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03/07/08

 
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This space is designed to support your learning in World History I Honors or World History I College.  Please keep in mind that you will refer to this space often throughout the year to not only obtain important information, but also to engage in some exciting learning activities!

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Chapter 6-  Ancient Rome

  1. Ancient Rome Timeline*

  2. Interactive Map of the Roman Empire*

  3. Rape of Lucretia and Botticelli's Tragedy of Lucretia

  4. The Constitution of the Roman Republic

  5. The Roman Republic:  Checks and Balances

  6. Laws of the Twelve Tables

  7. The Roman Army in the First Century CE

  8. Vindolanda

  9. The Battle of Cannae, 216 BCE

  10. The Character of Hannibal

  11. The Third Punic War 149-146 BCE

  12. Rome at the End of the Punic Wars

  13. The Civil Wars--On the Gracchi

  14. The Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BCE*

  15. Julius Caesar:  The Germans c. 51 BCE

  16. Julius

  17. The Assassination of Julius Caesar

  18. Augustus

  19. The Deeds of the Divine Augustus

  20. Tiberius

  21. Caius Caligula

  22. Claudius

  23. Nero

  24. Hadrian

  25. Hadrian's Wall*

  26. Hadrian's Wall Gallery*

  27. The Reign of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE

  28. Marcus Aurelius:  The Meditations (excerpts)

  29. Portraits of Greco-Roman Cities

  30. Work and Play in Everyday Pompeii:  Gallery*

  31. The Roman Way to Building a Career

  32. Social Pecking Order in the Roman World

  33. Death in Rome*

  34. The Bill of Fare of a Great Roman Banquet

  35. Luxury in the Use of Rings

  36. The Gladiatorial Games

  37. Gladiator:  Dressed to Kill*

  38. Gladiators:  Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre

  39. Roman Educational Practices

  40. The Ideal Education

  41. The Training of Children, 110 CE

  42. Religion in the Roman World

  43. Roman Religion Gallery*

  44. The Empire's Religions

  45. Accounts of Roman State Religion, 200 BCE - 250 CE

  46. Compvter Romanvs*

  47. Slavery in the Roman Republic

  48. Resisting Slavery in Ancient Rome

  49. Texts on Three Slave Revolts

  50. Roman Art and Architecture*

  51. Art and Architecture in Pompeii*

  52. Housesteads Roman Fort Virtual Reality Tour*

  53. Saxon Shore Forts*

  54. The Colosseum:  Building an Arena of Death*

  55. The  Colosseum:  Emblem of Rome

  56. Discovering Roman Technology

  57. Roman Empire:  The Paradox of Power

  58. Roman Sources on Jews and Judaism, 1BCE - 110 CE

  59. Sack of Jerusalem

  60. The Jewish Diaspora

  61. What Can We Really Know About Jesus?

  62. Jesus' Ministry and Teaching

  63. Arrest and Execution

  64. The Language Jesus Spoke*

  65. "The Jesus Movement"

  66. The Diversity of Early Christianity

  67. The Collision with Paganism

  68. Paul's Aegean Mission*

  69. Kingdoms in Conflict

  70. Women in Ancient Christianity:  The New Discoveries

  71. In the Catacombs

  72. Letters of Pliny the Younger and the Emperor Trajan

  73. Nero's Persecution of the Christians

  74. The Martyrs

  75. The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas

  76. Eusebius:  The Conversion of Constantine

  77. Galerius and Constantine:  Edicts of Toleration 311/313

  78. Table Showing Debasement of Coinage*

  79. How Didius Julianus Bought the Empire at Auction, 193 CE

  80. On Official & Military Extortion, 246 CE

  81. The Luxury of the Rich in Rome, 400 CE

  82. Europe on the Eve of the Barbarian Invasions, 395*

  83. Alaric's Sack of Rome 410 CE

  84. The Battle of Chalons, 451 CE

  85. Europe, 476  CE*

 

