University of Illinois Department of History

Week

Tues

Thurs

1. Aug. 28

First class meeting: Intro.

Spurlock project

(diff. bet. Egyptian and  Mesop/Grk object)

2. Sep. 2

    Sep. 4

Near East Origins

Making of the West, chap. 1., 3-25

“Black Athena”

Egypt

Near East Origins

*MW, 25-33

DWP, chap. 2

Polytheism and Monotheism in the Fertile Crescent

Hebrew Covenant

3. Sep. 9

   Sep. 11

*ISSUE 4. Was Sumerian Civilization Exclusively Male Dominated?

The Greek Way

MW, 33-58

The Greek Way

4.  Sep. 16

     Sep. 18

*Idealism in Athens

MW, 58-91

DWP ch. 3

Classical Greece, contd.

*From Hellenism to Rome

MW,  93-127

ISSUE 5. Does Alexander the Great Merit His Exalted Historical Reputation?

Alexander the Great

5.  Sep. 23

     Sep. 25

Roman Republic

MW, 129-169

Roman Republic

*The Achievements of Augustus

DWP, chap. 3

MW, 171-195

“I, Claudius”

6.  Sep. 30

     Oct. 2

*Roots of Christianity

MW, 195-235

ISSUE 6. Did Christianity Liberate Women?

Christianity

Foundations of Western Civilization

MW, 235-274

Rise of Europe

7.  Oct. 7

     Oct. 9

Charlemagne

MW, 274-320

Charlemagne

*Education

Chap. 7, DWP (Doc’s #1-4, 10-13)

ISSUE 10. Does the Modern University Have Its Roots in the Islamic World?

Islam

8. Oct. 14

    Oct. 16

*Serfdom and Cities

MW, 320-346

DWP, chap. 9

Peasants

*Church v. Kings

MW, 346-370

DWP, chap. 6

Medieval Kingship, 900-1300

9.  Oct. 21

     Oct. 23

Medieval Art and the Church ‘s Philosophy

MW, 370-387

Medieval Philosophy

First draft of paper due

*Love and Literature

 “Greatest Courtly Lover”

ISSUE 7. Did Same-Sex Unions Exist in Medieval Europe?

Love and Literature

10. Oct. 28

     Oct. 30

The Crusades

MW, 389-413

Crusades

*ISSUE 9. Were the Crusades Primarily Motivated by Religious Factors?

11. Nov. 4

     Nov. 6

Crisis and Renaissance

MW, 413-466

Black Death

Humanism

*DWP, chap. 10

ISSUE 11. Did Women and Men Benefit Equally From the Renaissance?

12. Nov. 11

     Nov. 13

World History

MW, 466-473

Exploration

Final draft of paper due

*ISSUE 13. Were Christopher Columbus's New World Discoveries a Positive Force in the Development of World History?

13. Nov. 18

     Nov. 20

Conquest and Exploitation

Columbus (Chap. 11, DWP: Doc’s #8, 9, 15)

“Aguirre: the Wrath of God”

Thanksgiving Break

14. Dec. 2

     Dec. 4

“Martin Guerre”

Population and Society

*MW, 475-513

ISSUE 15. Did Martin Luther's Reforms Improve the Lives of European Christians?

Reformation

15. Dec. 9

     Dec. 11

*MW, 513-525

ISSUE 17. Was the Scientific Revolution Revolutionary?

Scientific Revolution 

Nation States

MW, 527-558

Nation States