UGC 111R TAs See UBLearns page, CONTACTS folderFall 2015Donald T. McGuire, jrOffice: 330/337 Filmore [email protected] hrs: W 11am-12pm in Norton 17 (Undergraduate Academies) Tu 1-2 pm in MFAC 338 & by appointmentCOURSE DESCRIPTION:Like other sections of UGC 111, ours will examine the major civilizations that developed around the world between prehistoric times and 1500 CE. As often as possible we will use literary/artistic products and archaeological remains as our windows into these past cultures. Along the way we will try not only to define the distinguishing features of the major civilizations, but also to assess the accuracy of the various generalizations on which a course of this nature must inevitably depend. Attention will be givenas well to social status and its relationship to cultural evolution; to "classical" or "higher" culture vs. popular culture; and to the different ways in which modern cultures reconstruct and appropriate earliercultures for their own purposes.LEARNING OUTCOMESBy the end of this course students should:1. Understand several of the methodologies involved in the recovery of the past.2. Understand several of the different ways that history can be perceived and recorded.3. Understand many of the different criteria that might be included in defining a "civilization."4. Recognize and be able to discuss key figures and events and key economic/political/architectural/artistic/ legal/social/philosophical/geographical/literary/spiritual/popular issues from specific societies covered in the course.5. Recognize and be able to discuss the value of specific primary source documents, and understand the difference between primary sources and secondary sources.5. Recognize and be able to discuss the degree to which the many components of different civilizations might have developed independently.6. Recognize and be able to discuss the degree to which the many components of different civilizations might have emerged from cross-cultural interactions.7. Recognize and be able to discuss the difficulties posed in recovering histories and materials from some civilizations and from some sectors and classes of familiar civilizations.8. Be able to identify and question some of the stereotypes that modern scholars and students impose on past eras and places.SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS AND REQUIREMENTSNB: all readings are expected to be done before the class at which topic is discussed. Midterm and final exams will test students’ understanding of both the assigned readings and the class lectures. I can assure you that the exams will find the gaps in your reading & attendance if you skip assignments or lectures.TextsD. McGuire, WHY WORLD HISTORY? This is an electronic textbook! It has no pagination. None of the chapters are very long (you’re welcome). When a chapter is to be covered in a single lecture, read the entire chapter for that day. When a chapter stretches over more than one class, read the first few sections for Day 1 of the topic, and more sections for Days 2 and 3.Beginning in the 2nd week of the semester, you will be required to submit assignments and quizzes to the textbook website, so you do need to get this text.Apuleius, THE GOLDEN ASS, PG Walsh translator (= GA, below)Week 1 T Sept 1: Introcontemplate ORLAN (in class) http://www.orlan.net http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ecook/courses/eng114em/surgeries.htm Th Sept 3: Paleolithic & Neolithic, MCGUIRE: Introduction, and Paleolithic and Neolithic Visit Lascaux Cave http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html Read Smithsonian article on Gobekli Tepehttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/30706129.html Week 2T Sep 8: Mesopotamia, MCGUIRE: Mesopotamia Read Epic of Gilgamesh, Prologue and chapters 1, 4-7 (skim 2 and 3)http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf Skim Code of Hammurabi, Prologue and Laws 1-30 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hamcode.asp#textTh Sep 10: Egypt, MCGUIRE, EgyptView & read about Narmer Palette, both reverse and obverse sides at http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/narmer/index.html Read Hymn to the Nile http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hymn-nile.aspWeek 3Sunday September 13: Textbook quizzes on Paleo/Neo and Mesopotamia must be done!T Sep 15: Egypt 2 MCGUIRE, EgyptRead full article on Tut & DNA athttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/09/tut-dna/hawass-text Th Sep 17: The Near East, MCGUIRE, Israel and Phoenicia Read Exodus Chapters 1-23 at http://ebible.org/kjv/Exodus.htm Read web description of the Uluburun shipwreck athttp://www.bodrum-museum.com/museum/depts/uluburun.htmWeek 4Sunday September 20: Textbook quiz on Egypt/Israel/Phoenicia must be done!T Sep 22: Greece 1: Minoans and Mycenaeans, MCGUIRE, Greece(Brief) Virtual Tour of Palace at Knossos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJd88cTRsU Read Iliad Book 24 at: http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad24.htmTh Sep 24: Greece 2: Classical Greece I, MCGUIRE, GreeceRead Herodotus 1.1-15 and 107-130 athttp://www.iranchamber.com/history/herodotus/herodotus_history_book1.php DISCUSSION BOARDS #1 DUE BY WEEKEND (Details shorty)Week 5T Sep 29: NO CLASS! Th Oct 1: Greece 3: Classical Greece II, MCGUIRE, GreeceRead Antigone lines 1-541 athttp://www.enotes.com/topics/antigone/etext/antigoneWeek 6Sunday October 4: Textbook quiz on Greece must be done!T Oct 6: Rome 1, MCGUIRE, Rome Read Livy Histories 1.1 to 1.13 athttp://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy01.html Read The Golden Ass, 1-38Th Oct 8: Rome 2, MCGUIRE, RomeRead Achievements of Augustus athttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/14resgestae.html Read GOLDEN ASS, 39-119 Week 7T Oct 13: Rome 3, MCGUIRE, RomeView images & info about Pantheon and Colosseum at http://people.umass.edu/latour/Italy/Pantheon/ http://people.umass.edu/latour/Italy/TheRomanColosseum/index.html Read GOLDEN ASS, 120-190Th Oct 15: Rome 4, MysteriesReligions. GOLDEN ASS, 191-240DISCUSSION BOARDS #2 DUE BY WEEKEND (Details shorty)Week 8Sunday October 18: Textbook quiz on Rome must be done!T Oct 20/Th Oct 22: MIDTERM EXAM WEEK—no lectures or recitationsWeek 9T Oct 27: India 1, MCGUIRE, IndiaRig Veda, Book 1, Hymns 1-5 at http://oaks.nvg.org/rv1.html Th Oct 29: India 2, MCGUIRE, IndiaLife of Buddha at http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/ --Click on the “Story and Teachings” tab and read from “Birth & Youth” to “Death & Legacy”. Baghavad Gita, Chapters 1 and