Hist 101: World History to 1500, sections 2 and 3
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Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 11-12, 1-2; Tu 9-11 235-4315 |
Schedule
Administrative Deadlines and Instructional Holidays are in Italics
Assignments and Tests are in Bold
Date | Assignments, Readings | Topics, Handouts |
M (8/22) | First day of class, introductions | Handout: Syllabus Addendum |
W (8/24) | Student Information Sheet Due by Email | Nature of History: Empathy, Evidence |
F (8/26) | WC, chap. 1 The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization | Tools, Agriculture |
M (8/29) | Last day to enroll or add without instructor permission.Last day for online enrollment. | Urbanization and social complexity |
W (8/31) | WC, chap. 2 The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa Hammurabi’s Code |
Kingdoms And Empires |
F (9/2) | Instructions of Ptah-Hotep | Literacy |
M (9/5) | Labor Day holiday | |
9/6 | Last Day to drop without ‘W’ | |
W (9/7) | WC, chap. 3 Asia’s First Civilizations: India and China | Migration and Origins |
F (9/9) | What is “Chinese”? “Indian”? | |
M (9/12) | WC, chap. 4 Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China The Confucian Great Learning |
Political Theory and Practice Slides: Early Chinese Thought |
W (9/14) | Culture | |
F (9/16) | Instructor Absent | |
M (9/19) | WC, chap. 5 Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Thucydides, The Funeral Oration of Pericles, and, The Melian Dialogue,, 431 bce. |
Greek Culture and Politics Resource: Basic terms and definitions from classical Greek society |
W (9/21) | Greek Philosophy Resource: Schools of thought and thinkers from ancient Greece |
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F (9/23) | Persia Resource: Persian Empires Chart Slides: Persian Empires |
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M (9/26) | Last day for half tuition refund Catch-up/Review Test #1 Review Assignment Due by email Sunday Midnight |
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W (9/28) | Test #1 (Primary Source Question: Athens) | Erev Rosh Hashanah |
F (9/30) | WC, chap. 6 Religious Rivalries and India’s Golden Age | Class, Caste, Empire |
M (10/3) | Buddha’s First Sermon, Vow of the Bodhisattva | Buddhism and other traditions Resource: Basic principles of Buddhism |
W (10/5) | WC, chap. 7 Rome and Its Empire | Kingdom, Republic, Empire |
F (10/7) | Roman Culture Pictures: Roman Artifacts Erev Yom Kippur |
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M (10/10) | WC, chap. 9 The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples Columbus Day (not a holiday) |
Polynesian and African migrations |
W (10/12) | Homecoming Convocation: noon, Carnie Smith Stadium |
From Jesus to Christ, parts 1, 2 & 3 as homework. Email Summary/Response (1 page per hour) by Friday, 10/14. |
F (10/14) | WC, chap. 10 The End of the Classical Era:World History in Transition, 200–700 C.E. | Globalization: Silk Road and Religious Expansion Slides: Post-classical religion and trade |
M (10/17) | Midsemester D/F Grades Due by Noon | Fall (and persistence) of Empires Slides: Fall of Rome Historiography |
W (10/19) | WC, chap. 11 The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam Quran: Surahs 1 and 2 |
Islam: Faith Resource: Basic Islam and important figures in Islamic culture |
F (10/21) | Fall Break | |
M (10/24) | Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat, c. 1120 | Islam: Cultures Slides: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
W (10/26) | WC, chap. 12 Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia | Islam: Empires |
F (10/28) | Last day to apply for December graduation | Islam in India |
M (10/31) | Catch-up/Review Test #2 Review Assignment Due by email, Sunday Midnight |
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W (11/2) | Test #2 (Primary Source Question: Comparison) | |
F (11/4) | WC, chap. 13 African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam | “Africa” and Globalization |
M (11/7) | Last day to drop single course.Early Enrollment for Spring begins WC, chap. 14 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe |
Religious and Political Empires |
W (11/9) | Crossroads Culture | |
F (11/11) | WC, chap. 15 A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe Magna Carta |
“Post-Classical” / “Middle Ages” (but Feudalism?) |
M (11/14) | Religious & Economic Growth | |
W (11/16) | WC, chap. 8 The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas WC, chap. 16 The Americas on the Eve of Invasion |
Sacrifices, Historiography and Archeology The Hindsight Problem |
F (11/18) | WC, chap. 17 Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties | China’s Open Empire and Search for Stability Resource: Neo-Confucianism |
M (11/21) | Culture: Footbinding and Poetry Slides: Sui-Tang-Song Art and Ceramics |
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W (11/23) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
F (11/25) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
M (11/28) | WC, chap. 18 The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam Prince Shotoku’s 17-Article Constitution, 604 |
Culture and Choices: Korea v. Japan Resource: Japan and Korea to 1500 |
W (11/30) | WC, chap. 19 The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur | Guzman’s Barbarian Thesis and Persistence of Empires |
12/1 | Last day to withdraw from entire term. | |
F (12/2) | Instructor Absent | |
M (12/5) | WC, chap. 20 The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power | Black Death, Crusades and Exploration |
W (12/7) | Renaissances? Resources: Columbian Exchange and Renaissance Art |
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F (12/9) | Last Day of instruction Catch-up/Review Test #3 Review Assignment Due by email Thursday Midnight |
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Final Exams | MWF 12 (RH 301) – 12/14, 12-1:50 MWF 2 (RH301) – 12/12, 2-3:50 |
Test #3 (Primary Source Question: Political History) Final Essays Due Wed. Noon |
Professionalism (Attendance, etc.) | 15% |
Test Review Assignments (3) | 15% |
Tests (3) | 45% |
Final Essays (2) | 25% |