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.

• Thursday, 13 January 2005
  Introduction
• Tuesday, 18 January 2005
  Overview of Chronology and Cultures
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. xvii-xx, 3-8
  • B. Hemminger, “Why Study Ancient World Cultures?,” [ http://eawc.evansville.edu/ ]
• Thursday, 20 January 2005
  Physical Geography
  Read in advance the following articles from the factmonster encylopedia:
  • “Africa,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0802668.html ], including the “Introduction,” “Geology/Geography” and “Outline of History >> Early History to 1500” subsections.
  • “Asia,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0805015.html ], including the “Introduction,” “Boundaries,” “Geology and Geography” and “Outline of History” subsections.
  • “Europe,” [ http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0817876.html ], including the “Introduction” and “Physical Geography” subsections.
  • “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:
  • “Europe, North Africa and West Asia: Physical Geography,” [ http://www.unc.edu/awmc/awmcmap49.html ].
  • “Europe, North Africa and West Asia: Regions,” [ http://www.unc.edu/awmc/awmcmap50.html ].
• Tuesday, 25 January 2005
  Quiz Canceled!
  Sumerians, Akkadians and other peoples in early Mesopotamia
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 9-30
• Thursday, 27 January 2005
  Babylonians, Assyrians and the peoples of the Levant
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 31-46
• Tuesday, 1 February 2005 (revised 30 January)
  Recap of Mesopotamia, introduction to Egypt
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 47-53
• Thursday, 3 February 2005 (revised 30 January)
  Quiz 1 (13 January - 1 February)
  Ancient Egypt
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 54-60
• Tuesday, 8 February 2005
  Ancient Egypt 2
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 61-65
• Thursday, 10 February 2005
  TEST 1 (13 January – 8 February)
• Tuesday, 15 February 2005
  Minoans, Myceneans and the Early Greeks
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 69-94
• Thursday, 17 February 2005
  Greek Colonization and the Classical Age
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 95-128
• Tuesday, 22 February 2005
  The Persians
  Read in advance:
  • “Ancient Iran: Persia and the Persian Empire,” [ http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/persianempir1/a/persiaintro.htm ], all subsections up to and including “Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, and the Parthians.”
• 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:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 129-131
• Tuesday, 1 March 2005
  The Hellenistic Period
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 132-148
• 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).
• Tuesday, 8 March 2005
  Chronologies and Calendars
  Read in advance:
  • “Dating Techniques” in E-museum at Minnesota State University, Mankato [ http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/dating/ ].
• Thursday, 10 March 2005
  Quiz 3 (24 February – 10 March)
  Etruscans, Celts, Latins and Early Romans
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 151-193
• Spring break: 12-20 March 2005
  Please use sunscreen!
• Tuesday, 22 March 2005
  The Roman Republic
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 195-216
• 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
• Tuesday, 29 March 2005
  TEST 2 due at beginning of class
  Wonders of the Ancient World
  There is no reading assignment for today
• Thursday, 31 March 2005
  No class today
• Tuesday, 5 April 2005
  The Early Roman Empire
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 217-269
• Thursday, 7 April 2005
  The Later Roman Empire
  Read in advance:
  • de Blois 1997 , pp. 270-295
• 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.
  • OCD3 , s.v. “religion, Greek” by E. Kearns.
  • Ibid., s.v. “religion, Roman” by S. Price.
  • Ibid., s.v. “mythology” by J. Bremmer.
  • Ibid., s.v. “mysteries” by R. Gordon.
• 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:
  • Arrest and Execution
  • The Jesus Movement
  • The Collision with Paganism
  • The Martyrs
• Tuesday, 19 April 2005
  The Roman Reaction to Christianity
  See previously assigned readings.
• Thursday, 21 April 2005
  Ancient Law
  Read in advance:
  • Mesopotamia: Ancient History Sourcebook: Some Neo-Babylonian Legal Decisions, c. 555-427 BCE
  • Egypt: Records of legal proceedings at Deir el Medine
• Tuesday, 26 April 2005
  Quiz 5 (12 – 19 April)
  The Roman Military
  Read in advance:
  • The Roman Army in the Late Republic and Early Empire
  • The Roman Army, Part II
• Thursday, 28 April 2005
  What Happened Next
  No readings.
• Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 9:00 a.m.
  Final Exam (comprehensive)

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