Civilizations of the Ancient World

    Day 10: The Hellenistic East

    Meeting Day: Friday, January 14

    BEFORE THE MEETING DAY

  1. Watch the video lectures.
  2. Do the readings.
    •  MATHISEN “Greece After the Peloponnesian War (387–336 BCE)” (pp. 249-257)
    •  MATHISEN “The Age of Alexander (336–323 BCE)” (pp. 257-265)
    •  MATHISEN “The Hellenistic Kingdoms (323–120 BCE)” (pp. 265-279)
    •  CLOUDS Sections 5 and 6

    ON THE MEETING DAY

  3. Post in the discussion area below.
  4. Join the discussion at 9:30, where we’ll all respond to and discuss the readings and lecture.

  5. Take the quiz.
  6. Take Quiz #7 by Jan. 14. (Closed)

    Optional: Take Quiz #6 by Jan. 15. (Closed)

  7. Upload your Clouds essay.
  8. Upload your Clouds essay to BlackBoard by Jan. 18.

    Before you upload, make sure your paper meets the specific requirements and scope for this assignment and the basic requirements for all papers.

    Go to BlackBoard

Day 10 Discussion Area

Meeting time: 9:30 a.m.

Respond to and discuss the readings and lecture. Also try to react to what other students are saying. This is where we get at what these readings and ideas are all about, so discussing and interacting here is absolutely vital.

  • Your comments should include your reactions to the arguments made in the readings, both specific points made by the writers and their overall claims, assumptions, and biases, as well as responses to comments made by other students.
  • Your participation grade will be derive not only from the fact that you have posted, but on how well you contribute to the discussion of that day’s topic.
  • If your comment is flagged as spam, let me know so that I can release the comment and whitelist your account.
  • Make sure to include a question that arose for you from today's readings or lecture. It can be any kind of question, but ideally something that provokes more discussion.
  • You can test your Disqus login on the Disqus test page.

Important: Please treat this as an in-class discussion, not like an internet comment board. What I'm asking for is reaction, discussion, and real questions about the material, as a part of your daily participation in the course.