CLCS 181 FALL 2023 READING SCHEDULE
SECTION I, READINGS TO BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY SEPT. 14:
CWC Primer: Course Introduction, Means of Chronological Dating, Human Prehistory, Ancient Religious World Views; SHAW, 1-81; Online
Readings: Hammurabi’s Law Code
IMAGES:
Ancient Near East Mesopotamia Old Kingdom, New Kingdom, Akhnaton, Canaanite Jar, Bronze Age Aegean,.
Mycenae, Grave
Circle A, Ancient
Troy, Mycenaean
Stirrup Jar
Aug. 22-24: Course Introduction, Means of Chronological Dating
Aug. 29-31: Human Prehistory, Ancient Religious World Views
Sept. 5-7: SHAW 1-34; Hammurabi’s Law Code
Sept. 12-14: SHAW 35-62
QUIZ I, THURSDAY SEPT. 14 IN CLASS
SECTION II: READINGS TO BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY, OCT. 19:
SHAW, 63-164; Online Readings: Isaiah
Sept. 19-21: SHAW 63-81
Sept. 26-28: SHAW 85-102
Oct. 3-5: SHAW 125-145, Isaiah; Decalogue
of “J”; 10 Commandments
{FALL BREAK OCT. 10}
Oct. 12: SHAW 123-145
IMAGES: Phoenicia, Israel, Persia, Ancient
India
MIDTERM
EXAM THURSDAY OCT. 19: IN CLASS
SECTION III: READINGS TO BE COMPLETED BY TUESDAY, NOV. 14:
SHAW 147-227;
Ancient Greece (and the Eastern Mediterranean)
Online
Readings: Aristophanes, Lysistrata;
Oct. 17-19: SHAW 147-164, Aristophanes, Lysistrata;
Oct. 24-26: SHAW 164-188
Oct. 31-Nov. 2: SHAW, 189-214
Nov. 7-9: SHAW, 215-237
IMAGES:
Olympia,
Athenian Acropolis, Greek Warfare, Greek Pottery, Athenian Agora, , Parthenon,
Pericles, Propylea, Pergamum,
Hellenistic Houses,
QUIZ 2, TUESDAY, NOV. 14 IN CLASS
SECTION IV: READINGS TO BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY Dec. 7:
SHAW,
215-286 (Ancient China, Ancient Rome; the Pax Romana, Societal
Collapse); Online Readings: Suetonius, Life of
Caligula
Nov. 14-16: SHAW, 239-256
Nov. 21-23: SHAW 257-271, CWC
Reading: Suetonius Life of Caligula
Dec. 5-7: SHAW, 273-286
IMAGES: Classical Chinese Architecture,
Classical Chinese
Artifacts; Roman Buildings
(Circus Maximus, Roman Aqueducts, Roman Basilicas, Roman Baths, Roman Temples,
the Palatine, Roman colosseum, Domestic Architecture); Roman People, Roman Places, Roman Army
FINAL EXAM TBA