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Western Civilization Introductory Courses
Course Objectives: Western Civilization (from Spielvogel, 9e)
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Daniels, Patricia, and Stephen G. Hyslop. Great
Empires: An Illustrated Atlas. Washington, DC:
National Geographic Society, 2011.
The Ancient Near East:
The First Civilizations.
Explain how the chief characteristics
of civilization were evident in
ancient Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia. National Geographic Videos.
Mesopotamia: Code of Hammurabi. National
Geographic Videos.
Ancient Mesopotamia: A Light That Did Not Fail.
National Geographic magazine, Jan. 1951.
The Cradle of Civilization: The Historic Lands
Along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Where
Briton Is Fighting Turk. National Geographic
magazine, Feb. 1916.
The Civilization of
the Greeks.
Explain why the Greeks are
considered the cornerstone of the
Western intellectual tradition.
Stanfield, James L., and Caroline Alexander.
Echoes of the Heroic Age: Ancient Greece,
Part I. National Geographic magazine, Dec.
1999.
Alexander, Caroline, and James L. Stanfield
Ascent to Glory: Ancient Greece, Part II.
National Geographic magazine, Feb. 2000.
Alexander, Caroline, and James L. Stanfield.
Alexander the Conqueror: Ancient Greece,
Part III. National Geographic magazine,
Mar. 2000.
The Hellenistic World.
Evaluate how Alexander was able
to amass his empire, and predict
what his rule might have been
like had he lived longer.
Daniels, Patricia, and Stephen G. Hyslop.
Great Empires: An Illustrated Atlas.
Washington, DC: National Geographic
Society, 2011.
The Roman Republic.
List the chief features of the
Roman Empire at its height
during the second century.
The Impact of Ancient Rome on the World
Today. National Geographic Videos.
Stanfield, James L., and T. R. Reid. The Power
and the Glory of the Roman Empire.
National Geographic magazine, July 1997.
Curry, Andrew, and Robert Clark.
Roman Frontiers. National Geographic
magazine, Sept. 2012.
Thompson, John M. The Medieval World:
An Illustrated Atlas. Washington, DC: National
Geographic Society, 2009.
Stanfield, James L., and T.R. Reid.
The World According to Rome.
National Geographic magazine, Aug.1997.
European Civilization in
the Early Middle Ages,
750–1000.
Summarize the main features of the
physical environment of the Early
Middle Ages.
Larmer, Brook, and Aaron Huey. Svaneti:
Medieval Mountain Hideaway. National
Geographic magazine, Oct. 2014.
European Civilizations in
the Early Middle Ages,
750-1000.
Explain why it can be said that
Islamic civilization was more
advanced than the civilization of
western Europe in the ninth and
tenth centuries.
Salim T. S. al-Hassani, ed. 1001 Inventions: The
Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization, Third
Edition. Washington, DC: National Geographic
Society, 2012.
Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim
Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists. Washington, DC:
National Geographic Society, 2007.
Europe and The World:
New Encounters,
1500–1800.
Explain why Europeans began to embark
on voyages of discovery and expansion
at the end of the fifteenth century.
Christopher Columbus. National
Geographic Videos.
A Revolution in Politics:
The Era of The French
Revolution and Napoleon.
Compare and contrast the French
Revolution, the American Revolution,
and the seventeenth-century
English revolutions.
Stanfield, James L., and Merle Severy. The
Great Revolution. National Geographic
magazine, July 1989.
Goddard, Jolyon, ed. National
Geographic Concise History of Science &
Invention: An Illustrated Time Line.
Washington, DC: National Geographic
Society, 2009.
The Industrial
Revolution and Its
Impact on
European Society.
Explain why Great Britain was the first
state to have an Industrial Revolution
and why it happened in Britain when
it did. List the basic features of the
new industrial system created by the
Industrial Revolution.
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After The Fall:
The Western World in a
Global Age (Since 1985).
Summarize issues centering on
immigration and European Society.
Destination Europe. National Geographic
magazine, Mar. 2012.
Europe Faces an Immigrant Tide. National
Geographic magazine, May 1993.
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