Week 1
Introduction to Class
Prehistory and The Birth of Civilization
Week 2
Chapter 1: Mesopotamia: Gods, Rulers, and the Social Order**
Chapter 2: Africa: Gods Rulers, and the Social Order
Week 3
Chapter 3: India, China, and the Americas
Chapter 4: Greece: Humanism and the Speculative Leap
Week 4
Chapter 5: The Classical Style
Chapter 6: Rome: The Rise to Empire
Week 5
Chapter 7: China: The Rise to Empire
Week 6
Essay 1 and Test 1
Week 7
Chapter 8: A Flowering of Faith: Christianity and Buddhism
Chapter 9: The Language of Faith: Symbolism and the Arts
Week 8
Chapter 10: The Islamic World: Religion and Culture
Chapter 11: Patterns of Medieval Life
Week 9
Chapter 12: Christianity and the Medieval Mind
Chapter 13: The Medieval Synthesis in the Arts
Week 10
Chapter 14: The World Beyond the West: India, China, and Japan
Week 11
Essay 2 and Text 2
Week 12
Chapter 15: Adversity and Challenge: The 14th Century Transition
Chapter 16: Classical Humanism in the Age of the Renaissance
Week 13
Chapter 17: Renaissance Artist: Disciples of Nature, Masters of Invention
Chapter 18: Cross-Cultural Encounters: Asia, Africa, and the Americas
Week 14:
Chapter 19: Protest and Reform: The Waning of the Old Order
Week 15
Essay 3 and Test 3
Week 16
Final Project
Textbook readings from The Humanistic Tradition, Vol 1, 7th edition, by Gloria K. Fiero, McGraw Hill