| SCHEDULE OF LECTURES |
| Date |
Lecture |
| September 6 |
Introduction and Objectives/Course Requirements
Mesopotamian Civilizations
Egyptian Civilization |
| September 13 |
Egyptian Civilization (cont'd.)
Hebrew Culture
Early Greek (Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations) |
| September 20 |
Greek and Hellenistic Civilizations |
| September 27 |
Greek and Hellenistic Civilizations (cont'd.)
Roman Civilization--Republic, Empire, and Decline |
|
| October 4 |
FIRST EXAMINATION
The Origins and Development of Christianity |
| October 11 |
The Byzantine Empire
Islamic Civilization and the Early Middle Ages in the West |
| October 18 |
The Early Middle Ages (cont'd.)
The High Middle Ages--Feudalism and Serfdom |
| October 25 |
The High Middle Ages--The Papacy and the Crusades |
| November 1 |
The Later Middle Ages--Dislocation and a New Equilibrium |
| November 8 |
SECOND EXAMINATION
The Renaissance and European Overseas Expansion
The Reformation |
| November 15 |
ESSAY DUE
The Reformation (cont'd.) |
| November 22 |
Years of Crisis for Early-Modern Europe
Age of Absolutism |
| November 29 |
NO CLASS |
| December 6 |
FINAL EXAMINATION |