SYLLABUS FOR WORLD CIVILIZATIONS - I

Term: Fall, 1999 (991) - August 30, 1999 – December 11, 1999

Instructor: Dr. Eugene Finnegan

Office: Room # 503

Office Phone: 219-473-4252

E-mail: efinnegan@ccsj.edu

Home Phone: (optional) 708-720-1177

Web site: ccsj.edu~efinnega/

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 9-11:30AM

Course Time: Tuesday and Friday 1:50-3:20PM

This introductory course surveys the history of human civilizations to 1500 AD with emphasis on basic social and cultural institutions in a worldwide context.

Prerequisites: None

Textbooks: A History of World Societies (5^th edition) Volume 1 to 1715 (Houghton Mifflin Company)

By John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, and Patricia Buckley Ebrey (Boston: 2000)

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Show up for class and listen attentively. Missing a class more than six (6) times shows a lack of concern and attention. Therefore you will be dropped from this class. Attendance is taken by questions at the end of class. Please be on time as a courtesy to all your other classmates.

Four examinations will be given on the dates mentioned below. Missed examinations will only be granted a make up after a valid excuse for absence accepted by the Professor. Any tests not made up by the next regular class meeting will be awarded a zero.

Students in this course will:

• Understand the growth and scope of world civilizations
• Appreciate some of the lost ancient civilizations
• Learn about the classical development of the Greek and Roman states
• See the development of the medieval society
• Compare their present situation in how it relates to the past
• Understand the role of politics, economics, and ideas in civilizations.

Four Exams. Each of these tests will be objective in format and will consist of 25 true false and 25 multiple choice items. Each correct test answer will be worth 2 points. Each test will be equally weighed in determining the final course grade.

A: 95-99% A-:90-94% B+:86-89% B: 84-85% B-:80-83%

C+:76-79% C: 74-75% C-: 70-73% D+:66-69% D: 64-65%

D-:60-63% F: below 60%

At the end of every class you will write one thing that you learned and one question that you have from that day's class. We will begin the next week with a discussion of your questions. You may ask questions at any time. Please be respectful of someone else's opinion if it differs from yours.

September 21 Chapter 1 - Origins of civilizations - Egypt and Mesopotamia

September 24 Chapter 2 - Small and Mighty Kingdoms in the Near East September 28 Chapter 3 - Indian Society to 200 BC

October 1 Chapter 4 - China's Classical Age to 256 BC

October 8 Chapter 5 - The Greek Experience

October 12 Chapter 6 - The Glory of Rome

October 19 Chapter 8 - The Making of Europe

November 2 Chapter 11 - Nomads and Asia - 400 -1450 AD

November 5 Chapter 12 - Europe in the early Middle Ages - 800-1300 AD

November 9 Chapter 13 - Central and Late Middle Ages - 1300-1450 AD

November 12 Review Day

November 19 Chapter 14 - Civilizations of the Americas - 400 - 1500 AD

November 23 Chapter 15 - Renaissance and Reformation -1450 - 1600 AD

November 30 Chapter 16 - Global Contacts

December 3 Chapter 17 - Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe

December 7 Review Day