Ancient Civ.
 

 

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Full course syllabus Course overview Course info Required texts Expectations Grading for the course Exams Schedule of Readings and Assignments Written assignments
Essay #1 (on Gilgamesh) Essay #2 (on Clouds) Essay #3 (on Representations and Images)
Requirements for All Papers Academic Policies Midterm Exam Post-Mortem
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Meeting #1: Introduction and Themes Meeting #2: The Origins of Civilization Meeting #3: Mesopotamia Meeting #4: Sumer Meeting #5: Semitic Mesopotamia Meeting #6: God-Kings of Egypt Meeting #7: Egyptian Empires Meeting #8: The Bronze Age Aegean Meeting #9: Dawn of the Iron Age Meeting #10: How Not to Run an Empire: The Assyrians Meeting #11: The Success of the Persian Empire Meeting #12: Ancient Asia: China, India, and the Steppes Meeting #14: The Greek Dark Age Meeting #15: Archaic Hellas Meeting #16: Sparta and Athens Meeting #18: Wars Between the Greeks Meeting #19: The Rise of Macedon Meeting #20: The Legacy of Alexander Meeting #21: Early Rome Meeting #22: The Roman Republic Meeting #23: The Acquisition of Empire Meeting #24: The Republican Crisis Meeting #25: Collapse of the Republic Meeting #26: Crossing the Rubicon Meeting #27: Augustus, Princeps, Imperator