HISTORY 151
CLASS
UNITS
FALL 2008
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August 25 - September 1
GO TO: UNIT ONE - THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
CHAPTER ONE - Opening Remarks
CHAPTER TWO - The Paleolithic Lifestyle
CHAPTER THREE - The Shift to Agriculture
CHAPTER FOUR - The Agricultural Revolution
September 1 - September 8
GO TO: UNIT TWO - EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
-
Early
CHAPTER TWO - Geographic Comparison
CHAPTER THREE -
CHAPTER FOUR
- Ancient
September 8 - September 15
GO TO UNIT THREE
- EARLY EMPIRES AND
OF THE NEAR EAST
CHAPTER ONE - Overview: Near Eastern Civilizations
CHAPTER TWO
- Early Empires in the
CHAPTER THREE - Era of Small Kingdoms
CHAPTER FOUR - The Hebrews: History and Religious Development
September 15- September 22
GO TO: UNIT FOUR- ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
-
CHAPTER TWO - The Development of a Traditional Society
CHAPTER THREE - Vedic Traditions and Hinduism
CHAPTER FOUR - Buddhism
September 22 – September 29
GO TO: UNIT FIVE- ANCIENT CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER ONE - Early Patterns in Chinese Civilization
CHAPTER TWO - The Growth of a Unified State
CHAPTER THREE - Confucianism
CHAPTER FOUR - Daoism
September 29 – October 6
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SIX - EARLY ASIAN EMPIRES:
CHAPTER ONE - The Mauryan Empire
CHAPTER TWO - The Gupta Empire
CHAPTER THREE - The
Han Dynasty in
CHAPTER FOUR - The Golden Age of
October 6 – October 13
GO TO: UNIT
SEVEN- ANCIENT
CHAPTER ONE - Early Development
CHAPTER TWO - The Lyric Age
CHAPTER THREE - The Polis
CHAPTER FOUR
- The Classical Period:
CHAPTER FIVE - The
Classical Period: Cultural and Intellectual
Achievements
October 13 – October 20
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EIGHT - ALEXANDER, HELLENISM AND THE
EMERGENCE OF
CHAPTER ONE
- The Decline of Hellenic
CHAPTER TWO - Alexander the Great
CHAPTER THREE - Hellenism
CHAPTER
FOUR - Early Development of Roman Civilization
October 20 – October 29
GO TO: UNIT NINE- THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER ONE
-
The
CHAPTER TWO
- The
CHAPTER THREE -
The Decline of the
CHAPTER FOUR - Christianity
CHAPTER FIVE - The
Fall of
October 27 – November 5
GO TO: UNIT TEN - EMERGENCE OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION: THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER ONE - The "Barbarian " West
CHAPTER TWO - The Early Middle Ages
CHAPTER THREE - The Central Middle Ages: The Military Elite
CHAPTER FOUR - The Central Middle Ages: A Reciprocal Society
CHAPTER FIVE - Revival in the High Middle Ages
November 3 – November 10
GO TO: UNIT
ELEVEN - EARLY MODERN
CHAPTER ONE - European Political Development
CHAPTER TWO - Crises of the Late Middle Ages
CHAPTER THREE - The Renaissance
CHAPTER
FOUR - The Protestant Reformation
November10 – November 17
GO TO: UNIT TWELVE - KOREAN AND JAPANESE CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
-
Early Korean Civilization
CHAPTER TWO
- Early Japanese Development
CHAPTER THREE
- The
CHAPTER FOUR - The Heian Era
November17 – November 24
GO TO: UNIT THIRTEEN - THE EMERGENCE OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
- The
CHAPTER TWO
- Islam
CHAPTER THREE
- The Spread of Islamic Religion and Culture
CHAPTER FOUR
- Tensions in the Islamic World
November 24 – December 1
GO TO:
UNIT FOURTEEN - LATER ASIAN EMPIRES: MONGOL
AND ISLAMIC
EXPANSION
CHAPTER ONE
- Islamic Expansion into
CHAPTER TWO - The Mongol Empire
CHAPTER THREE - Consequences of the Mongol Empire
CHAPTER
FOUR - The
December 1 – December 6
GO TO: UNIT FIFTEEN- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER ONE - African Geography and Traditions
CHAPTER TWO - African Civilizations: North and South
CHAPTER THREE - East African Civilizations
CHAPTER FOUR - West African
Civilizations
December 6 – December 11
GO TO: UNIT SIXTEEN - THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
-
The
CHAPTER TWO
- Mesoamerica -
CHAPTER THREE -
CHAPTER FOUR - Empire of the Inca
CHAPTER FIVE - Conclusion
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