Course Readings
1: Early Humanity
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 8-12, 164-170
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 1-112.
The Talk-Origins Archive [from Talk Origins Archive]
Michel Saloff-Coste, Hunting - Gathering [from The grid of Evolution]
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2: Early Societies
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 12-20
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 1-112.
Agricultural Revolution [from Washington State University]
Michel Saloff-Coste, Agriculture - Husbandry [from The grid of Evolution]
Lawrence Osbourn, The Women Warriors [from Lingua Franca]
Gerda Lerner, Summary of The Creation of Patriarchy [At Sunshine for Women]
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3: Sumeria
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 72-83.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 113-136.
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4: From Akkadians to Babylonians
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 84-101.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 218-264.
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5: Egypt-Political History
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 22-32.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp.137-155.
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6: Egypt: Society, Economy & Culture
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 32-44, 58-70.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 156-204.
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7: Egypt, Africa and World Civilization
Main Text Readings:
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 205-217.
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8: Hyksos, Hittites and Hurrians
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 109-134,
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 285-290.
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9: The Sea Peoples
Main Text Readings
Civilization, pp. 44-46
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 285-290.
Cinaet Scotach and Iain MacAnTsaoir, Philistines, the Danann and Sea Faring Peoples [from Clannada na Gadelica]
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10: Migrations of Peoples and Disruptions of Civilization
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 285-290.
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11: Canaanites, Phoenicians and Aramaeans
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 123-129, 171-174, 233-239.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 290-299.
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12: Hebrews, Ancient Israel and Judaism.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 134-141
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 299-349.
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13: Assyrians, Chaldians and Medes
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 101-108,
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 265-285, 350-352.
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14: The Persian Empire
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 147-154
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 352-388.
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15: The Indian Parallel
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 176-202.
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 389-446, 477ff.
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16: The Chinese Parallel
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 287-316
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 636-723.
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17: Minoans and Myceneans
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 204-215.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 1-65.
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18: The Early Development of Greece
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 215-223.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 66, 127-233.
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19: The Polis: Athens & Sparta
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 223-228.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 66-126.
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20: The Acme and Decline of the Polis: The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 234-244, 437-470.
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21: The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 228-233
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 470-478, 538-598.
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22: Hellenic Civilization
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 276-281.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 337-437, 482-537.
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23: Hellenistic Civilization.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 46-52, 228-233, 273-276
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 600-658.
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24: The Etruscans, the Celts, and Early Italy.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 240-244.
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 3-19.
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25: Origins and Expansion of Rome.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 245-250
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 20-109
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26: Roman Expansion and the Decline of the Republic
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 250-252.
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 110-209
Atlas, pp. 68-75, 92.
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27: Imperial Rome of the Principate
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 253-258
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 210-295, 407-433.
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28: Roman Culture
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 281-286
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 295-318, 433-451, 481-527.
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29: The Roman Empire and the Christians
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 269-273
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 528-616.
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30: The Crisis of the Late Principate—Society, Economy and State.
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 258-263
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 319-337, 363-390; 620-645.
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31: The Christian Roman Empire & the Era of Migrations
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 263-269
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 646-670.
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32: The Heritage of the Ancient World
Main Text Readings:
Civilization, pp. 269-286
Durant, Oriental Heritage, pp. 934-938.
Durant, Life of Greece, pp. 667-671.
Durant, Caesar and Christ, pp. 670-673.
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