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