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Jan. 15, 17, 19 |
The Beginnings of Civilization |
Kishlansky: "How to read a
document" (xiii-xxi); Epic of Gilgamesh
(2-4); Book of Genesis (10-15) |
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| 2 |
Jan 22, 24, 26 |
The Ancient Near East |
Hunt, chs. 1 & 2 | Kishlansky:
Code of Hammurabi (22-25); Book of the
Dead (25-28); Homer, Iliad (38-41) |
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| 3 |
Jan 29, 31
Feb. 2 |
Classical Greece |
Hunt, chs. 3 & 4 | Kishlansky:
Sappho of Lesbos, Poems (41-43);
Herodotus, History (43-46); Plato, Republic
(56-65) |
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| 4 |
Feb. 5, 7, 9 |
The Hellenistic World & the
Rise of Rome |
Hunt, ch. 5 | Kishlansky:
Aristotle, Politics (65-68); Cicero, Trial
of Aulus Cluentius Habitus (68-72); Virgil, Aeneid
(72-5); Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder (81-85) |
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| 5 |
Feb. 12, 14, 16 |
The Roman Empire |
Hunt, ch. 6 | Kishlansky:
Suetonius, Life of Augustus (85-89); The
Sermon on the Mount (89-92); Tacitus, Germania
(98-101) |
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Fri., Feb. 23 |
First Paper Due |
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| 6 |
Feb. 19, 21, 23 |
Late Antiquity |
Hunt, ch. 7 | Kishlansky:
Augustine, City of God (106-10); Benedict
of Nursia, Rule of Saint Benedict (110-4),
Burgundian Code (114-9) |
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Fri., Mar. 2 |
Mid-Term Examination |
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Feb. 26, 28 Mar. 2
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Rome’s Successors |
Hunt, ch. 8 | Kishlansky: Gregory
of Tours, History of the Franks (120-3);
Einhard, Life of Charlemagne (127-30) [n.b.
Discussion on Wed., 28 Feb.] |
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Mar. 5-11 |
Mid-Semester Break |
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Mar. 12, 14, 16 |
The "Dark" Ages |
Hunt, ch. 9 | Kishlansky:
Justinian, Code (132-36); The Koran
(140-44); Feudal Documents (154-58) |
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| 9 |
Mar. 19, 21, 23 |
Renewal and Reform |
Hunt, ch. 10; ch. 11, pp. 387-404
| Kishlansky: Bernard of Angers, Miracles of
St. Foy (158-63); The Song of Roland (163-67) |
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| 10 |
Mar. 26, 28, 30 |
The High Middle Ages |
Hunt, ch. 11, pp. 404-417; ch. 12
| Kishlansky: Ibn Al-Qalanisi, Damascus
Chronicle (149-51); Magna Carta (167-70);
Francis of Assisi, Admonitions (170-75) |
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| 11 |
Apr. 2, 4, 6 |
The Waning of the Middle Ages |
Hunt, ch. 13 | Kishlansky: Dante,
Divine Comedy (180-84); Witchcraft
Documents (204-8); Black Death handout |
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Wed., Apr. 11 |
Second Paper Due |
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| 12 |
Apr. 9, 11 |
The Renaissance |
Hunt, ch. 14 | Kishlansky:
Francesco Petrarca, Letters (210-215);
Leon Battista Alberti, On the Family (215-21);
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (225) |
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Apr. 12-16 |
Easter Break |
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| 13 |
Apr. 18, 20 |
Reformation, Counter-Reformation,
& Catholic Reform |
Hunt, ch. 15 | Kishlansky:
Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (229-33);
Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian and Of
Marriage and Celibacy (258-64); Ignatius
Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (272-76) |
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| 14 |
Apr. 23, 25, 27 |
The Early Modern World |
Hunt, ch. 14, pp. 514-523 |
Kishlansky: 64. Twelve Articles of the Peasants
of Swabia (282-85); Bartolomé de Las Casas, Apologetic
History of the Indies (249-53); Bernal Díaz,
True History of the Conquest of New Spain
(253-56) |
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Mon., May 7 |
Final Exam |
10:20 am – 11:20 am |
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