Recitation sections

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• Recitation sessions
• Recitation schedule and assignments

Recitation sessions

Recitation sections are not held every week. Please pay careful attention to the following calendar. It indicates the weeks during which recitation sections will meet.

• 600: Mondays, 10:00 - 10:50 a.m., Hamilton 423
• 601: Mondays, 4:00 - 4:50 p.m., Hamilton 425
• 602: Wednesdays, 9:00 - 9:50 a.m., Hamilton 351
• 603: Wednesdays, 3:00 - 3:50 p.m., Murphey 115
• 604: Fridays, 1:00 - 1:50 p.m., Mitchell 205
• 605: Fridays, 2:00 - 2:50 p.m., Murphey 112
• 606: Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:20 p.m., Dey 210

Recitation schedule and assignments

• Week of 24-28 January 2005
  Code of Hammurabi
  Read in advance:
  • L. King (trans.) , “The Code of Hammurabi,” [ http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hamframe.htm ].
  Prepare in advance: select three or four of the provisions of Hammurabi’s code that you think tell you the most important things about the nature of ancient Mesopotamian society. Write a short paragraph for each of the “laws” you selected, explaining why you selected them. Bring your work to your recitation section, ready to discuss it and to hand it in.
• Week of 31 January - 4 February
  Review for Test 1
• Week of 14-18 February 2005
  Greek Magical Texts
  Read in advance: the 11-page PDF file entitled "Greek Magical Texts." You'll find it on the course blackboard site, under the "Recitation Materials" subsection of the "Course Documents" section.
  Prepare in advance: as you read (or re-read) the material, make written lists of the following information for at least five of the spells, charms or amulets presented:
  • For each spell, charm, or amulet, succinctly record the intent of the magical operation
  • For each spell, charm, or amulet, if any social institutions, religious establishments, or elements or governance are involved, record these
  • For the commissioner or depositor of each spell, charm or amulet, record their occupation, social status and gender
  • For each target of each spell, charm or amulet, record occupation, social status and gender
  Bring your work to your recitation section, ready to discuss it and to hand it in.
• Week of 28 March - 1 April 2005
  Late Antique Epigraphic Documents from Aphrodisias
  Read in advance:
  • Home page of the Inscriptions of Aphrodisias Project
  • Home page of Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity (ALA), 2nd ed.
  • Introduction to ALA
  • Spend an hour browsing the ALA inscriptions. Select two inscribed documents that you think are the most interesting, and read the editor's commentary on them carefully. Print out the main page associated with each inscription of interest and bring those pages to class (note the “Print-friendly view” link at top right on each page). Be prepared to explain to your peers why you found these inscriptions interesting and what you think they might tell us about life in Aphrodisias.
• Week of 11-15 April 2005
  Roman Tax Documents
  Read in advance: the 8-page PDF file entitled "Roman Tax Documents." You'll find it on the course blackboard site, under the "Recitation Materials" subsection of the "Course Documents" section.
  Prepare in advance: after you have read (or re-read) the material, write a one-page opinion paper responding to one of the two following questions, based on information in your textbook, lecture notes and especially these documents:
  1. Would you say that the Roman approach to taxation was more or less fair and effective than the modern U.S. approach?
  2. Would you say that the changes made to the Roman tax system by the emperor Diocletian made the system more or less effective and fair than the previous situation?
  
  Bring your position to paper to class to hand in.
• Week of 25-29 April 2005
  Exam review