HIST 1001 Chapter : HIST 1001 S15 Syllabus
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Required book: paul dutton et al. , many europes: choice and chance in western civilization vol. Primary sources on moodle (page numbers from dutton in bold type are primary sources) Jan. 16: prehistory and the emergence of complex societies. Dutton, 13-18; excerpts from the epic of gilgamesh; hammurabi"s code ; mesopotamian. Dutton, 18-24; the negative confession; hymn to the nile; hymn to aton; the shipwrecked. Jan. 26: minoans and myceneans, end of bronze age. Dutton, 31-34; excerpts from exodus; isaiah; song of solomon. Dutton, 38-50; excerpts from hesiod, theogony and homer, iliad. Dutton, 51-56; decree of cyrus; gatha of choice; cinvat bridge. Dutton, 56-63, 68-9 (pericles funeral oration); thucydides, the melian dialogue; Dutton, 63-67, 77-82, 100 (plato, trial of socrates); aristotle, excerpts from the politics and the nicomachean ethics; aeschylus, the eumenides; aristophanes, lysistrata. Dutton 71-77, 82-99; plutarch, the life of alexander the great. Feb. 12: deadline for si bonus points on first exam.
