables=

-Polybius on the Roman Constitution 146 BCE

-The Roman Candidate


Rival Monotheistic Cults Emerge                               


Week 8




Christianity and the Rise of Monotheism
 

Read  (Textbook):   Ch. 7

Read Primary Sources

-On the Resurrection, by Justin Martyr

-The Didache: The Twelve Apostles To The Nations 

-The Gospel of Mary


Week 9


Islamic Caliphates
 

Read  (Textbook):   Ch. 8

Read Primary Sources:

-THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S LAST SERMON  -SUNNAH excerpts

-THE KORAN: "THE WOMEN"


Rise of Medieval Global Powers                                     


Week 10


Barbarians of Commerce:
Vikings, Mongols, and the Silk Road

Read  (Textbook):  Ch. 9-Africa &   Ch. 11-Asia

Read Primary Sources:  

Ibn Battuta: Travels in...Africa   (60 pgs.)


Week 11



  Medieval Europe:
Rise of the marginalized peninsula

Read (Textbook):     Ch. 12 - Western Europe

Read Primary Sources

-Pope Innocent III - Letters on Papal Policy-   

-Capture of Constantinople:  (Crusaders)

-Summons to a Crusade 1215-

Thanksgiving Break


Week 12



Globalization:
Age of Asian/Euro Exploration

Read (Textbook):   Age of Discovery

Read Primary Sources

 -List of Zheng He’s Expeditions (1431)

-Columbus Letter (1494)

- DeGama:Round Africa (1497)


Week 13
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Note: The instructor has the right to alter or change the course schedule at any time as he/she deems appropriate.

 

 contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu