Ancient Civilizations
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Post your weekly responses here.
Response Schedule
Posts are due no later than the Sunday following the class meeting. This semester, the weekly responses are posted in the discussion forums on Brightspace.
Meetings and Due Dates
| Week/Meeting | Post by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 |
Tue, Sep 1: Introduction and Themes Thu, Sep 3: The Origins of Civilization |
Sun, Sep 6 | |
Week 2 |
Tue, Sep 8: Mesopotamia Thu, Sep 10: Sumer |
Sun, Sep 13 | |
Week 3 |
Tue, Sep 15: Semitic Mesopotamia Thu, Sep 17: God-Kings of Egypt |
Sun, Sep 20 | |
Week 4 |
Tue, Sep 22: Egyptian Empires Thu, Sep 24: The Bronze Age Aegean |
Sun, Sep 27 | |
Week 5 |
Tue, Sep 29: Dawn of the Iron Age Thu, Oct 1: How Not to Run an Empire: The Assyrians |
Sun, Oct 4 | |
Week 6 |
Tue, Oct 6: The Success of the Persian Empire Thu, Oct 8: Ancient Asia: China, India, and the Steppes |
Sun, Oct 11 | |
| No responses in Week 7 (Oct 15). | |||
Week 8 |
Tue, Oct 20: The Greek Dark Age Thu, Oct 22: Archaic Hellas |
Sun, Oct 25 | |
Week 9 |
Tue, Oct 27: Sparta and Athens Thu, Oct 29: The Persian Menace |
Sun, Nov 1 | |
Week 10 |
Tue, Nov 3: Wars Between the Greeks Thu, Nov 5: The Rise of Macedon |
Sun, Nov 8 | |
Week 11 |
Tue, Nov 10: The Legacy of Alexander Thu, Nov 12: Early Rome |
Sun, Nov 15 | |
Week 12 |
Tue, Nov 17: The Roman Republic Thu, Nov 19: The Acquisition of Empire |
Sun, Nov 22 | |
Week 13 |
Tue, Nov 24: The Republican Crisis | Sun, Nov 29 | |
Week 14 |
Tue, Dec 1: Collapse of the Republic Thu, Dec 3: Crossing the Rubicon |
Sun, Dec 6 | |
Week 15 |
Tue, Dec 8: Augustus, Princeps, Imperator Thu, Dec 10: The Roman Principate |
Sun, Dec 13 | |
| No responses in Week 16 (Dec 15). | |||
Later posts can be submitted for partial credit.
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Week 5
Week 6
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15