Schedule of Readings and Assignments
For each meeting, please come into class having read and thought about the readings assigned for that class.
Readings listed with the book icon () are from the assigned textbook, Mathisen, Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, 3d Edition.
Everything listed under each meeting—the textbook readings, Gilgamesh, and Clouds—is fair game for the quizzes we’ll have at the start of some meetings.
Beginnings
Tuesday, August 29
- Before the meeting:
- 1Watch all of the following:
- Welcome and Orientation (4:21)
- 2Read all of the following:
- 1Watch all of the following:
Thursday, August 31
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
The Bronze Age
Tuesday, September 12
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, September 19
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, September 21
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
The Iron Age
Tuesday, September 26
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, September 28
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, October 3
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, October 5
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, October 10
No meeting
The Greek Idea
Tuesday, October 17
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, October 19
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, October 24
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, October 26
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, October 31
No meeting
Thursday, November 2
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, November 7
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, November 9
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
The Might of Rome
Tuesday, November 14
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, November 16
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, November 21
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, November 23
No meeting
Tuesday, November 28
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, November 30
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Tuesday, December 5
- Before the meeting, read all of the following:
Thursday, December 7
- Before the meeting, read all of the following: