The following is intended only to provide a focus for lectures during each week. In practice, it may take more or less than one session to complete the topic. The lectures will not necessarily coincide with the textbook assignments, nor are they meant to. It is the responsibility of each student to insure that s/he is informed as to the date of exams and to bring appropriate test materials to class. This syllabus is subject to revision as the semester progresses.
Week Lecture Topic Reading Assignment (Text = Textbook)
1. Course Intro. - Pre-History & Rise of First Civilizations Text: P. xxxix - 8Reader - Guns, Germs & Steel Prologue
2. Peoples of Western Asia & Egypt Text: P. 11 - 60
Reader Chapter 1
3. China in Antiquity Text: P. 61 - 107
Reader Chapter 2
4. Civilization of the Greeks Text: P. 108 - 164
Reader
Chapter 3
5. The Hellenistic World Text: P. 165 - 216
Reader Chapter 4
6. The Roman Republic Text: P. 217 - 260
Reader Chapters 5 & 6
7. The Roman Empire Text: P. 261 - 305
Reader Chapters 7 & 8
Mar. 4th (Monday) - STUDY GUIDE FOR MID-TERM EXAM POSTED
8. The Pre-Columbian Americas Text: P. 306 - 364
Reader Chapters 9 & 10
Mar. 15th
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10. Islam and Byzantium Text: P. 365 - 410
Reader Chapters 11 & 12
CAESAR CHAVEZ DAY - No Class March 29th
11. Early Civilizations in Africa Text: P. 411 - 462
Reader Chapters 13 & 14
STUDENT DROP DEADLINE 4/5 -
12. The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia Text: P. 463 - 512
Reader Chapters 15 & 16
13. The Flowering of Traditional China Text: P. 513 - 558
Reader ` Chapters 17 & 18
14. The East Asian Rimlands: Japan, Korea & Vietnam Text: P. 559 - 579
Reader Chapter 19
15. The Making of Europe Text: P. 580 - 609
Reader Epilogue
Apr. 29th (Monday) STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM POSTED
16. The High Middle Ages Review textbook for Final Exam
May 8th (Wednesday) - Last Day of Class
FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULED FOR
Monday, May 13, 10:00 - 12:45 PM in LART-322
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