Part I: Early Civilization in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China
Taking the Long View: What is History? Why Does it Matter?
Becoming: Prehistory and the Rise of Humanity
Text, Chapter 1, pgs. 5-17
Growing: Agriculture, Settlement & New Technologies
Text, Chapter 1, pgs. 17-26
Part I: Neolithic Revolution Key Concepts & Terms
Part II: River Valley Civilizations Key Concepts & Terms
Settling: From Villages to Cities
Mesopotamian civilization = Text, chpt. 2, pgs. 31-45
Writing: The Invention and Use of Writing
Satire of the Trades + Be a Scribe! + Questions for Analysis
Chinese civilization = Text, chpt. 5, pgs. 109-127
Review text pgs. 44-45, 50-52, 75-77, 124-127
Ruling: From Chieftains to Kings
Border Inscription of Pharaoh Senwosret III + Questions for Analysis
Egyptian civilization = Text, chpt. 3, pgs. 59-79
Key Concepts & Terms
Believing: The relationship Between Humanity and the Gods
The Descent of the Goddess Inanna to the Underworld
Review text pgs. 77-80
Judging: Legal and Ethical Codes in the Ancient Near East
Laws of Hammurabi + Questions for Analysis
Belonging: Family and Society in Ancient China and India
Laws of Manu + Questions for Analysis
Confuscius’ Analects + Questions for Analysis
Indian civilization = Text chpt. 4, pgs. 87-104, especially 96-99
Chinese civilization = Text chpt. 8, pgs. 181-203, especially 182-189
Fighting: warfare and the first empires
Part II: The Classical World and the Origins of Western Civilization
Community: The importance of the Greek Polis (city state)
Greek Civilization = Text, Chapter 10, pgs. 231-255
Athens and Sparta: Democracy vs. Dictatorship
Pericles’ Funeral Oration + The Melian Dialogue + Questions for Analysis
Thinking: Greek philosophy & the Origins of Science and Ethics
Plato’s The Cave + Questions for Analysis
Review Text pgs. 249-253
Citizenship: the Roman Republic
Roman civilization = Text, Chapter 11, pgs. 259-279
Empire: The Roman Imperial System
Key Concepts & Terms
One True God: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World
Text, Chapter 11, pgs. 276-282 & Chapter 12, pgs. 308-311
The Last Prophet: the Rise of Islam
Selections from the Quran + Questions for Analysis
Islamic civilization = Text, Chapter 14, pgs. 345-353 & 364-370
(Un)-Holy War: Crusaders and Jihadists
Pope Urban II’s Call to the 1st Crusade
Crusaders in Mainz Massacre Jews
Text, Chapter 20, pgs. 532-535