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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


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The Mexica/Aztec World
Andean Civilizations
The World in 1400