Schedule & Video List For HST104
Week of 1/18
Outline I: Development of Culture
Lecture I (1/20) – Overview of the development of culture; intro to Ancient Greece
Outline II: Ancient Greece
Lecture II (1/22) – Minoan & Mycenaean periods; Greek Dark Ages; Homer & Hesiod
Week of 1/25
Lecture III (1/25) – Greek Religion; Issues associated with Greek Dark Ages
Lecture IV (1/27) – Athens – shift from Oligarchy to Democracy
Lecture V (1/29) – The Spartan System; Hellenic Period
Week of 2/1
Lecture VI (2/1) – The Persian Wars & 1st stage of the Peloponnesian War
Lecture VII (2/3) – End of the Peloponnesian War & Hellenic Philosophy
Lecture VIII (2/5) – The Hellenistic Period
Week of 2/8
Outline III: Ancient Rome
Lecture IX (2/8) – Pre-Republic development of Rome
Lecture X (2/10) – The Roman Republic; Conflict of Orders
Exam #1 – Friday 2/12
Lecture XI (Start of Exam #2 – 2/12) – Roman Expansion
Week of 2/15
Lecture XII (2/15) – Roman Expansion II – Punic Wars & Domination of the Mediterranean
Lecture XIII (2/17) – Consequences of Roman Expansion
Lecture XIV (2/19) – The 1st and 2nd Roman Civil War
Week of 2/22
Lecture XV (2/22) – Caesar’s Dictatorship, 2nd Triumvirate, and the 3rd Civil War
Lecture XVI (2/24) – Roman Empire and Pax Romana
Lecture XVII (2/26) – Jesus Christ and Foundation of Christianity
Week of 3/1
Lecture XVIII (3/1) – End of Pax Romana; Era of the Tetrarchy
Lecture XIX (3/3) – Fall of the Western Empire
Outline IIa: The Christian West
Lecture XX (3/5) – Emergence of the Christian West
Week of 3/8
Exam #2 – Monday 3/8
Outline IIb: The Franks
Lecture XXI (3/8) – The Kingdom of Francia
Lecture XXII (3/10) – The Carolingian Dynasty
Outline III: Byzantium
Lecture XXIII (3/12) – The Byzantine Empire
Week of 3/14
Spring Break = No Class
Week of 3/21
Lecture XXIV (3/21) – The Byzantine Empire Part II
Outline IV: Islam
Lecture XXV (3/23) – The Coming of Islam
Outline IVa: Byzantium vs. Islam
Lecture XXVI (3/25) – Decline of Byzantium and the Rise of Islam
Week of 3/28
Lecture XXVII (3/29) – Fall of Byzantium and Rise of Islam
Topic V – The Crusades
Lecture XXVIII (3/31) – The Crusades Part I
Lecture XXIX (4/2) – The Crusades Part II
Week of 4/5
Lecture XXX (4/5) – The Crusades Part III
Exam #3 – Wednesday 4/7
Topic VI – Early China
Lecture XXXI (4/7) – China: Zhou Dynasty, Confucianism, Legalism
Lecture XXXII (4/9) – China: Qin Dynasty
Week of 4/12
Lecture XXXIII (4/12) – Han Dynasty
Lecture XXXIV (4/14) – Chinese “Middle Ages”
Lecture XXXV (4/16) – T’ang Dynasty
Week of 4/19
Topic VII – Early India
Lecture XXXVI (4/19) – Brahman Culture & Religion
Lecture XXXVII (4/21) – Invaders of India
Lecture XXXVIII (4/23) – Kushan & Gupta Periods
Week of 4/26
Topic VIII – Early Japan
Lecture XXXIX (4/26) – Early Japan
Lecture XL (4/28) – Shintoism & Japanese Imperial System
Lecture XLI (4/30) – Heian Period
Week of 5/3
Lecture XLII (5/3) – Japanese Feudalism
Final Exam = Friday May 7th