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Week One:

January 13-- No reading assignment.

Week Two

January 18 -- Stavrianos, ch. 1

January 20 -- Stavrianos, ch. 2, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 37-39.

Week Three

January 25 -- Stavrianos, ch. 3.

January 27 -- -- Stavrianos, ch. 4 .

E-mail Assignment: (due January 28) 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 Four

February  1 -- Continue ch. 4

February 3 -- Stavrianos, ch. 5.

E-mail assignment: (due February 4) 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

February 8 -- Chapter 5 continued

February 10 -- First Exam (chapters 1-5, internet readings, lectures and class discussions)

Week Six

February 15 -- Stavrianos ch. 6; map.

February 17 -- Stavrianos, ch. 7,  legalism.

Week Seven

February  22 -- Stavrianos, ch. 8, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 158-161.

February 24 -- Stavrianos, ch. 9.

E-mail Research Assignment: (due February 25) 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 Eight

February 29 -- Ch. 9 continued;  medieval towns .

March 2 -- Stavrianos, ch. 10; Maps of the Islamic world from the vantage point of the seventh and sixteenth centuries.

Week Nine

March  14-- Stavrianos, ch. 11,

March 16 -- Stavrianos, ch. 12.

Week Ten

March 21 -- Stavrianos, ch. 13

March 23 -- Stavrianos, ch. 14, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 247-248.

E-mail assignment: (due March 24) post a one to three-paragraph review of the creation of a Spanish Christian identity on the listserv.

Week Eleven

March 28   -- Second Exam (chapters 6-14, internet readings, class lectures and discussions).

March 30 -- Stavrianos, ch. 15.

Week Twelve

April 4 -- Stavrianos, ch. 16.

April 6 -- Stavrianos, chs. 17, 18; " What it Means for Us Today," pp. 279-282.

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 Thirteen

April 11 -- Stavrianos, ch. 19.

April 13 -- ch. 19 continued

E-mail assignment: (due April 14) 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.

Week Fourteen

April 18 -- Chapter 19 quiz

Week Fifteen

April 25 -- Stavrianos, ch. 20.

April 27 -- Stavrianos, ch. 21, "What it Means for Us Today," pp. 333-336.

Week Sixteen

May 2 -- Position Paper due

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 abstract (specific directions will be handed out in class) 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 May 2.

Final Exam (Chapters 15-21, internet readings, class lectures and discussion) May 9, 9-11:00 a. m.

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