Chapter 10-  Byzantium/Russia

  1. Constantine Founds Constantinople, 324CE

  2. The Eastern Empire, 395 CE*

  3. Constantinople*

  4. De Aedificis

  5. The Magnificence of Hagia Sophia

  6. The Reconquest of Africa, 534

  7. Corpus Iuris Civilis, 6th Century

  8. Embassy to Constantinople

  9. The Plague, 542

  10. In Defense of Icons, 730

  11. Decree of the Second Council of Nicea, 787

  12. Description of the Tartars, 13th Century


    Chapter 8-  Early Middle Ages

 

  1. The Conversion of Clovis

  2. Battle of Poitiers, 732

  3. Frankish Domains at the Time of Charles  Martel

  4. The Pope Makes the Carolingians Kings

  5. Donation of Constantine, 750-800

  6. Life of Charlemagne

  7. Asnapium:  An Inventory of One of Charlemagne's Estates, 800

  8. On the Division of the Empire (to Louis the Pious), 830

  9. Treaty of Verdun, 843*

  10. Three Sources on the Ravages of the Northmen in Frankland, 843-912

  11. Vikings in America

  12. The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericcson

  13. How do we Know about the Vikings?

  14. The Cuerdale Hoard

  15. Viking Weapons and Warfare

  16. Viking Quest*

  17. Viking Age Farm at Ribblehead, Yorkshire, 1000*

  18. "Feudal" Oaths of Fidelity

  19. Modus Faciendi Homagium & Fidelitatem

  20. Agreement between Count William V of Aquataine and Hugh IV of Lusignan

  21. Charter of Homage and Fealty, 1110

  22. Fief Ceremonies 12th Century

  23. Description of Manor House at Chingford, Essex, 1265

  24. The Dialogue Between Master & Disciple:  On Laborers, 1000

  25. Harsh Treatment of Serfs and Slaves, 750

  26. Collection of the Tithe, 750

  27. Rule of Saint Benedict, 530

  28. A Description of Clairveaux, 1143

  29. Letter to Abelard

  30. Foundation Charter of Cluny, 910

  31. First and Second Lives of St. Francis

  32. Tables of Population in Medieval Europe

  33. Accounts of Medieval Fairs and Markets, 998-1250

  34. Bill of Sale, 1248

  35. Grant of Tolls at Arras, 1036

  36. Charter for the Town of Saint-Omer, 1127

  37. On Usury, 1269-71

  38. Charter of Privileges to the Butchers of Paris, 1182

    Chapter 9-  High Middle Ages

 

