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Week One:

August 31 -- No reading assignment. Students must subscribe to the class listserv by 3:00 p. m. September 2.

Sept.1 -- Stavrianos, ch. 1

E-mail assignment (due Sept.2): review the Loyola Library's tips on how to evaluate webpages. E-mail assignment: Explore the World of Hunter Gatherers and mail one-paragraph reaction to the website to me at <mffernan@loyno.edu>.

Week Two

Sept. 7 -- Stavrianos, ch. 2, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 37-39.

Sept. 9 -- Stavrianos, ch. 3.

E-mail Assignment: (due September 10) surf throught the following websites: parallel agricultural developments  and Mesopotamian Civilization and write a one to three-paragraph analysis of the role of agriculture in early civilizations. Post the analysis to the class listserv.

Week Three

Sept. 14 -- Stavrianos, ch. 4 .

Sept. 16 -- No reading assignment.

Week Four

Sept. 21 -- Stavrianos ch. 5.

Sept 23 -- Chapter 5 continued.

E-mail assignment: (due September 17) Post an analysis of Greco-Roman Culture based on your reading of the websites on the  Olympics; the rise of Augustus on the class listserv.

Week Five

Sept 28 -- Stavrianos ch. 6; map.

Sept. 30 -- First Exam (chapters 1-6, internet readings, lectures and class discussions).

E-mail Assignment: (due Oct. 1) post a one to three-paragraph analysis on the Aryan Invasions thesis (see the essay by Siddartha Jaiswail ) on class listserv.

Week Six

Oct. 5 -- Stavrianos, ch. 7,  legalism.

Oct. 7 -- Stavrianos, ch. 8, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 158-161.

E-mail Research Assignment: (due Oct. 8) Search the World Wide Web and find a site that deals with the decline of a Classical Civilization. Post the url for the site and your reasons for choosing it on the class listserv.

Week Seven

Oct. 12 -- Stavrianos, ch. 9.

Oct. 13. -- Ch. 9 continued.

E-mail assignment: (due October 1) review the website on medieval towns and post a one to three-paragraph analysis on the listserv on the topic of life in a medieval town. N. B. This is a rather large website and will require additional time to view. Please plan ahead.

Week Eight

Oct. 19 -- Stavrianos, ch. 10; Maps of the Islamic world from the vantage point of the seventh and sixteenth centuries.

Oct 21 -- Stavrianos, ch. 11,

E-mail assignment: (due Oct. 22) post a one to three-paragraph review of the online Ghengis Khan exhibit on the listserv.

Week Nine

Oct. 26 -- Stavrianos, ch. 12.

Oct. 28 -- Stavrianos, ch. 13

E-mail assignment: (due October 29) post a one to three-paragraph review of the creation of a Spanish Christian identity on the listserv.

Week Ten

Nov. 2 -- Stavrianos, ch. 14, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 247-248.

Nov. 4 -- Second Exam (chapters 7-14, internet readings, class lectures and discussions).

Week Eleven

Nov. 9 -- Stavrianos, ch. 15.

Nov. 11 -- Stavrianos, ch. 16.

E-mail assignment: (due Nov. 12) post a one to three-paragraph site review of the Kindoms of the Medieval Sudan to the class listserv. Refer to the Loyola Library's tips on how to evaluate websites.

Week Twelve

Nov. 23 -- 17, 18; " What it Means for Us Today," pp. 279-282.

E-mail assignment: (due Nov. 23)Review the 1492 exhibit  and the website on the  Ottoman Empire  and post a one to three-paragraph analysis to the listserv on the expansionist impluse in Europe and the Near East.

Nov. 24-26 Thanksgiving Holidays.

Week Thirteen

Nov. 30 -- Stavrianos, ch. 19.

Dec. 2 -- Stavrianos, ch. 20.

E-mail assignment: (due Dec. 3) post a one to three -paragraph reaction to the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuit mission to bring Christianity to Japan on the class listserv.

Dec. 7 -- Stavrianos, ch. 21, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 333-336.

No e-mail assignment this week. HURRAY! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FINAL EXAM!

Tuesday December 14, 9:00-11:00 -- Final Exam

POSITION PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Search the history journals in JSTOR for an  article appropriate for this class. Once you choose the article read it carefully and  write a one to three-page position paper which summarizes the argument, remarks on types of sources used, and contains your critical assessment of the effectiveness of the essay. The paper is due December 7.

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