Week 1

Aug 23 (MON): Introduction to Course
Aug 25 (WED): The First Revolutions: Food and Sex
Aug 27 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
iWORK:3D Ain Sakhri Lovers
PODCAST: Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool (Wed); Bird Shaped Pestle (Wed), Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine (Wed)
Week 2

Aug 30 (MON):Why Cities?
Sept 1 (WED): Beer: The Foundation of Civilization
Sept 3 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS:43-46 [alt] (Mon); 69-79 [alt] (Mon); 96-101 [alt] (Wed); 90-94 [alt] (Wed);
iWORK: Epic of Gilgamesh (FRI) (Graphic Novel Version)
PODCAST: Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle (Mon); Standard of Ur (Mon); Flood Tablet (Wed); Early Writing Tablet (Wed)
Week 3

Sept 6 (MON):LABOR DAY - NO CLASS
Sept 8 (WED):Environmental Apocalypse
Sept 10 (FRI):DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS: 78-83 [alt] (Mon);
iWORK: No Assignment
PODCAST: Indus Seal (Mon);
Week 4

Sept 13 (MON):China & the Mandate of Heaven
Sept 15 (WED):Sorting Fact from Fiction: The Ancient World
Sept 17 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION (Map Quiz #1)
READINGS: 146-152 [alt] (Mon); 191-195 [alt](Mon);111-116 [alt](Wed)
MAP QUIZ GUIDE: Map Study Guide #1 (Blank version)
PODCAST:Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel(Mon); Chinese Bronze Bell (Mon); Minoan Bull-leaper (Wed)
Week 5

Sept 20 (MON):Oracles: Seeing the Future to Understand the Past
Sept 22 (WED):Wine in Greece and Rome
Sept 24 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS: 158-162 [alt] (Mon); 171-176 [alt] (Wed); 228-234 [alt] (Wed)
iWORK: Oracle at Delphi Not Just Hot Air; Oracle of Delphi;
PODCAST: Gold Coin of Croesus(Mon); Parthenon Sculpture (Wed); Warren Cup (Wed);
Week 6

Sept 27 (MON):Mid-term Quiz #1 [STUDY GUIDE]
Sept 29 (WED):Race & Ethnicity in the Ancient World
Oct 1 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS:None
PODCAST: None
QUIZ #1 STUDY GUIDE: STUDY GUIDE
Week 7

Oct 4 (MON):Roman Heroes: Marvel or DC?
Oct 6 (WED):Byzantium & Saving the Roman Empire
Oct 8 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION [AENEID]
READINGS:221-227 [alt] (Mon); 431-436 [alt] (Wed)
iWORK: Hagia Sophia 360 degree tour;Istanbul tour
PODCAST & IMAGES:Head of Augustus (Wed); Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (Wed);
Week 8

Oct 11 (MON):Poetry, State and Understanding Li Bai's China
Oct 13 (WED):BOOK QUIZ (ENTIRE book) [STUDY GUIDE ] MAP
Oct 15 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS:351-359 [alt] (Mon); The Banished Immortal (ENTIRE book)
STUDY GUIDE: Banished Immortal
PODCAST & IMAGES: Chinese Tang Tomb Figures
Week 9

Oct 18 (MON):Rise of Islam: Baghdad's Thousand and One Nights
Oct 20 (WED):Timbuktu
Oct 22 (FRI): Map Quiz #2
READINGS: 294-300 [alt](Mon); 333-338 [alt](Mon); 477-481 [alt](Wed);
MAP QUIZ GUIDE: Map Quiz #2 Study Guide [Blank Study Version]
iWORK: The Al-hambra
PODCAST & IMAGES: Gold Coins of Abd al-Malik; Harem Wall-painting fragments; Ife Head
Week 10

Oct 25 (MON): Primers on How to Rule
Oct 27 (WED): Understanding Love & Sex in Heian Japan
Oct 29 (FRI): DISCUSSION SECTION
READINGS: 203-208 [alt](Mon); 269-275 [alt] (Mon); 372-377 [alt](Wed);
iWORK: Tale of Genji (optional)
PODCAST & IMAGES: Pillar of Ashoka (Mon); Gold Coins of Kumaragupta I (Mon); Japanese Bronze Mirror (Wed)
Week 11
Nov 1 (MON): Mid-term Quiz #2
Nov 3 (WED): Foods & Spices
Nov 5 (FRI): DISCUSSION
READINGS: 410-415 [alt](Wed);
PODCAST & IMAGES: Hoxne Pepper Pot(Wed)
QUIZ #2 STUDY GUIDE: STUDY GUIDE
Week 12

Nov 8 (MON): Life in the Year c. 1,000
Nov 10 (WED): Mongolians From the Steppes
Nov 12 (FRI): DISCUSSION - Map Quiz #3
READINGS:361-365 [alt] (Mon); 393-397 [alt] (Mon); 410-415 [alt](Wed); 477-481 [alt] (Wed)
MAP QUIZ GUIDE: Map Quiz #3 STUDY GUIDE; BLANK VERSION
PODCAST & IMAGES: Vale of York Hoard (Mon); Lewis Chessmen (Mon); Jade Dragon Cup (Wed); The David Vases (Wed);
Week 13
Nov 15 (MON): Death & Disease
Nov 17 (WED): Süleyman the Magnificient
Nov 19 (FRI): DISCUSSION
READINGS:458-463 [alt](Wed)
PODCAST: Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificient (Wed)
Week 14
Nov 22-26: Thanksgiving Break
Week 15

Nov 29 (MON):Dürer's Rhinoceros
Dec 1 (WED): 1492: A New World?
Dec 3 (FRI): DISCUSSION
READINGS:482-485 [alt] (Mon); 497-500 [alt] (Mon); 470-475 [alt] (Wed); 545-551 [alt] (Wed); 573-579 [alt] (Wed)
PODCAST & IMAGES: Dürer's Rhinoceros (Mon); Benin Plaque (Mon); Inca Gold Llama (Wed); Mexican Codex Map (Wed); North American Buckskin Map (Wed)
Week 16

Dec 6 (MON): A Colonizer's Model of the World
Dec 8 (WED): Mid-term Quiz #3
Dec 10 (FRI): DISCUSSION
READINGS: 449-455 [alt] (Mon); 566-571 [alt] (Wed)
QUIZ #3 STUDY GUIDE: STUDY GUIDE
PODCAST: Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island (Mon); Hawaiian Feather Helmet Feather (Mon);