HUM 2051: Western Civilization I

Ancient and Medieval

Syllabus: Fall 2008 (pdf)

Policies & Procedures: Fall 2008 (pdf)

Readings: Fall 2008

Timelines

 

Origins: Origins

 

ANCIENT NEAR EAST

 

Early Western Civ: Bronze Age

Near East & Greek Emergence: Iron Age

 

GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS

 

Greek Golden Age: 5th Century

Hellenistic World: 4th & 3rd Centuries

Rise of Rome

Roman Kingdom & Republic: Iron Age & Fifth Century

Foreign Wars: 4th & 3rd & 2nd Centuries

Late Roman Republic: 2nd & 1st Centuries

 

Roman Empire I: 1st Centuries

Roman Empire II: 2nd & 3rd Centuries

 

Later Roman Empire: 4th & 5th Centuries

Breakup of the Empire: 5th & 6th Centuries

 

EARLY MIDDLE AGES

Islam, Byzantium, & the West: 7th & 8th Centuries

Carolingian Empire: 8th & 9th Centuries

Holy Roman Empire: 10th & 11th Century I

 

HIGH MIDDLE AGES

 

Church Reform: 11th Century II

HRE & Western Kingdoms: 12th Century I

Twelfth Century Renaissance: 12th Century II

 

Papacy at Its Zenith: 13th Century I

Secular Kingdoms I: 13th Century II

Secular Kingdoms II: 14h Century I

 

LATE MIDDLE AGES

 

The Fourteenth Century: 14th Century

End of the Middle Ages: 15th Century I

rev. 11-16-08