His 1010 World History 1 Fall2011  

You need to have the textbooks in hand at the start of the course.

NOTE THESE BOOK ARE BUNDLED IN THE BOOKSTORE AND THIS MAY REPRESENT A SAVING - SECOND HAND BOOK ARE FINE AS LONG AS YOU GET THE CORRECT EDITION (Eleventh Edition for benjamin) AND VOLUME (VOLUME ONE for Getz and Armesto).

Exhanges Vol 1 - Trevor Getz

ISBN: 0321355083

CLICKING ON THE ABOVE TEXT WILL LINK YOU TO barnesandnoble.com TO BUY THE CORRECT VOLUME.

The World Vol.1: Academic Edition - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

ISBN: 0205759319

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Still stuck for a topic - here are 32 potential good ones -- ancient cities around the world. A cheesy pick-me-up sound track and watch out for the penises around minutes 2.40-2.55 - just shut your eyes for that bit!

1. How do the theories of Fernand Braudel and J. N. Postgate on the relationship between geography/environment and history relate to primary sources from Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Mayans?

2. What do The Epic of Gilgamesh  and the "Hymn to Hapy" reveal about the attitudes and world views of the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt respectively? 

3. How do the various flood stories in this chapter differ from one another? What do these differences tell us about the cultures involved?

1. Why did people in most areas of the world switch from foraging to farming?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of foraging and farming?

3. How did early people exploit different environments for herding or agriculture?

1. What are the different theories for the development of agriculture?
2. Why is the development of agriculture better seen as a climacteric than a revolution?
3. In Perspective: What effect did environment and human migration have on the devlopment of sedentary, agricultural societies in different areas of the world?

1. What fundamental problems to their survival did all large ancient societies face?

2. Why were the Hittite, Cretan, and Mycenan states more frgaile than the Great River Valley civilizations?

3. What factors might explain the long term survival of Chinese civilization and the disappearance of Harrapan/Indus valley civilization?

1. What was the real meaning of the differences between city-states and larger political units for the inhabitants of each?

2. Why did some places develop into city state systems and others develop larger consolidaed polities?

3. According to ancient sources, what do the city-state systems in Mesoamerica, Greece and Mesopotamia have in common, and how did they differ?

Why were trade and colonization so important to the Greeks and Phoenicians?

How did the isolation of cultures in the Americas affect the development of civilizations there?

What important cultural and technological developments occured in Africa bewteen 1000 and 500 BCE?

What roles did war, conquest and terror play in the Assyrian Empire?

Answer any - book maybe used as I posted questions late.

1. How did the different environments in the four great river valley civilizations affect their economic activity, religious beliefs and political systems?

2. Cities only seem to arise in agricultural societies, why do you think this is?

3. What are the defining characteristics of civilizations?

12/1 ---

1. One of the larger themes in the study of history is "otherness" - what examples of this do you see in this chapter?

12/5

1. We end just at the beginning of a period of history with which you are more familar - what can you take forward from what you have learned in this class which will/may change your perspectives of history from 1500 onwards?

No in-class writing assignment on Monday 11/28.

You must, however, still do the reading!

SCHEDULE OF READING

Note all readings must be done BEFORE class. For a reading from Armesto you will have a quiz, and for readings from Exchanges you must fill in the relevant parts of your work.  You will only be allowed to make up missed work if you have a legitimate and documented reason for not being in class or for missing assignment.

SCHEDULE OF READING

Note all readings must be done BEFORE class. A quick quiz or short piece of writing will be done at the start of every class on that day's readings. You will only be allowed to make up missed work if you have a legitimate and documented reason for not being in class or for missing assignment.

Sep 1----Introduction

Sep 8---- Read all Introductions, Notes to Students, Prefaces, and Tables of Contents in All Books. Chapter One Armesto: Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth AND Chapter One Benjamin: The Subject of History AND Chapter Two Benjamin: Succeeding in Your History Class.

Sep 12-----Chapter One Exchanges: Interrogating the Origins and Development of Civilization and City-State Societies AND Chapter Three Benjamin: Working with Historical Evidence.

Sep 15----Chapter Two Armesto: Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding After the Ice Age AND Chapter Four Benjamin: Building a History Essay and Chapter Five Benjamin: Preparing Specific Assignments.

Sep 19----Chapter Two Exchanges: The Origins of Agriculture and Civilization AND Chapter Six Benjamin: Researching a History Topic.

Sep 22----Chapter Three Armesto: The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Changes and Developing States and Chapter Three Getz: The City

Sept 26---- Chapter Four Armesto: A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability 

Sep 29 ---- Chapter Four Exchanges: Consolidation and Fragmentation of Power: The Urban Context DEADLINE: Meeting with Me, Mr. Czarnecki, or with a Writing Consultant – bring thoroughly completed essay planning and preparation sheet.

Oct 3 ---- Chapter Five Exchanges: Order and Chaos AND Chapter Five Armesto: Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits AND Chapter Seven: Writing a Research Paper.

