Locations for the Video Modules in the Class

LOCATIONS FOR THE VIDEO MODULES IN THIS CLASS

Week 1: HUMAN BEGINNINGS 
Unit #1:  Early Humanity.  
·         Petralona Cave, near Thessaloniki, Greece
·         Anthpoloical Association of Greece, Athens, Greece
Unit #2:  Early Societies.
·         Cattal Huyuk, near Konya, Turkey
·         Gebekli Tepe, near Urfa, Turkey
·         Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey

Week 2: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
Unit #3:  Sumeria.  
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey
Unit #4:  From Akkadians to Babylonians.
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey

Week 3: ANCIENT EGYPT. 
Unit #5:  Egypt-Political History. .
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Benaki Museum, Athens
Unit #6:  Egypt: Society, Economy & Culture.  
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. (Obelisks)
·         Marathon Museum., Greece (Egyptian-style Roman Temple)

Week 4: THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE HITTITES
Unit #7:  Egypt, Africa and World Civilization. .
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Benaki Museum, Athens
Unit #8:  Hyksos, Hittites and Hurrians.  
·         Hattusas, near Amasya, Turkey
·         Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey

Week 5: DISRUPTIONS OF CIVILIZATION, 2000-1000 B.C.. 
Unit #9:  The Sea Peoples.  
·         National Archaeologial Museum, Athens, Greece
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
Unit #10:  Migrations of Peoples and Disruptions of Civilization.
·         Mycenae, Greece
·         Pylos, Greece

Week 6: CIVILIZATIONS IN MINIATURE: KINGDOMS AND CITY STATES
Unit #11:  Canaanites, Phoenicians and Aramaeans.
·          National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Finiki, Greece
Unit #12:  Hebrews, Ancient Israel and Judaism.  
·         Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens
·         Jewish Museum of Turkey, Istanbul

Week 7: THE RISE OF EMPIRES IN THE NEAR EAST.
Unit #13:  Assyrians, Chaldians and Medes.  
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
·         Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey
Unit #14:  The Persian Empire.  
·         Persian Royal Road, Ankara.
·         Sardis, Turkey.


Unit 8: PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST AND SOUTH ASIA.  
Modules # 15:  The Indian Parallel.
·         Benaki Museum, Athens
·         Museum of Asian Art, Corfu
·         Topkapi Museum, Istanbul
Modules # 16:  The Chinese Parallel.
·         Benaki Museum, Athens
·         Museum of Asian Art, Corfu
·         Topkapi Museum, Istanbul

Week 9: THE ORIGINS OF HELLENIC CIVILIZATION.
SECOND EXAMINATION
Unit #17:  Minoans and Myceneans.
·         Knossos, Near Heraclion, Crete.
·         Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece
·         Mycenae, Greece
·         Troy, Hissarlik, Turkey
Unit #18:  The Early Development of Greece.  
·         Lekandi, Euboea, Greece
·         National Archaeologial Museum, Athens, Greece
·         Dodona, Epirus

Week 10: CLASSICAL GREECE AND THE POLIS.
Unit #19:  The Polis: Athens & Sparta.  
·         Acropolis and Agora, Athens, Greece
·         Ancient Sparta, Greece
·         Corinth and Acrocorinth
Unit #20:  The Acme and Decline of the Polis: The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.  
·         Marathon, Greece
·         Thermopylae, Greece
·         Athenian Fortifications, Attica.

Week 11: THE RISE OF MACEDONIA AND HELLENIC CIVILIZATION.
Unit #21:  The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great.  
·         Vergina, Macedonia, Greece
·         Pella, Macedonia, Greece
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
Unit #22:  Hellenic Civilization.  
·         Epidaurus, Greece
·         Olympia, Greece
·         Delphi, Greece
·         Academy and Lyceum, Athens, Greece

Week 12 : HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION AND EARLY ITALY.
Unit #23:  Hellenistic Civilization.  
·         Tower of the Winds, Athens
·         Philopappos Monument
·         Pontian Royal Tombs, Amasia, Turkey
·         Commagene Royal Tombs, Nemrud-Dag, Turkey
Unit #24:  The Etruscans, Celts and Early Italy.  
·         Etruscan Inscriptions in Greece
·         Dodona
·         The Celtic Hill Fortresses around Ankara, Turkey
·         Thermopylae and Delphi (Celtic Invasion)

Week 13: THE RISE OF ROME.
Unit #25:  Origins and Expansion of Rome.  
·         Etruscan Inscriptions
·         Troy, Hissarlik, Turkey
Unit #26:  Roman Expansion and the Decline of the Republic.
·         Pharsala, Thessaly, Greece
·         Philippi, Macedonia, Greece
·         Carrhae, Turkey

Week 14: THE ROMAN EMPIRE--STATE AND CULTURE
Unit #27:  Imperial Rome of the Principate.
·         Hadrian’s Arch, Athens, Greece
·         Roman Agora, Athens, Greece
·         Galerian’s Arch, Thessaloniki, Greece
Unit #28:  Roman Culture.  
·         Hadrian’s Library, Athens
·         Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens
·         Roman Thermae in Bath England
·         Roman Museum, Antioch, Turkey

Week 15: CHRISTIANITY, ROME AND THE CIRIS OF EMPIRE.
Unit #29:  The Roman Empire and the Christians.
·         Christian Catacombs, Naxos, Greece.
·         Grotto Church of St. Peter, Antioch, Turkey
·         Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Unit #30:  The Crisis of the Late Principate.  
·         Galerian’s Arch, Thessaloniki, Greece
·         National Archaeoligical Museum, Greece.
·         National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul.

Week 16: THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. (
Unit #31:  The Christian Roman Empire and the Era of Migrations.  
·         Acrocorinth, Greece
·         Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
·         Rotunda of St. George, Thessaloniki, Greece
·         Theodosian Walls, Istanbul
·         Yerabatan Cisterns, Istanbul
Unit #32: The Heritage of the Ancient World.
·         Various sites in Istanbul, Athens, and Antioch.