Course Calendar
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Topic |
Assignments |
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1 |
Getting Started
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8/20/18 First post on group discussions due each week on Wednesday by 11:59 PM; responses and all other assignments due by Sunday. |
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2 |
Introductory Concerns: The Neolithic and Sources in the ancient Near East |
Read content pages: Intro: the Neolithic Read HANE p. xx-18, Preface + Chapter 1 HANE=A History of the Ancient Near East, your required textbook Links to an external site. |
8/27/18 |
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3 |
The Uruk Phenomenon |
Module 2 Content Page readings HANE p. 19-43, Chapter 2 |
9/3/18 |
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4 |
Competing City-States: Early Dynastic Period |
Module 3 Content Page readings HANE p. 44-66, Chapter 3 Read Primary Source: Inscriptions from Umma and Lagash Download Inscriptions from Umma and Lagash Full citation: Cooper, Jerold S. Sumerian and Akkadian Royal Inscriptions 1: Presargonic Inscriptions. American Oriental Society: New Haven (1986). Read Rampolla's Guide to Writing for History Download Rampolla's Guide to Writing for History Discuss How is Writing for History Different than Other Disciplines? *** Major Assignment Due ***: Source Analysis Essay 1: Sources for the Study of the Early Dynastic Period |
9/10/18 |
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5 |
Political Centralization of the 3rd Millennium & the Collapse Early 2nd Millennium |
HANE p. 67-89, Chapter 4 Read Schwartz, Glenn M. "An Amorite Global Village: Syrian-Mesopotamian Relations in the Second Millennium BC." Download "An Amorite Global Village: Syrian-Mesopotamian Relations in the Second Millennium BC." |
9/17/18 |
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6 |
New States of the Middle Bronze Age |
HANE p. 90-134, Chapters 5 & 6 |
9/24/18 |
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7 |
The Great Powers Club of the Late Bronze Age |
HANE p. 135-181, Chapters 7 & 8 Excerpts from Primary Source: Amarna Letters Download Amarna Letters Group Discussion: International Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age |
10/1/18 |
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8 |
The Western States of the Late 2nd Millennium & The Kassites, Assyrians and Elamites |
HANE p. 159-201, Chapters 8 & 9 |
10/8/18 |
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9 |
Collapse of the Late Bronze Age |
HANE p. 202-221, Chapter 10 Excerpt from Cline's 1177 BC Download 1177 BC Group Discussion: Why Did Late Bronze Age Civilizations Suffer a Systems Collapse? |
10/15/18 |
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10 |
The Age of Empires: a New Beginning |
HANE p. 221-264, Chapters 11 & 12 Group Discussion: Ex Novo Capitals in the Neo-Assyrian Empire |
10/22/18 |
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11 |
The Rise of Assyria |
No HANE reading this week Bahrani- Rituals of War.pdf Download Bahrani- Rituals of War.pdf |
10/29/18 |
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12 |
Assyria's World Domination |
HANE p. 265-288, Chapter 13 |
11/5/18 |
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13 |
Medes and Babylonians |
HANE p. 289-307, Chapter 14 |
11/12/18 |
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14 |
Thanksgiving Week |
No Assignments this week for the course. |
11/19/18 |
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15 |
The Persians |
HANE p. 308-342, Chapters 15 & 16 |
11/26/18 |
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Final Essay |
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DUE SAT 12/1/18 |