HIST121 The Ancient World (to c.500 A.D.)
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Social and Behavioral Science Department Archive
- I. Course Number and Title
- HIST121 The Ancient World (to c.500 A.D.) Course No Longer Offered
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- None
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course is a survey of the early societies and the development of the civilizations of the ancient world to the fall of Rome in the West.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- identify the defining features of the major civilizations of the Ancient Near East, such as the Babylonians, Sumerians, Persians, and Assyrians;
- identify some of the minor civilizations of the ancient world, such as the Hittites, Hebrews, and Phoenicians;
- identify the major civilizations of Ancient Mediterranean, such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome;
- explain the social, economic, and political factors behind the rise and fall of Ancient Greek civilization;
- explain the social, economic, and political factors behind the rise and fall of the Roman Empire; and
- evaluate the unique cultural contributions of the ancient Western and Near Eastern civilizations to the modern world.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Mesopotamian Origins
- Sumer to Old Babylon
- Mesopotamian Culture
- Ancient Egypt
- The Three Kingdoms
- Egyptian Culture
- The Lesser Cultures
- Hittites
- Hebrews
- Phoenicians
- Near East After 1000 BC
- Assyrian Empire
- Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Persian Empire to Alexander''s Rise
- Greece
- Roots
- Minoa
- Mycenaea
- Cyclades
- "Dark Ages"
- Rise of the Polis to 490 BC
- Recovery from the "Dark Ages"
- Role of Sparta
- Role of Athens
- Persian Wars Era
- Golden Age
- Peloponnesian War Era
- Decline of the Polis to Philip II
- Greek Culture
- Hellenistic Age
- Philip of Macedon
- Alexander the Great
- Successor States
- Hellenistic Culture
- Rome
- Etruscan Monarchy
- Early Republic to 264 BC
- Over-seas Expansion to 146 BC
- Early Culture
- Gracchi Reform
- End of the Republic
- Augustan Consolidation
- Golden Age Culture
- Pax Romana
- Crisis of the Third Century
- Christian Religion in the Empire
- Reforms of Diocletian-Constantine
- Fall of the Empire 4th-5th Centuries
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Student assessment consists of in-class exams, electronically administered exams, essays, written assignments, multi-media projects, and/or participation in classroom/online discussions. -
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date -2/99; Revised 5/2012; New Core 8/2015; Deactivated 9/2018