Oct 6 ---- Chapter Six Armesto: The Great Schools AND Chapter Eight Benjamin: Documenting Your Paper: How to Cite Sources in Chicago Style.

Oct 13---- Chapter Six Exchanges: Ancient Religions: Cosmology, Cosmogony, and Right Ritual 

Oct 17---- Chapter Seven Exchanges: The Axial Age: New Reflections on Society, Religion and Knowledge.  

Oct 20----  Chapter Seven Armesto: The Great Empires AND Chapter Eight Exchanges: The New Politics and Culture – The Consequences of the New Vision

Oct 24 ---- Chapter Eight Armesto: Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 2000CE to ca. 700CE.DEADLINE: Essay One Draft Due – Bring 4 copies 

Oct 27---- Chapter Nine Armesto: The Rise of the World Religions: Christianity, Islam and Buddhism AND Chapter Nine Exchanges: Carriers of Exchange. DEADLINE: Peer Reviews due – bring 2 copies of each review (one for the essayist one for me)                       

Nov 3 ---- Chapter Eleven Exchanges: Migrations of the First Millennium AND Chapter Ten Exchanges: The Fall of Empires.DEADLINE: Essay One Final Draft due – Attach your Essay Planning and Preparation Sheet.   

Nov 7 ---- Chapter Ten Armesto: Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium And Chapter Twelve Exchanges: The Heirs of Empires: Rebuilding the State System

Nov 10 ---- Chapter Eleven Armesto: Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000-1200CE AND Chapter Thirteen Exchanges: The Diffusion of Culture.

Nov 14 ---- Chapter Twelve Armesto: The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000-1200 CE AND Chapter Fourteen Exchanges: Global Trade Networks. DEADLINE: Meeting With Me, Mr. Czarnecki or with a Writing Consultant – Bring thoroughly completed Essay Planning and Preparation Sheet.

Nov 17 ---- Chapter Thirteen Armesto: The World the Mongols Made and Chapter Fifteen Exchanges: Exploration and Conquest

Nov 21 ---- Chapter Fourteen Armesto: The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century AND Chapter Sixteen Exchanges: Exchanges of Inventions, Ideas and Disease.

Nov 28 ---- Chapter Fifteen Armesto: Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth AND DEADLINE: Essay One Draft Due – Bring 4 copies

Dec 1 ---- Chapter Seventeen Exchanges: Exchanges and Perceptions DEADLINE: Peer Review Due

Dec 5----Chapter Eighteen Exchanges: Bridging the Divide in World History. DEADLINE: Essay Two Final Draft Due – attach the Essay Planning and Preparation Sheet.

Expected Student Behavior

·         I understand that there is an expectation in New York State that 2-3 hours of homework will be assigned each week per credit hour. (6-9 hours per 3 credit course).

·         I understand that I need to treat my professor, academic staff, teaching assistants or writing fellows and my classmates with respect and courtesy.

·         I understand the importance of conducting myself in a professional manner in the classroom, this includes refraining from texting, using a computer for anything other than class work, e.g., facebook, sleeping and chatting. Furthermore, I understand that if I participate or persist in these distracting and disrespectful activities I may be asked to leave the classroom for the remainder of the session.

·         I understand that poor levels of class or group participation may negatively impact my grade.

·         I understand that very good levels of class or group participation may positively impact my grade.

·         I understand that bathroom breaks are not excuses to text.

·         I understand that deadlines are not negotiable and that late work will only be accepted with a documented excuse that is acceptable to the professor.

·         I understand that it is my responsibility to know what assignments are due when and to do them in a timely fashion.

·         I understand that when e-mailing my professor I should include my class and section number and write in a clear and professional manner.

·         I understand that I must make every effort to arrive at my class punctually; if I should happen to be unavoidably late, I will enter the classroom with as little distraction as possible and, at the end of the class, apologize to my professor and explain my tardiness.

·         I understand that if I have to miss a class for some unavoidable reason I should e-mail my professor before class if at all possible, otherwise as soon as possible after class. Furthermore, missing more than two classes per semester may negatively impact my grade. Documented proof of an unavoidable absence should be photocopied and submitted to my professor as soon as possible after the absence, preferably at the next attendance.

·         I understand that academic dishonesty in unacceptable and that all instances of cheating or plagiarizing will result in an “F” grade for the course and that I will be reported to the Dean.

Mr. Jacek Czarnecki will be around in the

department at the following times:

Mon - 9-2

Wed 9-12

Thurs 9-3

You should make an appointment to see him

- but you could take the chance he will be

around and not busy.

718-990-6090

jacek.czarnecki10@stjohns.edu

Any and all plagiarism in this course will result in an F Grade

You will fail the course and your dean will be informed.

Make sure you know how to avoid plagiarism

Take this tutorial

http://libraries.stjohns.edu/ilt/avoiding_plagiarism.htm