Week 1: The Origins of Agriculture and the River Valleys A) Pre – History and the Origin of Humanity B) Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt C) The Indus Valley Civilization             Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 1 Week 2: New Civilizations in the W&E Hemispheres A) Early China  B) New Kingdom Egypt C) The Olmecs and Chavin Civilizations D) Map Assignment Due  Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 2      Week 3: The Near East and the Mediterranean A) Babylon and Israel B) Assyria and Phoenicia  C) The Aegean World  Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 3  Week 4: Persia and Greece            A)  Cyrus the Great and the Persian Empire B)  The Classical Greek City States C)  Alexander and the Hellenistic World D) Movie Review Due  Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 4             Week 5: Rome and China A) The Roman Republic B) The Roman Empire C)  Qin and Han China Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 5 Week 6: India and Southeast Asia A) The Aryan Migration & Vedic India  B) Buddhism, Empires, and City-States C) Ancient Peoples and the Polynesia Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 6        Week 7: Networks of Communication and Exchange            A) The Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade            B)  Sub-Saharan Africa              C)  The Spread of Ideas    Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 7 Week 8: Mid-Term Exam - Bring a Scantron (886-E), and a        No.2 Pencil            A) Review & Mid-Term Exam   B) Historical Identification Assignment Due

Week 9: The Rise of Islam             A) The Origins of Islam             B) Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates             C) Islamic Civilization Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 8 Week 10: Christian Europe and the Dark Ages  A) The Byzantine Empire             B) The Feudal Kingdoms of Europe             C) The Western Church: Conversion and Crusades             Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 9 Week 11: The Peoples of the Americas             A) the Yucatan Mayans             B) The Andean Civilizations and Incas             C) The Mesoamericans and the Aztecs  Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 10 Week 12: Mongol Eurasia and the Aftermath             A) Gheghis Khan and rise of the Mongols             B) The Mongol Khanates and China             C) Primary Source Analysis Assignment Due             Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 11 Week 13: Topical Africa and Eurasia  A) West Africa: Ghana and Mali Empires B) The Delhi Sultanate C) The Majaphahit Empire Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 12 Week 14: The Latin West & Orthodox East             A) The High Middle Ages             B) The Medieval University             C)  Kievan Russia D) Outline and Works Cited Due Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 13 Week 15: The Renaissance and Maritime Revolution             A) The Italian City-States B) When Civilizations meet C) European exploration and expansion            D) The Spanish Conquest of the Americas Reading: The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 14 Week 16: Final Exam @ 11:15AM Bring a Scantron (886-E), and a No.2 Pencil! Research Essay Due @ 12:40PM