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WEEK 3 - WEDNESDAY

 

  1. Ancient Near East Civilizations – GENGER
  • Mesopotamia and Egypt (Perry, pp 10 – 26)
  • Hebrews and Assyria (Spielvogel, pp 32 – 50)
  1. Greeks Civilization (Perry, Chap 3) - ONYX-CHELSEA
  • The Aegean Civilization, p. 49
  • Hellenistic civilization, p. 50
  • Evolution of the city State, pp. 54 – 55
  • Persian wars and Athenian democracy, pp 58 – 59
  • Decline of the City-States pp. 64 – 66
  • Dilemma of Greek politics, pp. 68 -71
  1. Roman Empire (Spielvogel, Chap 5) BAHEERAH
  • Emergence of Rome p. 112 - 114
  • Roman Republic: Roman State and Conquest of Italy p. 114 - 117
  • Conquest of the Mediterranean p. 119 – 123
  • Roman Society and Culture: Religion 124;
  • Slavery, Education, Family, Law Values and Attitudes p. 124, 126, 127, 130, 132.

Death of the Republic p. 132- 137

WEEK 3 - THURSDAY

  1. Christianity - CHUNMMAH 
  • Origin, pp. 170 – 175
  • Spread and Appeal to Christianity, pp. 178 – 179
  • Growth, organization, doctrine, disputes, pp. 183 – 184
  • Christianity and society and worldview pp. 185 – 190
  • Christianity and Humanism, pp. 190 – 193
  1. The Middle Ages: Beginning and High - 500 AD - 1400AD –AISHA
  • The Byzantine civilization, pp. 196 – 204
  • The Islamic civilization, pp, 204 – 208
  • The Reformation of Martin Luther, pp. 315 – 324
  • Reformation and Modern Age, pp. 334 – 336
  1. The Renaissance – HOPE
  • The birthplace and outlook, pp. 292 - 304
  • Renaissance political thought, pp, 303
  • Spread of renaissance, pp, 306 – 310
  • Renaissance and Modern Age, p. 311

WEEK 4. - WEDNESDAY

  1. Europe and the New Worlds (Spielvogel Chap. 14) – DANIEL
  • The Motives and Means of expansion, pp. 404 – 406
  • Voyages to New Worlds, pp. 409 – 410
  • The West in Africa and South East Asia, pp. 416 – 425
  • The Americas pp. 425 - 426
  • Impacts of Expansion: conquered, conquerors and world economy, pp. 427 – 433
  1. Scientific Revolution - (Perry, pp. 400 - 415) – HAUWA

WEEK 4 - THURSDAY

  1. French Revolution - (Perry, Pp. 454 – 460, 460 – 465, 475 – 478) - ONYX-CHELSEA
  • Napoleon the Great (Perry, Pp. 482 – 485, 487 – 497)
  1. Industrial Revolution  –                                          BAHEERAH
  • Origin, Perry, pp. 485 – 490
  • Societal transformation, pp. 494 – 496
  • Industrialism and perspectives, pp. 502 - 503

 

 

  1. The Age of Enlightenment (Spielvogel, pp. 503 – 527) – DANIEL
  • The paths to enlightenment
  • The philosophical ideas
  • Social environment of the philosophers

WEEK 5. WEDNESDAY

  1. The Age of Enlightenment (Spielvogel, pp. 503 – 527) - CHUNMMA
  • The paths to enlightenment
  • The philosophical ideas
  • Social environment of the philosophers
  • Culture and society in enlightenment
  • Religion and the Churches in enlightenment
  1. Thought and Culture: Early and Middle 19th Century (Perry Chap 23)

Part 1 -                                                                      HOPE

  • Romanticism, pp. 519 – 525
  • Idealism, pp. 526 – 527
  • Conservatism, pp. 531 – 533
  • Liberalism, pp. 534– 536
  • Radical democracy, pp. 536 - 537
  • Socialism, pp. 540 – 541
  • Nationalism, pp. 541 – 543

WEEK 5. – THURSDAY                                                  

  1. Part 2 -                                         HAUWA
  • Realism and Naturalism, p. 572 - 573
  • Positivism, p. 578
  • Darwinism, p. 578 - 580
  • Marxism, p. 584 – 587
  • Anarchism, p. 588 - 589
  • Liberalism continues, pp. 589 – 590
  • Feminism, p. 591 – 593
  1. World War I – AISHA
  • The Despair, Tension and German Alliance P.709 – 714,
  • Drifting to war, 715 – 718
  • Question of responsibility p. 718
  1. War as celebration, Pp. 719 – 721 - CHUMMAH
  • American Entry Pp. 726 – 728
  • Peace conference pp. 729 – 734
  • War and European Consciousness 739 – 744

WEEK 6. - WEDNESDAY

  1. World War II -                                      BAHEERAH
  • Aftermath of World War I Pp. 791-796
  • The New Order: Exploitation, Holocaust and Resistance Pp. 830 – 837
  1. Cold War (Spielvogel, Chap 28) - HOPE

-     Confrontation of Superpowers: Who started the CW? pp. 868 – 872

  1. 19. After The Fall: Western World in Global Age (Spielvogel, Chap. 30) - AISHA

- Towards a New World Order, pp 928 – 932

- After the Fall Pp. 933-934

- The Unification of Europe p. 940

  1. 20. The United States’ move to the Center Pp. 942 -  HAUWA

- New Directions and New Problems in Western Society Pp. 945 – 947

- Western culture today, pp. 947 – 959

WEEK 6. -  THURSDAY

  1. 21. Critiques – (Freud, 1929, Misra, 1908) – DANIEL
  2. 22. Apologists (Huntington, 1996a, 1996b) – ONYX-CHELSEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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