Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian History and Peoples

Sumerians

2900-1800 BCE

Class Presentation:

Imperial History of the Middle East Animated Map 90 Seconds

"Legacy: Origins of Civilization"

Host Michael Wood traces the rise of both Asian and Western civilization in one global perspective in these thought-provoking videos.

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Akkadians 2340-2125 BCE

The Amorites 1800-1530 BCE

 

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Hittities

1600-717 BCE

The Kassites

1530-1170 BCE

Class Presentation:

History of Iraq Part 1

3500-1900 BCE

History of Iraq Part 2

1900-860 BCE

History of Iraq Part 3

861-612 BCE

 

 

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Assyrians 1170-612 BCE

The Chaldeans 512-539 BCE

The Neo-Babylon Period

 

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Persians

Class Presentation:

History of Iraq Part 4 605-539 BCE

"Seven Wonders of the World: Hanging Gardens of Babylon"

Part 1 & 2

Class Lecture:

Ancient Mesopotamia

"By the Rivers of Babylon"

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Ancient Hebrews

The Land

The Age of Patriarchs

1950-1500 BCE

Egypt and The Wanderings

1500-1259 BCE

Class Presentation:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

Ancient Hebrews:

Enuma Elish and Genesis Comparison

Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis Flood Story

Decoding The Past - The Prophecies Of Isreal

Common wisdom has it we prepare for our future by understanding our past. But did the ancient prophets already know the future? Are we living in the world they predicted? In this enlightening and often unsettling series, the viewer revisits the prophecies and divinations of the Ancients and traces them to the modern events they may have been predicting.

 

Reading

Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Ancient Hebrews:

The Occupation of Canaan 1250-1050 BCE

The Monarchy 1050-920 BCE

The Two KingdomS

920-527 BCE

Reading Assignments:

The Middle East and Africa to 1000 BCE

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Ancient Hebrews:

The Diaspora

 

Class Presentation:

Who Owns Jerusalem?

Jerusalem, for three of the world's largest religions, is one of the most holy places on earth. For Jews it is where Solomon's Temple was a ... all » place of God's special presence on earth. The Dome of the Rock is where Muslims believe Mohammed ascended into heaven to receive special instructions from Allah. Christians believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was crucified and resurrected in Jerusalem. Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Christian Crusaders have shed blood over possession of this city.

 

Reading Assignments:

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Ancient Greece:

The Archaic Period 800-500 BCE

 

Reading Assignments:

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

Ancient Greece:

Sparta

Athens

The Persian Wars

The Delian League

Class Presentation:

Engineering an Empire

Persian Wars-Battle of Salamis

Part 4 Pericles

Part 5 Pericles--Parthenon-Plaque and Death

 

Reading Assignments:

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Peloponnesian War

Class Presentation:

The Truth About Democracy Part 1

Athens – The truth about democracy Athens is revered as the birthplace of Western philosophy, art, science and perhaps the greatest political idea of all time – democracy.

 

Reading Assignments:

WSU: World Civilization: Mesopotamia

The Spartan Hegemony

 

 

 

Class Presentation:

Ancient Greece:

The Truth About Democracy Part 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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