ANCIENT NEAR EAST (8-10%)
- Political evolution
- Religion, culture, and technical developments in and near the Fertile Crescent
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This one says Mycenaeans (Greeks) and Phoenicians, but it hits some of the fertile crescent.
Regardless, it is decent to watch and should help flesh out some of your knowledge. |
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ANCIENT GREECE & HELLENIC CIV (15-17%)
- Political evolution to Periclean Athens
- Periclean Athens through the Peloponnesian Wars
- Culture, religion, and thought of Ancient Greece
- The Hellenistic political structure
- The culture, religion, and thought of Hellenistic Greece
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Essay - You Choose
The Constitution of Athens
The Constitution of Sparta Compare and contrast the two forms of government. Pay special attention to who wrote these and when, any biases they might have, any special rules (i.e. Who are the only people to get tombstones in Ancient Sparta and why?) and what both writings tell us about Athens, Sparta and Ancient Greece in general. Or using your book, my resources to the side, my source book, and anything scholarly you can find on the internet, try and answer one of the questions on this document:
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ANCIENT ROME (15-17%)
- Political evolution of the Republic and of the Empire (economic and geographical context)
- Roman thought and culture
- Early Christianity
- The Germanic invasions
- The late empire
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MEDIEVAL HISTORY (23-27%)
- Byzantium and Islam
- Early medieval politics and culture through Charlemagne
- Feudal and manorial institutions
- The medieval Church
- Medieval thought and culture
- Rise of the towns and changing economic forms
- Feudal monarchies
- The late medieval church
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Just so we're clear, British pronunciations of words like Darius, omega, Byzantine, etc. drive me bonkers.
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RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION (13-17%)
- The Renaissance in Italy
- The Renaissance outside Italy
- The New Monarchies
- Protestantism and Catholicism reformed and reorganized