  1. The Anglo Saxons

  2. Edward the Confessor

  3. Background to the Conquest

  4. 1066

  5. William of Malmesbury:  Battle of Hastings, 1066

  6. The Conquest and its Aftermath

  7. Battle of Hastings Game*

  8. The Bayeux Tapestry

  9. William I

  10. The Domesday Book

  11. The Domesday Book- Instructions and Extract

  12. Focus on Domesday

  13. Assize of Clarendon, 1166

  14. Becket, the Church and Henry II

  15. Becket and Henry

  16. Thomas Becket's Death

  17. The Character and Legacy of Henry II

  18. Richard I

  19. King John and Richard I:  Brothers and Rivals

  20. King John and the Magna Carta

  21. Runneymede, 1215

  22. Magna Carta

  23. The Election of Hugh Capet, 987

  24. Louis IX:  Advice to his Son

  25. Clericis Laicos, 1296

  26. Unam Sanctam, 1302

  27. Lay Investitures Forbidden, 1080

  28. Letter to Gregory VII, 1076

  29. First Disposition and Banning of Henry IV, 1076

  30. Concordat of Worms, 1122

  31. Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095

  32. The Crusaders in Mainz, 1096

  33. Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade, 1096

  34. The Bad Manners of a Crusading Prince

  35. The Capture of Jerusalem, 1099

  36. Crusader Letters

  37. The Foundation of the Order of Knights Templar

  38. The 'Children's Crusade', 1212

  39. Statues for the University of Paris, 1215

  40. Cathedrals  of Britain

  41. Wells Cathedral Activity*

  42. Church Gallery*

  43. Church Interiors Challenge*

  44. The Black Death:  The Effect of the Plague

  45. Black Death:  The Lasting Impact

  46. The Decameron-Introduction

  47. The Black Death and The Jews, 1348

Chapter 11-  Islam

  1. The Original Arab, the Bedouin

  2. Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah

  3. Abraham in Islam

  4. The Five Pillars of Islam

  5. Ramadan

  6. Anwar Uddin's Ramadan

  7. Hajj

  8. Guide to Going to Mecca

  9. Jihad

  10. The Qur'an

  11. Sharia

  12. Hijab

  13. Niqab

  14. Map:  Islamic Middle East

  15. Al-Baladhuri: The Battle Of The Yarmuk

  16. Baghdad Under the Abbasids

  17. Sunni and Shia

  18. Sufism

  19. Map:  Muslim Expansion into Spain up to 750 CE

  20. Islamic Spain

  21. Alhambra History

  22. Alhambra Virtual Visit 3-D Tour

  23. A History of Spain and Portugal:  Chapter Two-  Al-Andalus

  24. Introduction to Islamic Art

  25. Islamic Architecture

  26. Jewish Expulsion from Spain, 1492

  27. Sikhism at a Glance

  28. The Mughal Empire

  29. Babur

  30. The Mughals:  Akbar

  31. The Mughals:  The Last Three Great Emperors

  32. The Taj Mahal:  The Architecture of Love

  33. The Ottomans:  Suleyman

  34. A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent

  35. The Safavids

Chapter 12-  Africa

  1. Trade and spread of Islam in Africa

  2. Accounts of Meroe, Kush and Axum

  3. Saharan Trade:  A link between Europe and Africa

  4. Kingdom of Ghana

  5. West Africa Kingdom:  Ghana

  6. Kingdom of Mali

  7. West African Kingdoms:  Mali

  8. Kingdom of Songhay

  9. West African Kingdoms:  Songhay

  10. Leo Africanus:  Description of Timbuktu

  11. West African Kingdoms:  Hausa States

  12. West African Kingdoms:  Ife and Benin

  13. Richard Eden:  Decades of the New World

  14. The Story of Africa:  Christianity

  15. Central African Kingdoms:  Great Zimbabwe

Chapter 13-  Asia

  1. Tang Taizong (image)

  2. Genghiz Khan (image)

  3. Kublai Khan (image)

  4. Marco Polo:  On the Tartars

  5. Marco Polo:  The Glories of Kinsay

  6. Ming Dynasty (map)

  7. Will Adams:  My Coming to Japan

  8. Shinto

Chapter 14-  Renaissance/Reformation

  1. Ascent of Mount Ventoux

  2. The Louvre:  Thematic Trails-  Italian Renaissance (do not print)

  3. Niccolo Machiavelli:  The Prince (excerpts)

  4. Machiavelli Film postings:

  5. Northern Renaissance Art reflections:

  6. An Overview of the Reformation

  7. Henry VIII:  Majesty with a Menace

  8. The Human Reformation

  9. The Legacy of the Reformation

  10. Elizabeth I:  An Overview

  11. Elizabethan Spying Game (do not print)

  12. Mary Queen of Scots

  13. Elizabethan Room Panorama (do not print)

Chapter 15/16-  Exploration

  1. Christopher Columbus Discovers America

  2. Death of Magellan

  3. The Spanish Massacre of the French in Florida

Chapter 17-  Absolutism

  1. The Spanish Armada

  2. Armada Gallery*

  3. Against the Spanish Armada, 1588

  4. The Gunpowder Plot

  5. The Gunpowder Plot CGI*

  6. The Personality and Political Style of Charles I

  7. Petition of Right

  8. Choosing Sides in the Civil War

  9. Oliver Cromwell

  10. The Execution of Charles I

  11. Statement of the Levellers

  12. Charles II:  The Masquerading Monarch

  13. English Bill of Rights

  14. On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy

  15. The Court of Louis XIV

  16. Versailles Etiquitte

  17. Chateau de Versailles*

  18. Social Conditions in 17th Century France

  19. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

  20. Religious Divisions of Europe*

  21. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day

  22. Description of Maria Theresa

  23. The Rise of Prussia

  24. Treaty of Westphalia, 1648

  25. Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia

 

 

 

 

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**Précis are due no later than 6pm of the "Week Ending" Date! 

**For example, Précis #1 is due at 6pm on Sunday 9/3. 

**Late work will not be accepted!

**Work not following the format outlined in the instruction sheet will receive half credit.
   

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