Reading and Assignments
Common Final Identification
Week 3. Early Indian Civilizations--
the development of the subcontinent before and after the arrival of the
Aryans; caste system, and the emergence of Buddhism.
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 4. Early Chinese Civilization--
from the Yellow valley to the Han period with attention to Confucianism
as the key to social organization
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 5. Eastern Mediterranean
Seaborne Civilizations -- Greeks and the emergence of humanism,
philosophy,
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 6. Rome
-- transition
from republic to empire, the rise of Christianity, and Roman collapse before
invasions by Germanic tribes
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Part Two: New Patterns of Civilization
Week 7. The Americas--
major centers of civilization developed in isolation from those of Eurasia
-- Mesoamerica, the Mississippian cultural area, and South American Pacific
coast/highlands
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 8. The Byzantine and Islamic
Worlds -- the rivalry of two great civilizations
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 9. Sub-Saharan Africa
-- Kush-Axum-Ethiopa; the Ghana-Mali-Songhai empires/trans-Saharan trade;
and Swahili Cities and Zimbabwe
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Part Three: Roots of European Expansion
Week 10. India and Southeastern
Asia--from Kushan to the Muhgals and the Indo-Chinese civilization
of Southeast Asia emphasizing the spread of Buddhism and long-distance
trade
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 11. Traditional China--Tang
through the Mongols and Early Ming; expansion along the Silk Road , pastoral
nomadic imperium, and pragmatic contraction
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 12. East Asian Rimlands: Early
Japan and Korea--the development of civilization on the
rim of Asia emphasizing the role of Buddhism and Chinese influence.
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 13. Medieval Europe--
church-state conflict, crusade, and the revival of towns and trade
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 14. Crisis and Rebirth--population
decline and political instability leading to Europe's Renaissance
Reading
and Assignments
Common
Final Identification
Week 15: Web page Assignment--design
and construct a web page with text, links and illustrations
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