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HHS 123[C]: Fall 2009 EuroHist-Early M/W 10:00 to 11:15 AM Pierce 218 |
European Social and Cultural History – to
1500 |
Daniel
Newsome Presiding Office:
M333 (Pierce-Morton) Consultations
before class or by appointment. email: HHS123F09@mifami.org |
[A description of how this class
will be organized and graded.]
[This like takes you to the
index of the eLibrary]
REFRESH
ME
Last Update: 12/18/09 12:00 AM
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is not a static page and should be refreshed frequently in order to see the
most recent updated version.
Check
with the Assignment links for details on the readings. Please report any inconsistencies.
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Week |
Dates |
Topic |
Assignment
Links and Other Information |
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0 |
8/31- 9/2 |
Early Humans in Europe |
Assignment 0: Wed: Davies,
Diamond, and Fountain. |
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1 |
9/9 short week |
Northern European,
Pre-Hellenic and Roots of European Languages. |
Assignment 1: Celts,
Cretans, and historical Myceneans & Languages of Europe Bulliet
pp. 70-74, 88-93. Davies: 83-94.
Watkins PDF. ...and more.
Special
Report on Carbon dating and other ways to date things. |
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2 |
9/14-16 |
The Foundation of Greek Culture:
Hellas 1 Homer Creation Myths (Fire,
Knowledge) |
Assignment 2: Greek
Origins, Homer (Polyphemus as contrast to civilization.) Davies:
95-115 [Black Athena on p. 138 box] Oxford
Classical Dictionary excerpts ...and
more! Special
Report: Black Athena and the genetic origins debate. |
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3 |
9/21-23 |
Greek 2: Euphronius, Plato more Homer |
Assignment 3: Euphronius,
Sarpedon, Etruscan tombs, Archeology, Tomb Robbing, Hospitality, Gender,
Citizenship, Plato's Republic-Women and the cave. Davies: 115-133: Drama,
Music, Science, Alpha-beta, Math, Stoics, Sport, Government, and Sparta. |
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4 |
9/28-30 |
Last week of Hellas and the Foundations of Rome (753 – 509 BC) |
Assignment 4: quiz.... pp.133-153
in Davies... and more. |
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5 |
10/5-7 |
Republican Rome (509 – ca. 27 BC) |
Assignment 5: Davies pp. 153-192. Hannibal, Cincinatus, clothing, and
pirates. REFRESH [RELOAD] this and the assignment pages every time you
think of it. |
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6 |
10/13-14 Tues.
is Mon. |
Late Roman Empires (Western
and Eastern) and Early Christianities (1st – 6th – 15th Centuries AD) |
Assignment 6: Davies: pp.
192-212. Masada, Josephus, the games, the martyrs, the horror. Peutinger's
Map. Origins and forms of the
earliest Western Christianities and 1st century Judaism. |
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7 |
10/19-21 Midpoint |
Early Christianities - Gnosis First Exam |
Assignment 7: More Early
Christianity, Gnostic Christianity and the conversion of Constantine. |
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8 |
10/26-28 |
Early to Middle Middle Ages |
Assignment 8 Late Rome to
Byzantium, Early Islam Davies:
pp. 238-258 Magic,
Astrology, Birth of Muhammad and Islam. |
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9 |
11/2-4 |
The Middle Middle Ages The First Crusade |
Assignment 9 Tech, Ag,
Feudalism, Millennialism, Chivalry, Legend. First Crusade Davies: 251-258, 270-273, 279-280, and 282-283. Daniel on Medieval Weaponry. |
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10 |
11/9-11 |
The Middle Middle Ages and Islamic Philosophical
Renaissance |
Assignment 10: Jerusalem
1099. Islam's glory years. Ibn Tufail. Anselm's Ontological
Argument and Rational Religions. Thomas Aquinas and Co., 1277, Late Crusades,
new ideas Presentations:
Dante's Hell and Witches and More Witches |
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11 |
11/16-18 |
Economics, Sin, and Bubos |
Assignment 11: Ottomans,
Plague, Usury and Sin, Kabala-alabaK Davies:
383-401 and 401-417 Italian
Banking-Giotto-usury and a Chapel for sin. Presentations:
economy and plague and monsters |
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12 |
11/23 short week |
University, God, and
Perspective |
Assignment 12: Science,
philosophy, education, arts Davies:
417-435 Grant
reading on Universities. Presentations:
beverages and torture and economics |
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11/25-29 |
Break |
Break |
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13 |
11/30-12/2 |
Exploration: 1492 and The
Conquest of the Americas |
Assignment 13: Columbus
and First Contact, Mercator, Magellan(sp.), Cortez... D'Ailly Davies:
435-457, 469-482 First
Contact chapter from 1491. Presentations:
Exploration, ... architecture and art and ??? |
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14 |
12/7-9 |
Early to Middle Renaissance
and Warfare. |
Assignment 14: Guns and
Ammo. How to apply history
to US ... or not. |
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Final |
12/21/09 |
8:00 a.m. -12:00
p.m. P120 |
Final
Instructions for HHS123C -The Final has now been posted. REFRESH if you don't find it. Schedule for the take home final is from the 18th to the 20th, the
full 72 hours (18th + 19th + 20th).
I suggest you download PDFs and such that you think might be useful
before that time so that you don't stress out the server. All back assignments are due by the
21st: the 5 short "essays" and the longer final paper. Email me if you have a question @ HHS123F09@mifami.org. See Class Policies
for a description of the final paper. |
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This is the only book you need
to buy:
-Davies, Norman. Europe: A History.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. [Any edition will be fine.] It should cost in the neighborhood of
$25.
I
ordered it for the bookstore, but it may be late in arriving. You could also order it online:
http://www.amazon.com/Europe-History-Norman-Davies/dp/0060974680/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Europe/Norman-Davies/e/9780060974688/?itm=1
-All other class readings will
be provided via this web site and/or the assignment page links.
-Specific projects may require
additional materials not contained in the Stevens library or from the class
PDFs or photocopies. Seek my help if you are ever having trouble finding a
source that you want, even if is for another class. One of the things to learn in this class is how to find
sources.