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Syllabus
August | September
| October | November
| December
(Note: Read the pages of the assigned chapter that
relates to the date's lecture/presentation before attending
it. During the course of the semester, the lecturer may fall
behind. Keep in mind, if not all the material is covered in
depth in lecture, you are still responsible for it unless
indicated by the Teaching Staff.)
Textbook: P. Naylor, The Wider West from
Antiquity to the Age of European Exploration (the
"Survey")
Document reader: P. Naylor, The Wider West: An
Anthology of Western Receptions/Perceptions ("R/P")
Assigned Readings: Homer, The Odyssey;
Dante, The Inferno; More, Utopia
Note: Survey 1= Textbook Chap. 1; R/P 1=Western
Receptions/Perceptions Chap. 1
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Date
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Assignment
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August
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28
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Introduction to the Course; History and the
historian; philosophies of History (Survey, R/P,
introductions)
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30
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Pre-history; Mesopotamia (Survey 1; R/P 1-2)
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September
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4
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LABOR DAY
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6
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Mesopotamia, Egypt (Survey 1-2; R/P 2)
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11
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Egypt (Survey 2 ; R/P 2); Transformation of
Western Civilization (Survey 3; R/P 3; finish
Odyssey)
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13
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Transformation (Survey 3) (R/P 3)
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14, 15
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FIRST QUIZ
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18
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Hellenic Greece (Survey 4; R/P 3, 11
[Thucydides; Han Feizi])
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20
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Hellenic-Hellenistic Greece (Survey 4-5; R/P 3,
11 [Kautilya, Kongfuzi])
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21, 23
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FIRST MAP QUIZ
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25
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Roman Republic (Survey 6; R/P 4)
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27 September, 2 October
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Roman Empire, Christianity (Survey 7; R/P. 4)
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October
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4
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Byzantine Empire (Survey 8; R/P 5)
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5, 6
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SECOND QUIZ
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9, 11
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Islam (Survey 9; R/P 5)
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16
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Review; introduction to early Medieval Europe
(Survey 10)
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18
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
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19, 20
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No discussion sections
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23, 25
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Early Medieval Europe; Charlemagne (Survey 10;
R/P 6)
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30
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High Middle Ages (Survey 11; R/P 8, 10)
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November
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1
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No classes (All Saints Day)
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6, 8, 13, 15
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High Middle Ages (Survey 11; R/P 8, 10; finish
Dante, The Inferno by 13 November)
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16, 17
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THIRD QUIZ, SECOND MAP QUIZ
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20
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A Trans-Cultural World (R/P 7,9)
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22-26
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Thanksgiving holiday
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27, 29
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Renaissance and Reformation (Survey 12; R/P, 11)
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December
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4, 6
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Reformation; Age of European Exploration (Survey
12, 13; R/P 12; complete Utopia)
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7, 8
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No discussion sections (Immaculate
Conception)
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12
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FINAL EXAMINATION, 3:30-5:30 PM
(The Final will be administered at different sites
on campus.)
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