Birth of Europe

Andrea Boffa

Book Title: Birth of Europe

Author: Andrea Boffa

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I. Course Information
II. Module One: The Study of History and the Beginning of Civilization
1. Reading: The Study of History
  Julianna Wilson
2. Reading: The Origins of Civilization
  Christopher Brooks
3. Primary Source: The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Story of the Flood,
4. Module Assignments
III. Module Two: Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Hebrews
1. Reading: Ancient Egypt
  Christopher Brooks
2. Reading: The Hebrews
  Christopher Brooks
3. Primary source: Book of the Dead
4. Module Assignments
IV. Module Three: Archaic Greece and the Persian Wars
1. Reading: The Archaic Age of Greece
  Christopher Brooks
2. Reading: The Persian Wars
  Christopher Brooks
3. Primary Source: Hesiod, Works and Days
4. Module Assignments
V. Module Four: Classical Greece
1. Reading: The Classical Age of Greece
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: Pericles' Funeral Oration
3. Module Assignments
VI. Module Five: The Hellenistic World and The Republic of Rome
1. Reading: The Hellenistic Age
  Christopher Brooks
2. Reading: The Roman Republic
  Christopher Brooks
3. Primary Source: The Rape of Lucretia
4. Module Assignments
VII. Module Six: Rome: from Republic to Empire
1. Reading: The End of the Republic and The Roman Empire
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: Tacitus on Nero
3. Module Assignments
VIII. Module Seven: Roman Decline and Early Christianity
1. Reading: The Late Empire and Christianity
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: The Passions of Saints Perpetua and Felicity
3. Module Assignments
IX. Module Eight: Byzantium and the Early Muslim World
1. Reading: Justinian I and the rise of Byzantium
  Christopher Brooks
2. Reading: Islam and The Caliphates
  Christopher Brooks
3. Primary Source: Epistle to the secretaries
4. Primary Source: Procopius on Justinian and Theodora
5. Module Assignments
X. Module Nine: The Early Middle Ages
1. Reading: Early Medieval Europe
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: Egil slays Ljot the Pale
3. Module Assignments
XI. Module Ten: The High Middle Ages
XII. Module Eleven: The Late Middle Ages
1. Reading: The Crises of the Middle Ages
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: Boccaccio, The Decameron
3. Module Assignments
XIII. Module Twelve: Culture and Politics During the Age of the Renaissance
1. Reading: The Renaissance
  Christopher Brooks
2. Reading: Renaissance Era States
  Christopher Brooks
3. Reading: The Early Reformation and Martin Luther
  Christopher Brooks
4. Primary Source: The Book of the City of Ladies
5. Module Assignments
XIV. Module Thirteen: Exploration and Conquest
1. Reading: European Exploration and Conquest
  Christopher Brooks
2. Primary Source: Christopher Columbus, Journal Excerpts
3. Module Assignments
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