A pdf version of the course outline is available here: HIST 190 Fall 2024
WH = World History (see: Textbooks )
SFWH = Sources for the Frameworks of World History (available for purchase or rent from the UNBC bookstore)–the numbers here refer to DOCUMENT numbers not page numbers.
DATE TOPIC LECTURE READING TUTORIAL READING ASSIGNMENTS Sept. 4 Introduction: Imagining the World No reading. No tutorials this week.
Unit 1: Fields and Rivers
DATE TOPIC LECTURE READING TUTORIAL READING ASSIGNMENTS Sept. 9 The Agricultural Revolution WH , Chapter 1No reading. Sept. 11 Tigris and Euphrates: Mesopotamia WH , Chapter 2, pages 21-38.Sept. 16 The Nile: ancient Egypt WH , Chapter 2, pages 42-58.No reading. Sign up for research assignment by today. Syllabus/Course Website quiz due by today. Sept. 18 The Yellow River and the Indus River: Shang/Xia and Harappa WH , Chapter 3, pages 62-81; Chapter 4, pages 111-121.Sept. 23 FOCUS LECTURE: Patriarchy in First Complex Societies No reading. All of chapter 3 in SFWH
Unit 2: Cities and Empires
DATE TOPIC LECTURE READING TUTORIAL READING ASSIGNMENTS Sept. 25 Pataliputra: Mauryan and Gupta Empires WH , Chapter 3, pages 81-91.Sept. 30 Truth and Reconciliation Day: No classes Optional tutorial this week. See the detailed schedule. Step #2 of Research Assignment due on October 1st. Oct. 2 FOCUS LECTURE: Buddhism and Urban Centres WH , Chapter 3, pages 93-97.Oct. 7 Rome: the Roman Empire WH, Chapter 6, pages 217-259. SFWH , 4.4; 5.3; 6.2; 7.1.Oct. 9 Chang’an: The Han Empire WH , Chapter 4, pages 124-139.Oct. 14 Thanksgiving Day: No classes Oct. 16 Teotihuacan: the Mayan Empire WH , Chapter 10, pages 370-378.Step #3 of the Research Assignment due Oct. 21 Constantinople: Constantine and Christianity WH , Chapter 6, pages 253-263.SFWH , 4.2; 5.1; 5.2; 6.1.Oct. 23 Damascus: the Islamic Empire WH , Chapter 8, pages 296-327.
Unit 3: Roads and Trade
DATE TOPIC LECTURE READINGS TUTORIAL READINGS ASSIGNMENTS Oct. 28 The Silk Road (Recorded lecture as Dr. Wessell Lightfoot is away) WH , Chapter 11, pages 406-424.SFWH , 7.3a; 7.3b; 7.4a; 7.4b.Short Essay Version #1 due Oct. 30 The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes (Recorded lecture as Dr. Wessell Lightfoot is away) WH , Chapter 9, pages 336-365.Nov. 4 The First Crusade: from Northern Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean WH , Chapter 8, pages 328-329; Chapter 12, pages 442-447.SFWH , 8.4; 10.2; 13.1a; 13.1b.Nov. 6 FOCUS LECTURE: Artistic and Cultural Exchange in the Mongol Empire No reading. Step #4 of the Research Assignment due Nov. 11 Remembrance Day: No classes
Module 4: Ships and Globalization
DATE TOPIC LECTURE READING TUTORIAL READING ASSIGNMENTS Nov. 13 The Black Death WH , Chapter 12, pages 465-467.Nov. 18 Black Death continued; Overview of Research Assignment Step #5 No reading. SFWH , 12.1a; 12.1b; 13.2a; 13.3aNov. 20 FOCUS LECTURE: Spices, the First Global Commodity No reading. Nov. 25 Europe and China at Sea: Zheng He and Christopher Columbus WH , Chapter 12, pages 474-476.SFWH , 14.2a; 14.2b; 14.3bShort Essay Version #2 due. Nov. 27 The Columbian Exchange No reading. Dec. 2 Conclusions No tutorials. Step #5 of Research Assignment due (Dec. 3rd)