By September 18th, I ask that you sign up to do your research assignment on one of the primary sources listed below. Only 2-3 students can choose each primary source. Most of the primary sources listed are documents but there are two that are images: “Cave Drawings from Lascaux” and “Hunefer’s Book of the Dead.

All primary sources listed below are available in Worlds of History: Volume I to 1550 (7th edition). I’ve indicated the chapter, source number, and page numbers for each.

To sign up, please meet with Dr. Wessell Lightfoot in person at her office (McCaffray Hall 3010). Sign up for a time to meet with her here: 

Sign up times for Research Assignment

If none of the listed times work for you, please get in touch with Dr. Wessell Lightfoot to arrange another time. 

Primary SourceLocation in Worlds of History
“Cave Drawing from Lascaux France c. 15 000 B.C.E.” Chapter 1, Source 3, Figure 1.4, page 11
Epic of GilgameshChapter 2, Source 2, pages 38-46
Enheduanna, The Exaltation of InanaChapter 2, Source 4, pages 49-51
Hammurabi’s Code Chapter 2, Source 5, pages 52-55
Hunefer’s Book of the DeadChapter 2, Source 7, pages 59-61
The Rig Veda Chapter 3, Source 2, pages 80-82
The UpanishadsChapter 3, Sources 3 AND 4, pages 82-85
Confucius, The AnalectsChapter 4, Source 1, pages 111-112
Laozi, Daoism: The Way and the PowerChapter 4, Source 2, pages 113-117
Han Fei, “Legalism”Chapter 4, Source 3, pages 118-121
Cicero, “Letter to His Brother Quintus”Chapter 4, Source 6, pages 130-134
“Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan”Chapter 4, Source 7, pages 135-137
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Chapter 4, Source 8, pages 137-140
Ban Zhao, Lessons for WomenChapter 5, Source 2, pages 150-155
Vatsyana, “On the Conduct of Wives, Husbands, and Women of the Harem”Chapter 5, Source 3, pages 155-160
Plato, The SymposiumChapter 5, Source 4, pages 160-164
Ovid, The Art of LoveChapter 5, Source 5, pages 164-170
Svetasvatara UpanishadChapter 6, Source 1, pages 178-180
The Lotus Sutra Chapter 6, Source 4, pages 187-190
“Judaism and the Bible”Chapter 6, Source 5, Sections from Genesis, pages 193-196
“The Christian Bible: Jesus According to Matthew”Chapter 6, Source 7, pages 205-208
Paul, Letters Chapter 6, Source 8, pages 209-210
Eusebius, Life of ConstantineChapter 7, Source 2, pages 222-224
The Disposition of ErrorChapter 7, Source 4, pages 229-233
Selections from the QuranChapter 7, Source 5, pages, 235-241
Epic of SundiataChapter 7, Source 8, pages 250-252
Faxian, “Travels on the Silk Road and Seas”Chapter 8, Source 3, pages 274-282
Ibn Battuta, Travels Chapter 8, Source 4, pages 282-288
Ulrich von Liechtenstein, The Service of LadiesChapter 9, Source 2, pages 304-309
Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly LoveChapter 9, Source 3, pages 310-313
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji Chapter 9, Source 6, pages 319-324
Zhou Daguan, “Sex in the City of Angkor” Chapter 9, Source 7, pages 325-329
Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies Chapter 9, Source 8, pages 329-332
“Grant to the Jews”Chapter 10, Source 2, pages 338-340
Fulcher of Chartres, “The First Crusade: Pope Urban’s Speech at Clermont”Chapter 10, Source 3, pages 340-346
Chronicle of Solomon bar SimsonChapter 10, Source 4, pages 346-349
Ibn al-Athir, “A Muslim History of the First Crusade”Chapter 10, Source 5, pages 349-352
Ibn al-Athir, “The Conquest of Jerusalem, 1231”Chapter 10, Source 6, pages 352-354
Ibn Fadlan, “The Viking Rus”Chapter 11, Source 2, pages 371-376
Igor de Rachewiltz (modern translator), The Secret History of the MongolsChapter 11, Source 5, pages 387-391
Ibn al-Athir, “The Mongols” Chapter 11, Source 6, pages 391-394
John of Plano Carpini, History of the MongolsChapter 11, Source 7, pages 395-399
Giovanni Boccaccio, “The Plague in Florence” from the DecameronChapter 12, Source 3, pages 417-422
Saint Ephrem of Syria, “Hymn to Paradise”Chapter 13, Source 3, pages 440-443