Ancient Civ.
 

 

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Full course syllabus Course info Required texts Expectations Grading for the course 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 Sample Interpretive Essay
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Notes for Quiz #1 Notes for Quiz #2 Notes for Quiz #3
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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