Introduction and Organization Wednesday September 27 The Rise of Civilization: Mesopotamia and the Near East – – WC: Chapter 1 pg. 3 37 – Friday September 29 The Mediterranean and Near Eastern Milieu (2000 500 BC) – – – WC: Chapter 2 pg. 39 73 – Week Two (Oct. 2 6) – Monday October 2 Minoans, Mycenaeans, and the Greek Dark Age – – WC: Chapter 2 pg. 48 54 and Chapter 3 pg. 76 87 – – Selections from various philosophers and poets reading Homer selections Iliad Wednesday October 4 Rise of the Polis – – pg. 88 96 WC: – Finish reading Homer selections Iliad Friday October 6 Persian Wars + Classical Athens and Sparta – – pg. 96 101 WC: – Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides Week Three (Oct. 9 13) – Monday Classical Greece: Peloponnesian War + Fourth Century Revolution – pg. 101 122 WC: – Selections from Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration; the Plague of Athens; the Mytilenian Debate; and the Melian Dialogue! Wednesday October 11 Alexander and the New Hellenistic World – – pg. 122 145 WC: – Study for Midterm Friday October 13 MIDTERM #1! – – Week Four (Oct. 16 20) – Monday October 16 The Early Roman Republic: Mythical Beginnings – – pg. 146 156 WC: –
Introduction and Organization Wednesday – September 27 – The Rise of Civilization: Mesopotamia and the Near East WC: Chapter 1 pg. 3 – 37 Friday – September 29 – The Mediterranean and Near Eastern Milieu (2000 – 500 BC) WC: Chapter 2 pg. 39 – 73 Week Two (Oct. 2 – 6) Monday – October 2 – Minoans, Mycenaeans, and the Greek Dark Age WC: Chapter 2 pg. 48 – 54 and Chapter 3 pg. 76 – 87 Selections from various philosophers and poets reading Homer Iliad selections Wednesday – October 4 – Rise of the Polis WC: pg. 88 – 96 Finish reading Homer Iliad selections Friday – October 6 – Persian Wars + Classical Athens and Sparta WC: pg. 96 – 101 Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides Week Three (Oct. 9 – 13) Monday – Classical Greece: Peloponnesian War + Fourth Century Revolution WC: pg. 101 – 122 Selections from Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration; the Plague of Athens; the Mytilenian Debate; and the Melian Dialogue! Wednesday – October 11 – Alexander and the New Hellenistic World WC: pg. 122 – 145 Study for Midterm Friday – October 13 – MIDTERM #1! Week Four (Oct. 16 – 20) Monday – October 16 – The Early Roman Republic: Mythical Beginnings WC: pg. 146 – 156
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