David Lauderback
Department of History

Course Schedule
World History to 1500

Fall 2008

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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”  
   “Linkages: Trade, Nature, & Instability”
Ch. 4
 
   UNIT 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. 9

UNIT 3 MAP TEST 

   “Samadhi”    
   “Angor Wat, Bamiyan, & Chichen Itza”
Ch. 10
   “Maize, Poi, & Cabbage”
Ch. 11
 
   UNIT 3 EXAM: “Carriers of Creeds & Merchandise”
— 200 CE - 1000 CE
   

UNIT 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. 13

UNIT 4 MAP TEST

   “Vikings & Aryans”    
   “The Black Death”    
   “Adena, Cahokia, & Chaco”  
   “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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