Introduction and Organization Wednesday – September 27 – The Rise of Civilization: Mesopotamia and the Near East WC: Chapter 1 pg. 3 – 37 Friday – September 29 – The Mediterranean and Near Eastern Milieu (2000 – 500 BC) WC: Chapter 2 pg. 39 – 73 Week Two (Oct. 2 – 6) Monday – October 2 – Minoans, Mycenaeans, and the Greek Dark Age WC: Chapter 2 pg. 48 – 54 and Chapter 3 pg. 76 – 87 Selections from various philosophers and poets reading Homer Iliad selections Wednesday – October 4 – Rise of the Polis WC: pg. 88 – 96 Finish reading Homer Iliad selections Friday – October 6 – Persian Wars + Classical Athens and Sparta WC: pg. 96 – 101 Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides Week Three (Oct. 9 – 13) Monday – Classical Greece: Peloponnesian War + Fourth Century Revolution WC: pg. 101 – 122 Selections from Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration; the Plague of Athens; the Mytilenian Debate; and the Melian Dialogue! Wednesday – October 11 – Alexander and the New Hellenistic World WC: pg. 122 – 145 Study for Midterm Friday – October 13 – MIDTERM #1! Week Four (Oct. 16 – 20) Monday – October 16 – The Early Roman Republic: Mythical Beginnings WC: pg. 146 – 156
Selections from Livy, etc. Wednesday – October 18 – The Middle Roman Republic: The Rise of an Empire WC: pg. 156 – 162 Selections from Polybius, etc. Friday – October 20 – The Late Roman Republic: The Collapse of the Republic WC: pg. 162 – 165 Selections from Cicero, etc. Begin reading Augustus’ Res Gestae, Tacitus, and others in module Week Five (Oct. 23 – 27) Monday – October 23 – Augustus and the Rise of the Principate WC: pg. 165 – 168 Augustus’ Res Gestae, Tacitus, and others in module Wednesday – October 25 – The Pax Romana and the Expansion of the Roman Empire WC: pg. 168 – 179 Selections from Seneca, etc. Friday – October 27 – New Challenges and the Third Century Crisis WC: pg. 189 – 193 Selections from the Theodosian Code, etc. Week Six (Oct. 30 – Nov. 3) Monday – October 30 – Christianity, Late Antiquity and the Transformation of the Roman Empire WC: pg. 179 – 189, 191 – 198 Selections from Eusebius, etc. Wednesday – November 1 – Late Antiquity and the Transformation of the Roman Empire WC: pg. 194 – 211 Selections from Ammianus Marcellinus, etc. Study for Mid-Term! Friday – November 3 – MIDTERM #2 Week Seven (Nov. 6 – 10) Monday – November 6 – Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium WC: pg. 212 – 223
Selections from Procopius, etc. Wednesday – November 8 - Heirs to the Roman Empire: Islam WC: 223 – 230 Selections from the Qur’an, etc. Friday – November 10 – to the Roman Empire: Early Medieval World in the West WC: 230 – 247 Selections on Charlemagne, etc. Begin Song of Roland Week Eight (Nov. 13 – 17) Monday – November 13 – Europe in 1000 BC and New Changes WC: 247 – 255 Song of Roland Wednesday – November 15 – Expansion of Europe WC: 255 – 266 Selections on Early Medieval Ages (Charters, etc.) Friday – November 17 – Beginnings of Crusader Era WC: 266 – 283 Selections on Early Crusades (Papal Edicts, etc.) Week Nine (Nov. 20 – 24) Monday – November 20 – Consolidation of Europe: Narratives and Timelines WC: 283 – 294 Selections on the Rise of France, etc. Wednesday – November 22 – Unity and Dissent in the Western Church WC: 294 – 323 Selections on the Church, etc. Friday – November 24 – NO CLASS! Happy Thanksgiving! Week Ten (Nov. 27 – Dec. 1) Monday – November 27 – Reorientation of the Medieval World