Meeting and Assignment Schedule

WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500
HIST 21   WILSON   SPRING 2010

1               Thu        1/28         Introduction; Sources                    

2               Tue        2/2            Prehistoric Civilizations
                                                      winks:                  pages 1-13               

3               Thu        2/4            River Civilizations
                                                      winks:                  pages 13-26            
                                                      gilgamesh:        Introduction

4               Tue        2/9            Trade and Empire
                                                      winks:                  pages 26-44            
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet I (george 1-11)

5               Thu        2/11         Religion, Philosophy, Language
                                                      winks:                  pages 44-53            
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet II (george 12-22)

6               Tue        2/16         Citizens and the state
                                                      winks:                  pages 58-67, 94-98              
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet V (george 39-47)

                  Thu        2/18           Monday classes                                    

7               Tue        2/23         Woman, Family, and Slaves
                                                      winks:                  pages 98-101         
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet VI (george 47-54)

8               Thu        2/25         Oral History and Literature
                                                      winks:                  pages 54-58, 67-74              
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet VII (george 54-62)

9               Tue        3/2            Persia
                                                      Position Paper Proposal Due
                                                      winks:                  pages 74-76            
                                                      gilgamesh:        Tablet XI (george 88-99)

10            Thu        3/4            Greece
                                                      winks:                  pages 76-94            

11            Tue        3/9            Alexander
                                                      Essay #1 Due
                                                      winks:                  pages 101-108      

12            Thu        3/11         Rome and Carthage
                                                      winks:                  pages 118-133      

13            Tue        3/16         Republic and Empire
                                                      winks:                  pages 133-145      

14            Thu        3/18         Mediterranean Civilization
                                                      winks:                  pages 158-176      

15            Tue        3/23         Goths, Germans, and the End of the Ancient World
                                                      winks:                  pages 177-182, 195-201, 208-214

16            Thu        3/25         MIDTERM EXAM

                  Tue        3/30           Spring Break       
                  Thu        4/1             Spring Break       
                  Tue        4/6             Spring Break       

17            Thu        4/8            Successors to Rome
                                                      winks:                  pages 216-217
                                                      bishop:                 pages 7-22

18            Tue        4/13         Peasants and Labor     
                                                      Position Paper Optional Draft Due
                                                      bishop:                 pages 209-229

19            Thu        4/15         Priests, Monks, and Worshippers
                                                      bishop:                 pages 142-163

20            Tue        4/20         Laws and Literature     
                                                      bishop:                 pages 237-247, 260-267
                                                      roland:              ÔThe BetrayalÕ, stanzas 1-33

21            Thu        4/22         The Spread of Islam
                                                      goddard:          pages 34-48 Q
                                                      roland:              ÔThe BetrayalÕ, stanzas 34-66

22            Tue        4/27         The Frank and the Turk                
                                                      Position Paper Due
                                                      bishop:                 pages 90-107

23            Thu        4/29         Citizens and the State                  
                                                      bishop:                 pages 247-260, 188-196
                                                      roland:              ÔOliver and The BattleÕ, stanzas 79-96;
                                                                                      ÔRolandÕs LamentÕ, stanzas 140-141

24            Tue        5/4            Woman, Family, and Slaves     
                                                      bishop:                 pages 115-134
                                                      roland:              ÔThe Death of RolandÕ, stanzas 168-176;
                                                                                      ÔTrial of GanelonÕ, stanzas 278-298

25            Thu        5/6            World economies           
                                                      bishop:                 pages 177-188, 196-206

26            Tue        5/11         The Four Horsemen      
                                                      Essay #2 Due
                                                      bishop:                 pages 300-323

27            Thu        5/13         Reinventing the Ancients
                                                      king:                     pages 65-67, 71-72, 80-95, 98 Q

28            Tue        5/18         Moctezuma and CortŽs
                                                      First-hand accounts Q

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q = Readings are posted online. A limited number of print copies will be available upon request.