HISTORY 170:  WORLD CIVILIZATIONS I
FALL SEMESTER, 2008

PROFESSOR DOUGLASS TABER
OFFICE:  CONNELL HALL, 242
PHONE:  402-375-7540
OFFICE HOURS:  MWF, 2:00-3:30, TR, 3:30-4:00, AND BY APPOINTMENT

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STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL EXAM\

I.  ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS
        A.  SYLLABUS

        B.  GUIDES
                1.  TAKING NOTES ON THE OUTSIDE READINGS
                2.  READING GUIDE TO MENCIUS
                3.  READING GUIDE TO THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT
                4.  THE QUR'AN
                        [THE QUR'AN, DOWNLOADED]  

        C.  BIBLIOGRAPHIES:  HOW TO

        D.  INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOING THE SUMMARY PAPERS
            1.  GENERAL
            2.  DOCUMENTATION
            3.  QUOTING
            4.  GRAMMAR
            5.  KILLER MISTAKES--DEATH PENALTY!
            6.  SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR A BETTER PAPER

        D.  MAPS
                1.  LIST OF MAP ITEMS FOR FIRST QUIZ
                        UNLABELED MAPS TO USE FOR PRACTICE

            A SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION (ID) AS ILLUSTRATION

        E.  LECTURE IMAGES
                1.  PREHISTORY


II.  HANDOUTS FOR INDIA AND CHINA
                1.  SOME BASIC HINDU AND BUDDHIST CONCEPTS
                2.  ASHOKA
                3.  CHINA:  LEGALISM, A PHILOSOPHY OPPOSED TO CONFUCIANISM
                4.  CHINA:  QIN SHIH HUANGTI AS HE WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED

III.  HANDOUTS FOR ANCIENT GREECE
                1.  THE COMMUNAL VALUES OF THE POLIS
                2.  THE LEGISLATION OF SOLON, 594 BC
                3.  THE FUNERAL ORATION OF PERICLES
                4.  ALEXANDER THE GREAT:  RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
                5.  ALEXANDER AND THE SIEGE OF TYRE 
                6.  ALEXANDER THE GREAT:  LAST PLANS
                7.  GREEK CULTURE
                        a)  A MODERN HISTORIAN DISCUSSES THE GREEK MENTALITY
                        b)  GREEK SCULPTURE
                        c)  GREEK POTTERY
                        d)  AESCHYLUS, THE ORESTEIA
                        e)  HOMER, ODYSSEY (EXCERPTS)

IV.  HANDOUTS FOR ANCIENT ROME
                1.  ROMAN BRUTALITY
                2.  ROMAN RELUCTANCE TO ESTABLISH "EMPIRE"
                3.  AUGUSTUS AS VIEWED BY A ROMAN HISTORIAN
                4.  AUGUSTUS AS HE WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED
                5.  DIOCLETIAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS
                6.  DIOCLETIAN'S PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANITY
                7.  CHRISTIANITY AND CLASSICAL THOUGHT
                           a)  TERTULLIAN CONDEMNS GREEK PHILOSOPHY
                           b)  ST. AUGUSTINE
                8.  ROMAN THOUGHT, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE
                            a)  STOICISM AND HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
                            b)   CICERO, THE DREAM OF SCIPIO
                            c)  VERGIL, THE AENEID -- EXCERPTS
                            d)  ROMAN SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE


V.  EUROPE:  FROM GERMANIC INVASIONS TO THE MIDDLE AGES
                1.  GERMANIC INVASIONS
                        a)  ROMAN SOPHISTICATION VS. "THE GERMANIC"
                        b)  THE GERMANIC  VALUES AND CHRISTIANITY (1)
                        c)   THE GERMANIC VALUES AND CHRISTIANITY (2)
                2.  CHARLEMAGNE:  CHARACTER ACCORDING TO A CONTEMPORARY
                3.  CHARLEMAGNE PROMOTING EDUCATION
                4.  CHARLEMAGNE ON CHRISTIANIZING THE SAXONS

VI.  MEDIEVAL ENGLISH GOVERNMENT
                1.  WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR:  TEN ARTICLES
                2.  DOMESDAY BOOK
                3.  HENRY I:  CORONATION CHARTER
                4.  KING HENRY II ESTABLISHES THE GRAND JURY
                5.  KING HENRY II AND THE WRIT
                6.  MAGNA CARTA

VII. THE MIDDLE AGES:  THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
                1.  THE PROPRIETARIAL CHURCH
                2.  POPE GREGORY VII ON PAPAL AUTHORITY
                3.  INNOCENT III:  THE POPE HAS INDIRECT AUTHORITY
                4.  BONIFACE VIII:  THE POPE HAS DIRECT AUTHORITY

VIII. THE MIDDLE AGES:  UNIVERSITIES AND ARTS
                0.  ABELARD, SIC ET NON
                1.  UNIVERSITY PRIVILEGES
                2.  AQUINAS:  NATURAL THEOLOGY
                3.  AQUINAS ON THE POWER OF THE HUMAN MIND