Course Assignments: World History to 1500
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VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE WORLD HISTORY 103
Fall 2009
(all Mayer sections) Instructor: Dr. Eric Mayer, Office No. ScL26 Telephone: 245-4271 (ext. 2299) EMAIL: history103@gmail.com Website: www.emayzine.com
Week 1 – 19 October
Roberts - Book 1, Wolf, chs. 1, 2, 3 The Writing Guide for Social Science Ancient Societies The Dawn of Civilization: Mesopotamia The Quest for Eternity: Egypt Egyptian Religion Ancient China The Ch'in and Han Dynasties The Sui Dynasty India: Empire of the Spirit The Mauryan Empire ESSAY EXAMINATION 1 DUE 29 October WOLF BOOK ANALYSIS DUE 9 November ESSAY EXAMINATION 2 DUE 21 November BOOK REVIEW DUE DUE 1 December FINAL ESSAY EXAM DUE DUE , 12 December
Week 2 – 26 October
Roberts - Book 2 The Era of Small States,1200-700 BCE Greece Minoan and Mycenaean Civilization The Rise of Hellenic Civilization Athenian Imperialism Legacies of Greek Civilization Coherence and Conflict in Greece
Week 3 – 2 November
Roberts - Book 3...Begin reading Wolf chs. 2,3,4 Rome Early Rome (Lite) The Rise of Christianity and the Decline of Rome Was Judas Iscariot a Traitor?! Collapse and Germanization of the Roman Empire The Rise of the Franks The Byzantine Empire and Islam Rise of Islam to the Decline of the Umayyad Dynasty Halloween, Pagan Belief and Christainity
Week 4 – 9 November
Roberts - Book 4 The West Mobilizes:The Reconquista and the Crusades The Hundred Years War Joan of Arc The Renaissance
Week 5 – 16 November
Roberts - Book 5 and begin reading Before European Hegemony Decline of the Church New World Civilizations:The Classic Maya Africa Africa and the Spread of Islam
Week 6 – 23 November
- The Mexica/Aztec World Andean Civilizations The World in 1400
