Schedule of Classes
and Readings Changes in
the Schedule are denoted in RED. |
| Date |
Topic |
Assigned
Reading (to be done prior to class) |
| Part I: The Origins of
the West (From the First Civilizations to Alexander the Great) |
| 6/4 |
Introductions, Overview of Course; Prehistory
and Early Civilizations |
Chapter
1 |
| 6/5 |
Armies
and Empires: Politics and Power in the Bronze and Iron Ages |
Chapter
2
|
| 6/6 |
The
Greek Polis |
Chapter
3 |
| 6/7 |
The
School of Hellas: Poetry, Ideas, and the Arts in Ancient Greece |
Chapter
4;
Test 1, covering Chapters 1-4 and classes through 6/7; First Primary
Source Essay Due. |
|
Part
II: The Origins of the West (From Roman Dominion to the New Peoples of
Europe) |
| 6/11 |
Our
Sea: The Mediterranean World in the Hellenic and Early Roman Eras |
Chapter
5
|
| 6/12-6/13 |
Pax
Romana: Society, State and Culture in Imperial Rome |
Chapter
6
|
| 6/14 |
Pagans,
Jews and Christians: Religions of the Mediterranean World |
Chapter
7
|
| 6/18 |
After
Antiquity: New Peoples of Europe and Other Peoples of the World |
Chapter
8;
Test 2, covering Chapters
5-8 and classes 6/11 through 6/18; Second Primary Source Essay Due. |
| Part III: The West Takes
Form |
| 6/19 |
Workers,
Warriors and Kings: Politics and Society in the Middle Ages |
Chapter
9
|
| 6/20 |
The
Spiritual Sword: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages |
Chapter
10
|
| 6/21 |
In
the Name of Profit: Cities, Merchants and Trade in the Middle Ages |
Chapter
11
|
| Part IV: The West
Expands |
| 6/25 |
Norman
Conquest and Hundred Years' War |
Chapter
12; Test 3, covering
Chapters 9-12 and classes 6/19 through 6/25; Third Primary Source Essay
Due. |
| 6/26 |
Rebirth
in Italy: The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance |
Chapter
13
|
| 6/27-6/28 |
Of
One Church, Many: Protestant Reformation and Catholic Reform |
Chapter
14 |
| 7/2 |
Absolute
Power: War and Politics in Early Modern Europe |
Chapter
15
|
| 7/3 |
Europe
Reaches Out: Global Voyages and Cultural Encounters |
Chapter
16 |
| 7/4 |
No
Class -- Fourth of July |
|
| 7/5 |
Final
Examination (Cumulative) |
|
