Students, I have posted below a revised schedule for Early Western Civiliation – HIS1103 that takes into consideration the days we did not meet due to the weather.
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Tentative Schedule – (revised 2/17/2011)
| HIS 1103-A | Topic | Assignment Due Today |
| January 14 | Introduction to Course | Please print out and bring your syllabus to this class session. |
| January 19 | What Is History and Why Should It Be Important to Christians? | Read: Harrison, chapter 1
Turn In: In the style of a David Letterman’s Top 10 List, “Reasons Why Christians should be interested in history?” |
| January 21 | Pre-history & Genesis 1-11 | Read: Genesis 1-11; Bauer, Preface; The Everlasting Man – Chapter 2 (available on Blackboard) |
| January 26 | Sumer & Akkad | Read: Bauer, chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, 10
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| January 28 | Egypt | Read: Bauer chapter 4, 7, 9, 11
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| February 2, 4, 9 | Campus Closed – Weather | Campus Closed – Weather |
| February 11 | The Patriarchal Period
Hyksos, Hammurabi, Moses & The Nation of Israel Western Semitic Power Grabs / David, Solomon, & Rehoboam (The United and Divided Kingdom) |
Read: Harrison, chapter 3
Read: Bauer chapters 23, 27, 32; Harrison, pages 119-127, 144-150 Read: Bauer chapters 34, 39, 45, Recommended: Harrison, chapter 7
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| February 16 | Assyria, Babylon, the Medes & The Persians | Read: Bauer pp. 371-390, 410-417, 443-468, Old Testament book of Daniel |
| February 18 | Review for Exam #1
The Old Testament Book of Daniel |
Read: The Old Testament Book of Daniel |
| February 18-23 | Examination #1
Take this exam online sometime after the Feb. 18 class and before the Feb. 23 class |
Examination #1 – On Blackboard
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| February 23 | “Meanwhile in Greece…”
Greek Mythology & Religion |
Read: Bauer pp. 183-190, 224-228, 253-257, 281-284
Recommended: Hellenistic-Roman Religions, by Everett Ferguson (available on Blackboard)
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| February 25 | The Persian Wars
History Channel Video: The 300 |
Read: Bauer pp. 514-534 |
| March 2 | History Channel Video: The 300 (pt. 2) – Birth of Democracy | Read: Bauer pp. 350-352, 354-358, 418-430 |
| March 4 | The Peloponnesian Wars & Alexander the Great | Read: Bauer pp. 539-554; 570-582; 591-607 |
| March 9 | Pre-Socratic Philosophy | Recommended:
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| March 11 | Socrates, Sophists, Plato | Recommended: The Sophists, Socrates and Plato, by A. H. Armstrong (available on Blackboard) |
| March 23 | Aristotle | Recommended: Plato and Aristotle, by Donald Palmer (available on Blackboard) |
| March 25 | Hellenistic & Early Roman Philosophy | Recommended: Stoics, Cynics, Epicureans, and Sceptics, by A. H. Armstrong (available on Blackboard) |
| March 30 | Examination #2 | Examination #2 – On Blackboard |
| April 1 | Romulus to Hannibal
Drive-Thru History – Rome Episode 1 |
Read: Bauer pp. 358-360, 431-436, 469-480, 555-561, 584-590, 607, 625-627, 629-641 |
| April 6 | Roman Prosperity
Drive-Thru History – Rome Episode 2 |
Read: Bauer pp. 644-647, 659-673, 676-678
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| April 8 | Roman Empire
Drive-Thru History – Rome Episode 3 |
Read: Bauer pp. 680-696, 697-711
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| April 13 | Six Flags Over Israel | Read: Harrison pages 299-333
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| April 15 | Roman Provinces & Israel During The Intertestamental Period | Read: Bauer pp. 717-734 |
| April 20 | War With Rome & The Destruction of the Temple | Turn In: A timeline combining the main events from the Hebrew Bible with the material from our textbooks. |
| April 22 | No Class | No Class |
| April 27 | Western Civilization & The Kingdom of God
(or) Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Art, Literature, etc. |
Read: Bauer pp. 735-744, 751-756, 759-777
Recommended:
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| April 29 – 1:00 | Final Examination | Final Examination In Class |
