HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Date	Lecture
May 19	Introduction and Objectives/Course Requirements Mesopotamian Civilizations Egyptian Civilization
May 21	NO CLASS (GRADUATION DAY)
May 26	Egyptian Civilization (cont'd.) Hebrew Culture Early Greek (Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations)
May 28	Greek and Hellenistic Civilizations
June 2	Greek and Hellenistic Civilizations (cont'd.) Roman Civilization--Republic, Empire, and Decline
June 4	FIRST EXAMINATION The Origins and Development of Christianity
June 9	The Byzantine Empire Islamic Civilization and the Early Middle Ages in the West
June 11	The Early Middle Ages (cont'd.) The High Middle Ages--Feudalism and Serfdom
June 16	The High Middle Ages--The Papacy and the Crusades
June 18	The Later Middle Ages--Dislocation and a New Equilibrium
June 23	SECOND EXAMINATION
June 25	ESSAY DUE The Renaissance and European Overseas Expansion The Reformation
June 30	The Reformation (cont'd) Years of Crisis for Early-Modern Europe Age of Absolutism
July 2	FINAL EXAMINATION

SCHEDULE OF READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Date	Readings/Assignments
May 19	Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (pp.30-36)
May 21	NO CLASS (GRADUATION DAY)
May 26	Chapter 2 (pp.40-57)
May 28	Chapter 2 (pp.36-40) Chapters 3 and 4
June 2	Chapter 5 Chapter 6 (pp.152-167)
JUne 4	FIRST EXAMINATION Chapter 6 (pp.167-179)
June 9	Chapters 7 and 8
June 11	Chapter 9
June 16	Chapter 10
June 18	Chapter 11
June 23	SECOND EXAMINATION
June 25	ESSAY DUE Chapters 12 and 13
June 30	Chapters 14 and 15
July 2	FINAL EXAMINATION

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