Course Assignments: World History to 1500
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VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE WORLD HISTORY 103
Spring 2010
(all Mayer sections) Instructor: Dr. Eric Mayer, Office No. ScL26 Telephone: 245-4271 (ext. 2299) EMAIL: history103@gmail.com Website: www.emayzine.com
Week 1 – 19 April
Roberts - Book 1, Wolf, chs. 1, 2, 3 The Writing Guide for Social Science Ancient Societies The Dawn of Civilization: Mesopotamia The Quest for Eternity: Egypt Egyptian Religion Ancient China The Ch'in and Han Dynasties The Sui Dynasty India: Empire of the Spirit The Mauryan Empire ESSAY EXAMINATION 1 DUE 30 April WOLF BOOK ANALYSIS DUE 11 May ESSAY EXAMINATION 2 DUE 22 May BOOK REVIEW DUE DUE 1 June FINAL ESSAY EXAM DUE DUE , 12 June
Week 2 – 26 April
Roberts - Book 2 The Era of Small States,1200-700 BCE Greece Minoan and Mycenaean Civilization The Rise of Hellenic Civilization Athenian Imperialism Legacies of Greek Civilization Coherence and Conflict in Greece
Week 3 – 3 May
Roberts - Book 3...Begin reading Wolf chs. 2,3,4 Rome Early Rome (Lite) The Rise of Christianity and the Decline of Rome Was Judas Iscariot a Traitor?! Collapse and Germanization of the Roman Empire The Rise of the Franks The Byzantine Empire and Islam Rise of Islam to the Decline of the Umayyad Dynasty Halloween, Pagan Belief and Christainity
Week 4 – 10 May
Roberts - Book 4 The West Mobilizes:The Reconquista and the Crusades The Hundred Years War Joan of Arc The Renaissance
Week 5 – 17 May
Roberts - Book 5 and begin reading Before European Hegemony Decline of the Church New World Civilizations:The Classic Maya Africa Africa and the Spread of Islam
Week 6 – 24 May
- The Mexica/Aztec World Andean Civilizations The World in 1400
