Course Schedule
World History to 1500
Fall 2008
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HIST 100-[SECTION(S)]
MW/TTH [TIME(S)]
OC [ROOM(S)]/SAN [ROOM(S)]
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Date
Topic
Reading
Assignments
UNIT 1: “The Rise of Civilization” — To 500 BCE
“The World in Relief” “The Wall around the World” Ch. 1“Out of the Mud: Tools, Farming, & Setting Up House” Ch. 2 UNIT 1 MAP TEST“The Tigres, Indus, Yellow, & Nile” “Cotton, Goats, & Pyramids” Ch. 3“Law, Statecraft, & Power” TOPIC PAGE DUE“Linkages: Trade, Nature, & Instability” Ch. 4UNIT 1 EXAM: “The Rise of Civlization” — To 500 BCE UNIT 2: “The Age of Empires” — 500 BCE - 200 CE
“Mediterranean to the Ganges” Ch. 5“Silk, Spices, & Salt” “Reason, Law, & Politics” Ch. 6 UNIT 2 MAP TEST“Persia” Ch. 7“Rome” “Jews, Christians, & Pagans” “The Celts, Teotihuacán, & Yamato” UNIT 2 EXAM: “The Age of Empires” — 500 BCE - 200 CE
UNIT 3: “Carriers of Creeds & Merchandise” — 200 CE - 1000 CE
“Barbarians” Ch. 8“Justinian” “Shari'a ” Ch. 9UNIT 3 MAP TEST
“Samadhi” “Angor Wat, Bamiyan, & Chichen Itza” Ch. 10 OUTLINE DUE“Maize, Poi, & Cabbage” Ch. 11UNIT 3 EXAM: “Carriers of Creeds & Merchandise”
— 200 CE - 1000 CEUNIT 4: “A World without Borders” — 1000 CE - 1500 CE
“The Crusades ” Ch. 12 MAKE-UP EXAM“The Great Wall” LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
“The Steppes” Ch. 13UNIT 4 MAP TEST
“Vikings & Aryans” “The Black Death” “Adena, Cahokia, & Chaco” FINAL DRAFT DUE“Istanbul, Timbuktu, & Tenochitlán” Ch. 15“1492” Final Exam:
UNIT 4 EXAM: “A World without Borders” — 1000 CE-1500 CE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: “Power, Labor, & Identity”
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