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World History: Ancient Civilizations Fall 2011 Hist. 101 Instructor: Dr. Tim Sistrunk Office: 210 Trinity Hall Office hours: T-Th 11:00-12:30 and by appointment email: [email protected] Required Reading: Tignor, Robert, et alia. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, 2nd ed. 1: Beginnings through the 15th century, W.W. Norton, Online ebook (Hereafter cited as Worlds) (http://books.wwnorton.com/nortonbooks/discipline.aspx?DiscId=11 Purpose and Objectives: This course is a survey of the history of the global community from the Neolithic Age up to 500 C.E. It is designed to give the student an appreciation of many of the most significant peoples, places and events that have shaped global economic and political institutions and ways of thinking and it is intended as an introduction to the historian's craft. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to define the significance of key individuals and circumstances and fit them into a chronological and geographical context in order to discern the general patterns of change that characterized the period To this end, the class will consist of lectures, films, slide presentations, student presentations and discussions. Our range of inquiry will be dictated, especially, by the original documents that we will be reading, however, throughout the course, there will be ample opportunity to explore students special interests. Grading: Standard Grading scale (100-90% = A; 89-80% = B etc...) Quizzes 70%, Participation 5%, Response papers 25% Participation: Be active, alive, awake! Discuss works intelligently, bring up questions in class, and show that you have thought about the reading. Presentations and discussions will also be evaluated as will overall class etiquette. Excessive absences will harm your grade. Quizzes There will be three examinations. Multiple choice and Essay selection You will need to keep up with course reading and class lecture to do well. A study sheet will be provided. If you must leave an exam for emergency purposes, you will take a make-up exam. Response papers: These 5 written assignments will be assigned over the semester and include reflections on reading assignments and responses to discussion, public events and lecture.*** You must have a medical excuse from the student health center or on letterhead paper from your doctor if you miss an exam for medical reasons. If something unforeseen happens, make-ups will be offered at a time convenient for the instructor. There are no make-ups of make-ups. *** Any student who has a disability of any kind that might prevent the fullest expression of her or his abilities should contact me the first week of the class so that we can discuss class requirements. Likewise, any student who foresees conflicts with assignments because of religious holidays should discuss these with me the first week of class. Schedule (Subject to Change): Week 1 (August 23, 25) Intro./ Paleolithic and Neolithic Patterns 1.1 Paleolithic Beginnings Reading Assignment Virtual tour: Visite de la grotte (http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml 1.2 Neolithic Changes Worlds chap. 1: 26-45 Week 2 (August 30, September 1) Ancient Near East: Nature and the Divine 2.1 Mesopotamia Reading The Epic of Gilgamesh Tablets 1-6 (http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/ Worlds chap. 2: 59-66 Week 3 (September 6, 8) Reading Code of Hammurabi, nos 1-8, 27-65, 104-105, 108-109, 122-123, 150, 198- 200, 224-225 (http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM Week 4 (September 13, 15) 4.1 Egypt Reading Hymn to the Nile (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hymn-nile.html Worlds chap.2: 72-81 4.2 Hebrews Reading Hebrew Texts, Gen. 1-8, Ex. 1-14, 19-22, Job 38-41; Psalms 104, 147-148 (http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm Worlds chap. 4: 146-168Week 5 (September 20, 22) Nomads and Seafarers Reading Worlds chap 3: 128-132 Iliad Bks. I, VI ( http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html Week 6 (September 27, 29) South Asia ***Quiz Sept. 27 4.1 Vedic Age Reading Laws of Manu chapter 1 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/manu-full.html Rig-Veda to Visakarman (http://www.mountainman.com.au/rig_veda.html Katha Upanishad (http://www.mountainman.com.au/katha_up.html Worlds chap. 4: 166-168 Week 7 (October 4, 6) 4.2 Empire Builders Reading Buddhist texts, selections Edicts of Ashoka: 14 Rock Edicts, nos. 1-4, 8, 13; 7 Pillar Edicts, nos. 5, 7 (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html Worlds chap.5: 195-199/ chap. 6: 246-248; 254-258 Week 8 (October 11, 13) Ancient China Worlds chap. 4:170-178/ chap. 5: 185-192 5.1 Irrigation and Centralization Reading Confucius Analects (http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html ”The Doctrine of the Mean” (http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/doctmean.html 5.2 Qin and Han Empires Reading “On the Eclipse of the Sun” Han Wendi Extracts of Ch’in and Han Law Worlds chap 7: 277-297 Week 9 (October 18, 20) Africa Reading “Annals of the Nubian Kings” Worlds chap. 5: 212-216Week 10 (October 25, 27) Classical Greeks ***Quiz October 25 Week 11 (November 1, 3) Reading Worlds: chap. 5: 216-223 “Antigone” (http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/antigone.html Plato Apology of Socrates (http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html Week 12 (November 8, 10) Hellenistic World Reading Worlds chap. 6: 233-245 “Dream of Scipio” (http://www. wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/SCIPIO.HTM Week 13 (November 15, 17) Rome Reading Worlds chap. 7: 298-315 The Civil Law: Enactments of Justinian: Institutes 1.2 pr.; 2.1 pr.-5; 2.1.11-24 (http://www.constitution.org/sps/sps.htm THANKSGIVING BREAK Week 14 (November 29, Dec. 1) Christianity and the State Reading Worlds chap. 8: 327-331 Christian Texts: Matthew 1-7, 13; John 15; Acts 26-28;


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