Weekly Responses
Post your weekly responses here.
Response Schedule
Posts are due no later than the Sunday following the class meeting, but there’s extra credit for posting before the Thursday meeting so that we can maybe talk about some of the responses in class.
Meetings and Due Dates
| Meeting | Meeting date | Post by | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Week 1
| Introduction and Themes | Thu Aug 29 | No Responses Due |
 Week 2
| The Origins of Civilization | Tue Sep 3, Thu Sep 5 | Sun Sep 8 |
 Week 3
| Sumer | Tue Sep 10, Thu Sep 12 | Sun Sep 15 |
 Week 4
| God-Kings of Egypt | Tue Sep 17, Thu Sep 19 | Sun Sep 22 |
 Week 5
| The Bronze Age Aegean / Dawn of the Iron Age | Tue Sep 24, Thu Sep 26 | Sun Sep 29 |
 Week 6
| How Not to Run an Empire: The Assyrians | Tue Oct 1 | Sun Oct 6 |
 Week 7
| The Success of the Persian Empire / Ancient Asia | Tue Oct 8, Thu Oct 10 | Sun Oct 13 |
 Week 8
| Midterm Exam | Thu Oct 17 | No Responses Due |
 Week 9
| The Greek Dark Age / Archaic Hellas | Tue Oct 22, Thu Oct 24 | Sun Oct 27 |
 Week 10
| Sparta and Athens | Tue Oct 29, Thu Oct 31 | Sun Nov 3 |
 Week 11
| Wars Between the Greeks | Tue Nov 5, Thu Nov 7 | Sun Nov 10 |
 Week 12
| Alexander / Early Rome | Tue Nov 12, Thu Nov 14 | Sun Nov 17 |
 Week 13
| The Roman Republic | Tue Nov 19, Thu Nov 21 | Sun Nov 24 |
 Week 14
| The Republican Crisis | Tue Nov 26, | Sun Dec 1 |
 Week 15
| Collapse of the Republic | Tue Dec 3, Thu Dec 5 | Sun Dec 8 |
 Week 16 | The Roman Principate | Thu Dec 12 | Sun Dec 15 |