WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1600
History 50, Sec. 2 Spring Semester 2008 TR 1:30 2:45 PM, MRP 1000
Dr. Candace
Gregory-Abbott Office:
TAH 3059
Email: cgregory@csus.edu Tel#
278-3824
Webpage: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gregoryc/ Office Hrs: T 3-4:30
R 10:30-11:30 and by appt
Adjunct:
Matthew Showers
Email: matthew.showers@sbcglobal.net
Required
Texts:
Societies,
Networks, and Transitions: A
Global History, Volume I, to 1500.
Craig Lockard. Hereafter referred
to as Lockard.
The Human
Record: Sources of Global History,
ed. Andrea and
Overfield. Hereafter referred to
as Andrea. Syllabus lists reading assignments by source number, not page
number. There are also online
readings. Précis are to be done on these readings or on online source readings,
not on the Lockard textbook.
Course
Description and Goals:
Study of some
major civilizations of the world from the beginnings of civilization to 1600.
Covers the classical and medieval traditions of the West as well as at least
two major non-western cultures. 3 units.
We will try to
determine what is meant by the terms civilization and culture, which encompass
such disparate elements as politics, religion, philosophy, art, poetry, social
customs. In short, we will study
how people lived, thought, viewed themselves and others, and how they died. We shall explore each civilization as
independent units as well as how they interact with one another. We will also examine in detail the
rise, expansion, and synthesis of the world's five major religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
and Buddhism. We will explore what happens when these major religions collided
with one another, such as during the Crusades, the age of exploration in the
Americas, or the Islamic conquests of Africa and India. We will also explore how these
religions faced internal conflict, such as during the Protestant Reformation.
Requirements:
This is a
lecture course, although discussion by students is encouraged. Readings are assigned daily and
are to be done BEFORE you come to class.
All work is due on the assigned date; NO LATE WORK WILL BE
ACCEPTED. There will be three
tests (including the final exam), daily quizzes of reading assignments from
Lockard, four map quizzes, and four précis of primary source readings. Précis
are to be written on assigned primary sources in Andrea or online. If you write a précis on a source not
assigned, it will not be accepted. Repeat: NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. There
may also be occasional daily quizzes.
Précis must be
turned in at class time. Précis cannot be emailed to me.
Web
CT:
Grades for
daily quizzes will be posted at Web CT, on a weekly basis.
Make-up
Tests and Extensions: Make-up tests and exams will require
written documentation of a serious reason; make-ups must be taken within one
week of the assigned test day. No
make-ups will be given for map quizzes, daily quizzes, or for the final exam.
Attendance:
Attendance is
mandatory and will be checked daily.
You are allowed to miss THREE classes over the course of the
semester. After those two, each
subsequent absence will result in a loss of FIVE points from your final
grade. If you miss more than five
classes, you will receive an F for the course. Naturally, there are sometimes extenuating circumstances. Each student must see me personally (or
contact me via email) if that is the situation.
Tardy:
Tardiness will
not be tolerated. You are allowed
to be tardy three times (defined as arriving after I have begun my lecture);
after three, you will lose five points from your final exam grade for each
subsequent tardy. More than five
tardies will result in an F for the course. If you are late or must leave early, please be as quiet as
possible. Discover the exciting world of manners.
Final Grade
Components:
5% (each) Précis
of Primary Source
5% (each) Map
Quizzes
15% (total) Daily
Quizzes
15% Test
I
15% Test
II
15% Final
Exam
Grading
Scale:
A 93-100 B+ 88-89 C+ 78-79 D+ 68-69 F 59-0
A- 90-92 B 83-87 C 73-77 D 63-67
B- 80-82 C- 70-72 D- 60-62
Cell
Phones:
Please turn
off all cell phones or beepers before class begins. If your cell phone rings in class, you will be asked to
leave and will be counted absent for that day¹s class. You will also be mocked, particularly
if your cell phone has some cutesy ring on it.
Integrity
and Scholarship:
DO NOT
CHEAT! If you are caught cheating
on a writing assignment, test, the final exam, or a daily quiz, or any other
assigned work, you will receive an F for the course. You are held accountable for all university guidelines in
regard to plagiarism and cheating.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is
the use of another person¹s ideas or wording without giving proper credit and
results from the failure to document fully and accurately. Ideas and expressions of them are
considered to belong to the individual who first puts them forward. Therefore, when you incorporate ideas
or phrasing from any other author in your paper, whether you quote them
directly or indirectly, you need to be honest and complete about indicating the
source to avoid plagiarism.
Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism can bring serious
consequences, both academic, in the form of failure or expulsion, and legal, in
the form of lawsuits. Plagiarism
is a violation of the ethics of the academic community William G. Campbell,
Stephen V. Ballou, and Carole Slade, Form and Style: Thesis, Reports, Term Papers, 6th edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982), p. 52. For more information on
plagiarism, and the university¹s policy in regard to it, go to http://www.csus.edu/admbus/unanual/UMA00150.htm.
This
syllabus can and may be changed at any time. Live in fear.
LECTURE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
(Remember: Reading assignments are to be completed before the corresponding lecture.)
Lockard: pp. 4-29, 104-114
Lockard: pp. 30-47
Andrea: Sources 1 and 2
Lockard: pp. 47-53
Andrea: Source 10
Lockard: pp. 54-70
Andrea: Sources 3 and 4
Lockard: pp. 71-74
Andrea: Source 12 and 13
Lockard: pp. 80-95
Andrea: Sources 5 and 6
Map
Quiz I: Page 86
Lockard: pp. 95-103
Lockard: pp. 115-138
Andrea: Sources 21 and 22
Précis I due
Chose one of
the following sources:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 10, 12, 13, 21, 22
Lockard: pp. 144-151
Andrea: Source 18
Lockard: pp. 152-171
Online: Hesiod, Theogony,
excerpts.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hesiod-theogony-ex.html
Andrea: Source 26
Map
Quiz II: Page 153
Lockard: pp. 172-197
Andrea: Sources 34 and 41
Lockard: pp. 198-205
Sources: Online: Twelve Tablets
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/12tables.html
Lockard: pp. 206-215, 220-225
Online: Deeds of Augustus
http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html
Thursday 20
March Early
Christianity
Lockard: pp. 216-220
Andrea: Sources 46 and 47
Lockard: pp. 226-236
Sources: Online: Accounts of Meroe, Kush, and Axum
Read Aspalta, Herodotus, and Procopius
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/nubia1.html
Précis II due
Chose
one of the following sources:
18,
26, 34, 41, 46, 47, Hesiod, Twelve Tablets, Deeds of
Augustus,
Aspalta, Herodotus, and Procopius
Lockard: pp. 237-252, 341-355
Andrea: Source 95
Tuesday 1
April Spring
Break
Thursday 3
April Spring
Break
Lockard: pp. 265-276
Andrea: Sources 55 and 56
Thursday 10 April Global
Islam
Lockard: pp. 276-297
Andrea: Source 60 and 77
Map
Quiz III: Page 277
Tuesday 15
April Test
II
Lockard: pp. 299-309
Andrea: Sources 70 and 71
Lockard: pp. 310-315
Andrea: Source 101
Chose one of
the following sources:
55, 56, 60, 70, 71, 77, 95, 101
Lockard: pp. 316-325
Andrea: Source 66
Tuesday 29 April Bantu Africa
Lockard: pp. 326-341
Andrea: Source 90
Map
Quiz IV: Page 330
Thursday 1 May Early
Middle Ages
Lockard: pp. 382-390
Andrea: Source 84
Tuesday 6 May No Class
Thursday 8 May No Class
Lockard: pp. 390-404
Muslim Hostages Slain at Acre
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1191hostages.html
Lockard: pp. 404-424
Sources: Online: Boccaccio
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html
Chose one of
the following sources:
66, 90, 84, Muslim Hostages at Acre, Boccaccio
Précis
Instructions
--Single-spaced,
one FULL page of typed text: no more than two pages total. Make sure that it
is
a full page of text.
-- Précis are
to be written on primary sources.
DO NOT write a précis on your textbook
readings. Only write précis on your Riley
sourcebook or online primary source readings.
--Simple
header: your name, title and author of text being summarized
--First
paragraph should be a simple and BRIEF summary of what the text actually says,
including
identifying the author (if known) and civilization the text is from (even if
you
think it is obvious, STATE IT).
Make sure you read the introduction to the source
in
your Andrea book or online.
--Second and
third paragraphs (fourth if necessary) should analyze what the text tells us
about
the
culture it is from.
--Analysis
should answer the following questions:
--What
genre is the text? Is it law, literature, religious, myth, etc.?
--Who
wrote the text and what does the text tell us about him or her personally? Does
the
author's
personality come through in the text?Ý If it is anonymous, or the author is
unknown,
ask yourself if that is deliberate and why.
--Was the
text written for a specific purpose? Why?
--What
details about the culture can be picked out of the text? What impression of the
culture
does the text give you?
--You must
QUOTE from the primary source, at least once. Use the source.
--Try to keep
your own opinions out of the précis. Write in third person; no first or second
person.
--PROOFREAD!
Which means more than just running a spell-check program.