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: 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:      Week 3: The Near East and the Mediterranean A) Babylon and Israel B) Assyria and Phoenicia  C) The Aegean World  Reading:  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:             Week 5: Rome and China A) The Roman Republic B) The Roman Empire C)  Qin and Han China Reading: 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:        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: 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: 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: Week 11: The Peoples of the Americas             A) the Yucatan Mayans             B) The Andean Civilizations and Incas             C) The Mesoamericans and the Aztecs  Reading: 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: Week 13: Topical Africa and Eurasia  A) West Africa: Ghana and Mali Empires B) The Delhi Sultanate C) The Majaphahit Empire Reading: 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: 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: Week 16: Final Exam Bring a Scantron (886-E), and a No.2 Pencil! Research Essay Due