SOUTHWESTERN
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD UNIVERSITY
A study of the Egyptian, Israelite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek and Roman Empires along with the civilizations of lesser importance that were also found in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The course traces the history, religion, government and society of each civilization. (Prerequisite: HIS2213).
Course
Objectives
Upon
completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Trace the rise and fall of the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Hittite, Persian, Greek, and Roman civilizations.
2. Describe the customs, social divisions, cultures, religions, and forms of government of those civilizations.
3. Outline the effect these civilizations had on the nation of Israel and the early Christians, and interrelationship of the many cultures and societies of the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean.
4. Perform the following, from the Texas Social Studies Standards (Grades 8-12): 8.15k, 9.2k, 9.3k, 4.1k, 4.3k, 4.8k, 4.10k, 4.3s, 4.4s, 4.6s, 4.11k, 4.12k, 4.13k, 4.20k, 4.21k, 5.2k, 5.3k, 5.4k, 5.7k, 5.9k, 5.10k, 5.4s, 5.14s, 5.13k, 5.14k, 5.15k, 5.16k, 5.20k, 5.21k, 5.22k, 5.23k, 7.16k, 8.3s, 8.13s, 8.14s, 9.1k , 9.1s, 9.2s, 9.3s, 9.4s, 9.5s, 9.6s, 9.13k, 9.15k, 9.21k, 9.13s, 9.26k, 9.28k, 9.29k, 9.14s, 10.4s, 10.5k, 10.6k, 10.11s, 10.11k , 10.12s.
Nagle, D. Brendan. The Ancient
World: A Social and Cultural History.
4th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.
1.
Study
by means of textbook reading preparation for course content evaluations
2.
Study
by means of journal articles
3.
Book
review
4. Objective evaluations of course content
CHAPTER ONE
Early Civilization
Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization
Sumer
Archaic Egypt
The Old Kingdom
CHAPTER TWO
Time of Turmoil
Hammurabi and His World
The Hittites
Article: The
Hittities
The Egyptian Empire and Decline
CHAPTER THREE
Assyria and New Babylon
Persia
Article:
“The Philistines”
Israel
EXAM ONE
CHAPTER FOUR
Greece: The Land and the People
Minoans and Micenaeans
Sparta and Athens
CHAPTER FIVE
Persians and Greeks
Internal Conflict
CHAPTER SIX
Classical Greece
Athenian Society
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Hellenistic World
EXAM TWO
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Roman World
Early Rome
The Republic
CHAPTER NINE
Wars and Expansion
CHAPTER TEN
The Fall of the Republic
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Augustus and the Severan Emperors
EXAM THREE
CHAPTER TWELVE
Pax Romana
The government, the Army, and society
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Diocletian and Constantine
The Collapse of the West
The Byzantine Empire
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Empire and the Church
The Barbarians
FINAL EXAM
1. complete reading assignments (text and articles)
2. Successfully complete four exams covering material in the textbook and reading assignments.
3. Complete all research assignments.
NOTE: Assignments and dates are subject to change
contingent upon the needs of the class.
COURSE EVALUATION
4 Exams Equally Weighted . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 80 %
Research Project . . . ………………………..20 %
Unit 1 09/17/01
Unit 2 10/17/01
Unit 3 11/07/01
Final Exam 12/13/01 (8:00-9:20)
Assignments
All class assignments should be completed with due
consideration for the professional work expected of students of this
university. Work should be neat, organized, typewritten (when appropriate) with
double line spacing, pages properly joined and numbered, and an appropriate
title page. Students should as a matter of course proofread their work prior to
turning it in to the instructor so that typographical, grammatical, and
syntactical errors may be corrected. It is also advisable that students make a
photocopy of work being turned in to provide for coverage of potential errors
in processing.
Late work will be accepted, but the grade will be lowered by ten percent for each class day the assignment is late.
Academic Dishonesty and
Cheating.
Students
are expected to be honest in fulfilling all academic requirements and
assignments. This pertains to
examinations, themes, book critiques, reading reports, etc. A student will not be allowed to withdraw
from a course if he/she is under investigation for academic dishonesty. In the event that the student is determined
guilty of academic dishonesty, then the student will not be allowed to withdraw
from the course and will receive the grade determined by the faculty member,
either “F” for the assignment and/or an “F” for the course. Dishonesty could possibly result in further
disciplinary action. Refer to Major
infractions in the Student Handbook.
Plagiarism,
the use of another’s uncited material, as one’s own, is not permissible.
Reproducing material from other students by photocopy, computer media transfer
or by rewriting is cheating.
OFFICE HOURS
(A113-D)
MWF
10:00-11:00, 2:00-3:00; Th 9:15-11:00, or by appointment.