UNIT 1 • MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  1. A Small, Far-Off Land
  2. Country and People
  4. The Greeks Before History, 12000-1200 BC (p.60-70)
• Coogan et al. 2001:3-7_HB
  introduction to the Tanakh, or Pentateuch (the first “five books”)
  Documentary Hypothesis (J E P D sources)

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• week 1 - first text pair texts • wiki 01-1
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UNIT 2 • BRONZE AGE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  3. The Greeks at Home
  5. The Dark Age, 1200-800 BC
• Coogan et al. 2001:309-313_HB
  introduction to the Deuteronomic History

ancient texts

• week 2 - first text pair texts • wiki 02-1
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UNIT 3 • GREEK SOCIETY

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  6. Homer
  7. Religion and Myth
• Coogan et al. 2001: MAP 4-5

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• week 3 - first text pair texts • wiki 03-1
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UNIT 4 • ASSYRIA AND ISRAEL

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  8. Archaic Greece, 700-480 BC: Economy, Society, Politics
  9. The Archaic Cultural Revolution, 700-480 BC (p.177-191)
  
• Coogan et al. 2001: MAP 6

ancient texts

• week 4 - first text pair texts • wiki 04-1
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• week 4 - second text pair texts • wiki 04-2
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essay

ESSAY 1
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UNIT 5 • ARCHAIC PERIOD

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  9. The Archaic Cultural Revolution, 700-480 BC (p.171-177)
  10. A Tale of Two Archaic Cities: Sparta and Athens, 700-480 BC

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• week 5 - first text pair texts • wiki 05-1
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UNIT 6 • ATHENS & SPARTA

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  11. Persia and The Greeks, 550-490 BC

ancient texts

• week 6 - first text pair texts • wiki 06-1
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• week 6 - second text pair texts • wiki 06-2
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UNIT 7 • PERSIA & GREECE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  12. The Great War, 480-479 BC

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• week 7 - first text pair texts • wiki 07-1
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UNIT 8 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  13. Democracy and Empire: Athens and Syracuse, 479-431 B.C.

ancient texts

• week 8 - first text pair texts • wiki 08-1
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• week 8 - second text pair texts • wiki 08-2
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essay

ESSAY 2
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WEEK 9 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  14. Art and Thought in the Fifth Century B.C.
  15. Fifth Century Drama (p.314-328)

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• week 9 - first text pair texts • wiki 09-1
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UNIT 10 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

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• Morris and Powell 2010
  15. Fifth Century Drama (p.328-332)
  16. The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath, 431-399 BC

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• week 10 - first text pair texts • wiki 10-1
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UNIT 11 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

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• Morris and Powell 2010
  17. The Greeks between Persia and Carthage, 399-360 BC
  18. Greek Culture in the Fourth Century BC

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• week 11 - first text pair texts • wiki 11-1
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UNIT 12 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  19. The Warlords of Macedon I: Philip II and Alexander the King
  20. The Warlords of Macedon II: Alexander the God

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• week 12 - first text pair texts • wiki 12-1
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essay

ESSAY 3
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UNIT 13 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

secondary sources

• Morris and Powell 2010
  21. The Greek Kingdoms in the Hellenistic Century, 323-220 BC
  22. The Greek poleis in the Hellenistic Century, 323-220 BC

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• week 13 - first text pair texts • wiki 13-1
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UNIT 14 • DEMOCRACY & EMPIRE

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• Morris and Powell 2010
  23. Hellenistic Culture, 323-30 BC
  24. The Coming of Rome, 220-30 BC
  25. Conclusion

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REVIEW
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• Morris and Powell 2010
  25. Conclusion

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