Civilizations of the Ancient World

Resources

Course Resources
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Quiz Notes

Detailed responses to the quiz questions, in handly HTML or PDF form.

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Course Materials Citations

The footnote and bibliography citations for the assigned readings in this course, should you need to cite them.

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Site Map

An overview of the full syllabus and easy access to any page in the course website.

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Video Lectures

My video lectures and assignment intros on YouTube for this course.

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Syllabus page PDFs

PDFs of all the components of this syllabus to view or print.

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Slides

The slides for each course meeting will be posted here—before the meeting if possible.

General Resources
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Research and Citations Center

The basics you need to know for this class researching and find sources and about footnotes and bibliographies.

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Writing a Position Paper

AKA the Elephant Pamphlet. Guidance on research, structure, and citations.

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Maps and Timelines

Helpful maps of the ancient Mediterranean world, and timelines of the ancient era.

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Online Ancient Texts

A fairly exhaustive list of ancient authors and online translations into English.

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MS Word Essay Template

A Microsoft Word file already set up with the required formatting. There is also a Google Docs version.

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Common Word Mix-Ups

Suggestions for sorting out a few of the words that are commonly mixed up in English writing.