Lectures, Notes, and Handouts
READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR JAN 19-FEB 4
Archaic
Greece and the Rise of Tyranny
External
Conflict in the Greek World
Peloponnesian War
(431-401 BC)
Political
Trends of the Early Fourth Century BC
Further Note on 4th
Century Greece
Map of Greece at the Time of the Peloponnesian War
OPTIONAL
BUT RECOMMENDED: Plutarch’s Lives of Pericles, Alcibiades, Agesilaus, and Pelopidas
READING
ASSIGNMENTS FOR FEB 9 – MAR 11
Bosworth, Conquest and Empire, Prologue (*.pdf download - 17 megs)
The Macedonian Royal Line and Constitution
The Chronology of Philip's Conquests
The Authority of Philip II at his Death
Images of Philip and Alexander
Gender Relations and
Sexual Behavior in Ancient Greece
READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR MAR 16 – APR 29
Summary for the Persian Empire
Textbook Chapter:
Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Chronology of Alexander's Campaigns (334-323 BC)
Battle of the Granicus River (334 BC)
Battle of Issos
(333 BC)
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
Alexander's Conquest of Afghanistan (329-327 BC)
Plots and Conspiracies in Afghanistan
Indian Campaigns (326 BC)
Death of Alexander (323 BC)
Hellenistic Successor Kingdoms
Hellenistic Society and the Emergence of Rome
Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion