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HIS 101 This course covers the period from the Big Bang that created the Universe through the end of the Wars of Religion in 1648 A.D.. The course is divided into three segments. At the end of each, you are given an hourly exam. The final is comprehensive. The first segment covers the period from the Big Bang through the formation of the Roman Empire under Augustus in 27 B.C. This segment is the longest in terms of the time covered, but most of this time period predates humanity. Within this segment, the history of Ancient Greece (Hellenic Period) and the Roman Republic are the most important. Most of the test will deal with those topics. The second segment covers the period from Augustus through the end of the Middle Ages. The Roman Empire, the development of Christianity, the collapse of the Roman Empire during the period of the Germanic Invasions, the three successor states that followed the Roman Empire, the development of Islam, the Carolingian Empire, and then the European Middle Ages form the main topics. The third segment focuses on the Early Modern Period. The Renaissance and the Reformation are the key topics. First Segment I. The History of
the Universe from the Big Bang to the Extinction of the Dinosaurs: II. The Evolution
of Mammals and Humanity III. Prehistory V. Classical
Civilizations -- 1200 B.C. to 500 A.D. First Hourly Exam Second Segment
2. Roman Empire VI. The Middle
Ages -- 500 A.D. - 1500 A.D. Second Hourly Exam VII. Early Modern
Period -- 1350 A.D. - 1648 Third Hourly Exam Final is Comprehensive _______________________________________
Outline By Weeks
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Final Exam (date to be announced) is Comprehensive
I: When Does History Begin?
1. Origins of the Universe
Big Bang, Evolution, Solar System, Life
2. Origins of Mankind
Australopithecenes 3. Ages of Mankind Classification by Tool Use
Paleolithic
Age (Old Stone Age) Classification by Primary Mode of Survival
Food Gatherers The Agricultural Revolution
Pastoralists (Herding) Classification by Culture
Preliterate Societies 4. Origins of Civilization
II: Characteristics
of Civilization III:
Ancient Civilization
1. Mesopotamia
Sumer, Akkad, Amorites, Babylon, Kassites, Hittites
2. Egypt
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Hyksos, New Kingdom IV: Classical Civilization 3. The Hebrews
Abraham
Judges, Kings, Saul, David, Solomon
Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah
Destruction of the First Temple by the Chaldaeans Persian rule, Alexander, Hellenistic rule
Maccabaeans
Roman rule, Destruction of the Second Temple
4. Assyria through Persia
V:
Greek Civilization
1. Overview
2. Minoans
3. Myceneans VI:
Classical Greek Civilization
1. Hellenic Civilization to
500 B.C.
2. Sparta
3. Athens
4. Athenian Democracy
5. The Persian Wars VII:
The Golden Fifth Century
1. Delian League
2. Pericles
3. Peloponnesian Wars VIII:
The Twilight of the City-States
1. Hegemony of Sparta
2. Hegemony of Thebes
3. The Second Athenian
Empire
4. The Macedonian Conquest
IX:
Hellenic Culture
1. The Greek Ideal
2. Drama
3. Historians
4. Philosophy
X:
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
1. Alexander the Great
2. Hellenistic Kingdoms
3. Hellenistic Culture XI:
The Roman Republic
1. Prehistoric Italy
2. Etruscan Rome
3. Royal Rome
4. Early Republic
5. Imperial Republic
a. Punic Wars
b. Conquest of the East
6. Late Republic XII:
Principate
1. Augustus
2. Julio-Claudian Emperors
3. The Flavian Emperors
4. The Good Emperors
5. Roman Culture XIII:
The Ending of the Classical Period
1. Third Century Decline
2. The Rise of Christianity
3. Diocletian
4. Constantine
5. The Autocracy
6. Germanic Invasions
XIV:
Centuries of Transformation
1. The Fall of the Roman
Empire of the West
2. The Eastern Roman Empire
Becomes the Byzantine Empire
3. Ostrogoths, Visigoths,
Vandals, and Franks
4. Justinian
5. The Rise of Islam
6. Rise of the Papacy
7. Monasticism
8. The Frankish Kingdom
a. Merovingians
b. Carolingians
9. Ninth Century Invasions
of Europe
10. Feudalism and
Manorialism XV:
Feudal Monarchies
1. Holy Roman Empire
2. Norman England
3. Capetian France
4. Papal Monarchy
5. The Crusades XVI:
The Culture of the High Middle Ages
1. Nobility and Clergy
2. The Rise of Town Culture
3. From Romanesque Basilicas
to Gothic Churches
4. The Rise of Universities
5. Scholasticism XVII:
The Late Middle Ages
1. Black Death
2. Hundred Years War
3. Avignon Papacy XVIII:
Renaissance and Voyages of Discovery
1. The City State Culture of
Northern Italy
2. Renaissance Painting
3. Humanism
4. The Renaissance of
Science
5. Machiavelli's The Prince
6. Prince Henry the
Navigator of Portugal
7. Ferdinand and Isabella of
Spain
8. Voyages of Discovery
9. The Northern Renaissance
Across the Alps
XIX:
The Reformation
1. Preconditions for the
Reformation
2. Martin Luther and the
Lutherans
3. John Calvin and the
Calvinists
4. Anabaptists
5. Henry VIII and the
Anglican Church
6. The Catholic Counter
Reformation XX:
The Wars of Religion
1. Charles V:
Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain,
2. Philip II of Spain
3. Revolt in the Netherlands
4. Tudors and Stuarts
5. Bourbons of France
6. Thirty Years War in the
Holy Roman Empire
Updated
January 3, 2007 |