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Week
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Topic
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Assignment
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August 20
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Introduction and Background
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None
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Aug. 25-27
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Ancient Civilizations
The Hebrews
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Perry, Chs. 1-2
from the Epic of
Gilgamesh
from Hammurabi's
Code
Herodotus on
Mummification
from the Old
Testament
Study Questions
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Sept. 1-3
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Rise of the Greeks
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Perry,
Ch. 3
from Homer, The
Iliad
from Herodotus, The
History
Solon,
Select Fragments
from Plato, The
Republic
from Aristotle, Politics
Study Questions
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Sept. 8-10
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Classical Greek Civilization
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Perry,
Ch. 4
from
Aristotle, The Poetics
from Sophocles, Antigone
from Aristophanes,
The Clouds
Study Questions
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Sept. 15-17
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The Hellenistic World and
the rise of Rome
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Perry, Chs. 5-6
Alexander the Great
Cicero, How to
Make Right Decisions
Plutarch on
Tiberius Gracchus
Study Questions
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Sept. 22-24
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The Roman Empire
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Perry,
Ch. 7
Augustus, Res
Gestae
from Tacitus, The
Annals
from Virgil, The
Aeneid
Study Questions
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Sept. 29
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Test 1
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Perry, Chs. 1-7
Primary Readings
Essay Topics
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Oct. 1
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Christianity
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Oct. 6-8
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Christianity and the Heirs of Rome
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Perry, Chs. 8-9
Paul, Epistles
Early Church
Documents
from the Koran
about
Charlemagne
Study Questions
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Oct. 10-18
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Fall Break
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Oct. 20-22
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The High Middle Ages
(Paper 1 due Oct. 22)
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Perry,
Ch. 10
Urban II's
Speech at Clermont
Declaration
of the Powers of the Count of Toul over the City of Toul, 1069
Innocent
III, Letters
Study Questions
(these are the same
as below)
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Oct. 27-29
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High Medieval Culture
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Perry, Chs. 10-11
Rules of the
University of Paris
from Aquinas, Summa
Theologica
from Dante, The
Divine Comedy
Go to Hell
Hildegarde of
Bingen, O virga ac diadema
Study Questions
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Nov. 3-5
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The Late Middle Ages
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Perry, Ch. 12
The English
Peasant Revolt (from Froissart's Chronicles)
from Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales
the Great Schism
(from Froissart's Chronicles)
Study Questions
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Nov. 10-12
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Renaissance and Reformation
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Perry, Chs. 13-14
Petrarch Letter
from Machiavelli, The
Prince
from Erasmus, Praise
of Folly
from Thomas More, Utopia
Luther, The 95
Theses
Luther, Letter to
the Archbishop of Mainz
Study Questions
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Nov. 17
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Review for Test 2
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Nov. 19
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Test 2
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Perry, Chs. 8-14
Primary Readings
Essay Topics
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Nov. 24
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The Expansion of Europe
and discussion of final exam
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Perry, Ch. 15
letter from
Columbus
Las Casas on the
Destruction of the Indies
Voyages of John
Hawkins
Dutch Documents on
the Slave Trade
Study Questions
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Dec. 1-3
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Medieval to Modern
Paper 2 due Dec. 1
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Perry, Chs. 16-17
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