Week 1
Posted By Administrator on January 5, 2011
Here are week 1’s readings (the textbook should be in the bookstore now):
Week 1
Required:
pp. xii (first 5 paragraphs of “Preface”), xvii-1 (“Geography of Europe”), 28 (“Near Eastern Achievements”), 46 (“The Legacy of the Ancient Jews”), 50 (intro to the Greek City State), 74-75 (intro to Greek Thought and “Philosophy” [4 paragraphs]), 82-88 (from “Plato” to “Art”), 97-98 (“The Greek Achievement” and Euripides, Medea), 102-104 (intro to the Hellenistic Age), 108-116 (“Science” to “The Hellenistic Legacy”), 118 (Intro to Rome), 141 (intro to the Roman Empire), 167-168 (“The Roman Legacy” and “The Blessings of the Pax Romana”), 171 (intro to Early Christianity), 178-185 (from “The Spread and Triumph of Christianity” to the end of “Christianity and Society”),
+ “The Art of the Ancient World and the Middle Ages” between pp. 208 and 209.
+ Look at the chronologies on pp. 6, 3, 51, 119, 142, 172, 200
Recommended:
All of Chapter 7
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