history 14, spring 2005
Lecture schedule
Last update: 18 April
Lectures are held Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m., Mitchell 0005.
Please note the additional assignments in the recitation schedule.
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Thursday, 13 January 2005
Introduction
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Tuesday, 18 January 2005
Overview of Chronology and Cultures
Read in
advance:
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Thursday, 20 January 2005
Physical Geography
Read in advance the
following articles from the factmonster
encylopedia:
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“Africa,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0802668.html ],
including the “Introduction,”
“Geology/Geography” and “Outline of History
>> Early History to 1500” subsections.
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“Asia,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0805015.html ],
including the “Introduction,”
“Boundaries,” “Geology and Geography”
and “Outline of History” subsections.
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“Europe,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0817876.html ],
including the “Introduction” and “Physical
Geography” subsections.
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“Mediterranean Sea,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0832499.html ],
including the “Introduction,”
“Geography” and “History” subsections.
Also in advance, familiarize yourself with the regions and physical features
depicted on the following maps:
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Tuesday, 25 January 2005
Quiz Canceled!
Sumerians, Akkadians and other peoples in early Mesopotamia
Read in advance:
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Thursday, 27 January 2005
Babylonians, Assyrians and the peoples of the Levant
Read in advance:
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Tuesday, 1 February 2005 (revised 30 January)
Recap of Mesopotamia,
introduction to Egypt
Read in advance:
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Thursday, 3 February 2005 (revised 30 January)
Quiz 1 (13 January - 1 February)
Ancient Egypt
Read in advance:
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Tuesday, 8 February 2005
Ancient Egypt 2
Read in advance:
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Thursday, 10 February 2005
TEST 1 (13 January – 8 February)
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Tuesday, 15 February 2005
Minoans, Myceneans and the Early Greeks
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Thursday, 17 February 2005
Greek Colonization and the Classical Age
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Tuesday, 22 February 2005
The Persians
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Thursday, 24 February 2005
Quiz 2 (15 – 22 February)
Wars of the Greeks and the short-lived empire of Alexander
the Great
Read in advance:
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Tuesday, 1 March 2005
The Hellenistic Period
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Thursday, 3 March 2005
Society and Culture in Ancient Greece
Read in advance: there is no reading assignment for today. You might
enjoy using this time to organize your notes and start studying for Test #2 (scheduled
for 24 March).
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Tuesday, 8 March 2005
Chronologies and Calendars
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Thursday, 10 March 2005
Quiz 3 (24 February – 10 March)
Etruscans, Celts, Latins and Early Romans
Read in advance:
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Spring break: 12-20 March 2005
Please use sunscreen!
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Tuesday, 22 March 2005
The Roman Republic
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Thursday, 24 March 2005
Language and Writing
TEST 2 (take-home) distributed at end of
class (17 February – 22 March)
There is no reading assignment for today
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Tuesday, 29 March 2005
TEST 2 due at beginning of class
Wonders of the Ancient World
There is no reading assignment for today
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Thursday, 31 March 2005
No class today
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Tuesday, 5 April 2005
The Early Roman Empire
Read in advance:
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Thursday, 7 April 2005
The Later Roman Empire
Read in advance:
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Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Quiz 4 (24 March – 7 April)
Religion among the Greeks and Romans
Read in advance the following articles from the
Oxford Classical Dictionary
(3rd edition only). Print copies of the OCD are available in the UNC libraries (search the catalog). A digital copy is accessible via the “Past Masters” database, through the UNC libraries “Article databases and more” listing. Online access instructions are available here.
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OCD3
, s.v. “religion, Greek” by E. Kearns.
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Ibid., s.v. “religion, Roman” by S. Price.
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Ibid., s.v. “mythology” by J. Bremmer.
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Ibid., s.v. “mysteries” by R. Gordon.
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Thursday, 14 April 2005
Roman Religion and the Rise of Christianity
Read in advance the following essays that are part of the website associated with the PBS Frontline epidsode, From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians:
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Tuesday, 19 April 2005
The Roman Reaction to Christianity
See previously assigned readings.
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Thursday, 21 April 2005
Ancient Law
Read in advance:
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Tuesday, 26 April 2005
Quiz 5 (12 – 19 April)
The Roman Military
Read in advance:
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Thursday, 28 April 2005
What Happened Next
No readings.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 9:00 a.m.
Final Exam (comprehensive)
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