Week 1

Jan 12 (MON): Introduction to Course
Jan 14 (WED): Be Civilized! What constitutes "civilization"
Jan 16 (FRI):  DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS (all page numbers refer to Armesto's The World): 1-13

iWORK: Çatalhöyük

Week 2

Jan 19 (MON): MLK Day - No Class
Jan 21 (WED): Laying Down the Law: Mesopotamia
Jan 23 (FRI):  DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 59-61; EPIC OF GILGAMESH (entire book including introduction)

READING GUIDE: Gilgamesh: A New English Version
iWORK:British Museum's MESOPOTAMIA; A Closer Look at the Code of Hammurabi

Week 3

Jan 26 (MON):Preserving the Past (and Future): Ancient Egypt
Jan 28 (WED):Atlantis, Archeaology, and Translating the Past
Jan 30 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 56-59; 81-85; Jessica Cecil, "The Fall of the Minoan Civilization
iWORK:Pyramid Challenge; Lost City of Atlantis MAP STUDY GUIDE
PODCAST:Hatshepsut (You can listen using RealPlayer or Quicktime)

Week 4

Feb 2 (MON):Rise of Athenian Democracy
Feb 4 (WED):Oracles: Seeing the Future to Understand the Past
Feb 6 (FRI):  DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 103-109; Map Study Guide (larger map)

iWORK: Oracle of Delphi; Parthenon ; Oracle at Delphi Not Just Hot Air

Week 5

Feb 9 (MON):  From Warring States to the First Emperor
Feb 11 (WED):Mid-Term #1 - STUDY GUIDE (MAP for the test)
Feb 13 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 169-172
iWORK: Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
PODCAST: China's Warring States (INFO);

Week 6

Feb 16 (MON):Republican Values & the Rise of Rome
Feb 18 (WED):Heroes: Save the Cheerleader & Save the World
Feb 20 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 162-166, 184-189 MAP STUDY GUIDE

iWORK: 1) Death in Rome 2) The Arena of Death 3) Enter the Colosseum
PODCAST: The Roman Republic (INFO)

Week 7

Feb 23 (MON):The Ramayana
Feb 25 (WED):Primers of How to Rule
Feb 27 (FRI):  DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 166-169; 191-192 Ramayana (ENTIRE BOOK & introduction); Glossary; Expanded Glossary of Important Terms

READING GUIDE: Ramayana Study Guide
iWORK: A Buddhist Pilgrim's Journey

Week 8

March 2 (MON):Byzantium & Saving the Roman Empire
March 4 (WED):A Woman's Right to Rule
March 6 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 194-196; 217-218; 296-303; The Age of Justinian ; Hagia Sophia, 532-37
iWORK: The Glory of Byzantium; Hagia Sophia 360 degree tour; Procopius on Theodora
PODCAST::Empress Wu

Week 9

March 9-13 :SPRING BREAK (No class)

Week 10

March 16 (MON):China's Cosmopolitan Age
March 18 (WED):  In Search of Shangri-la
March 20 (FRI):     DISCUSSION SECTION

Week 11

March 23 (MON): Mid-Term #2 - Study Guide
March 25 (WED):Muhammad, Islam and a New World Order
March 27 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 196-200

iWORK:
PODCAST:The Arab Conquests (INFO)

Week 12

March 30 (MON):Islamic Worlds
April 1 (WED):Translation & Transmission
April 3 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 292-296; The Alhambra Arabian Nights (ENTIRE BOOK & Introduction); STUDY GUIDE
PODCAST: Discussion of Arabian Nights [INFO] (this is useful but NOT required)

Week 13

April 6 (MON):Love, Romance & Dating in Pre-Modern Heian Japan
April 8 (WED):Mongolians From the Steppes
April 10 (FRI):DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS:314-332; 336-339

iWORK: Tale of Genji ; In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
PODCAST: Genghis Khan (INFO) (OPTIONAL)

Week 14

April 13 (MON):Black Death & the European Renaissance
April 15 (WED):Michelangelo & the Italian Renaissance
April 17 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 348-358
PODCAST: The Black Death (INFO)

Week 15

April 20 (MON):Discovering and Navigating a New World
April 22 (WED): A European Miracle
April 24 (FRI):DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 239-246; 266-270; 381-385
PODCAST: The Aztecs (INFO) - Optional

Week 16

April 27 (MON):A Colonizer's Model of the World
April 29 (WED): FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
May 1 (FRI):DISCUSSION SECTION

READINGS: 253-255;391-406
iWORK:

Final Exam - THURSDAY May 7 (6:50-7:40) 110 Wartik (same room as class)