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 4^th 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 Macedonian Army

Ancient Religious World Views

Reasons for Philip's Success

The Chronology of Philip's Conquests

The Authority of Philip II at his Death

Who Killed Philip? Debate

Images of Philip and Alexander

Alexander's Youth

Ancient Sources for 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)

Siege of Tyre (332 BC)

Alexander's Conquest of Egypt

Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)

Alexander's Conquest of Iran

Alexander's Conquest of Afghanistan (329-327 BC)

Plots and Conspiracies in Afghanistan

Ancient India

Indian Campaigns (326 BC)

Death of Alexander (323 BC)

Hellenistic Successor Kingdoms

Greek Philosophy

Hellenistic Society and the Emergence of Rome

Greek Rational Thought

Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion