Course Assignment Calendar
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Day
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Assignment
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Lecture (Required Readings)
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January 11
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Tue
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Course Introduction
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January 13
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Thurs
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Origins of Civilization
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January 18
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Tue
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Mesopotamia
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Assigned Reading for January 20: Hammurabi’s Code (full text)
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January 20
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Thurs
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Quiz #1
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The Akkadian Empire and Western Writing
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January 25
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Tue
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Egyptian Civilization
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January 27
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Thurs
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West Asia – Hittites
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Assigned Reading for Feb. 3 : Egyptian Creation Myth (full text) and Persian Documents
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February 1
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Tue
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West Asia – Hebrews and Canaanites
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February 3
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Thurs
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Quiz #2
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Persian Empire
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February 8
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Tue
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Zoroastrianism
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February 10
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Thurs
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Ancient Greece
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Assigned Reading for Feb. 15 : Plato’s Apology (full text)
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February 15
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Tue
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Quiz #3
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Classical Greece
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February 17
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Thurs
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Hellenic Empire
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Assigned Reading for Feb. 22 : The Twelve Tables (full text)
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February 22
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Tue
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Quiz #4
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Roman Republic to Empire
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February 24
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Thurs
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Fall of Rome
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March 1
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Tue
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EXAM #1
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EXAM #1
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March 3
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Thurs
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Research
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Research Day
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March 8
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Tue
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NO CLASS
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Spring Break
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March 10
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Thurs
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NO CLASS
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Spring Break
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March 15
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Tue
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History of Christianity
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March 17
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Thurs
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History of Christianity
Assigned Reading for March 22: |
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Assigned Reading for March 22 : Quran (text excerpt)
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March 22
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Tue
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Quiz #5
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History of Islam
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March 24
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Thurs
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History of Islam
Assigned Reading for March 31: |
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March 29
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Tue
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Post-Roman Europe & The Medieval Age
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Assigned Reading for March 31: The Donation of Constantine (Full text) & others
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March 31
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Thurs
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Quiz #6
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The Franks and other Germanic Kingdoms
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April 5
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Tue
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The Renaissance
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April 7
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Thurs
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The Renaissance
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Assigned Reading for April 12: 95 Theses (full text)
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April 12
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Tue
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Quiz #7
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The Reformation
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April 14
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Thurs
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The Reformation
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April 19
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Tue
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In to the Early Modern Period.
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Assigned Reading for April 21:
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April 21
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Thurs
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Quiz #8
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Final Review
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April 26
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Tue
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FINAL
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Final Exam @ 5pm (Cover everything since Midterm)
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