The Rise of the East, 200-1500
The Rise of the East 200-1500 , HIST H-10b/W

Spring 2010 syllabus

Three Criteria of Historical Study
Primary Sources Supplement I
Frequently Asked Questions about the Written Assignments

Reading: Muhammad

Reading: Charlemagne

Reading: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Reading: Constantine

Reading: Augustine

Reading: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab

Reading: "Alexander Nevskii's 'Battle on the Ice': The Creation of a Legend"

Reading: "Abelard, Byzantium, and the 'Intellectual Silence" of Rus' Culture"

Reading: "Diego de Landa"

Reading: "St. Francis of Assisi"

Reading: "Murasaki Shikibu"

Reading: "Joan of Arc"

Reading: "Petrarch"

A-1: Historical Methods and Approaches

A-2: World History, 200-1500: A Geographical Overview
A-2: World History, 200-1500: A Geographical Overview (with images)

B-1: The End of the Ancient World, or The Beginning of the Medieval?
B-1: The End of the Ancient World, or The Beginning of the Medieval? (with images)

B-2: Charlemagne and the Origins of Christendom
B-2: Charlemagne and the Origins of Christendom (wih images)

B-3: The Origins of Islam: There is no god but God
B-3: The Origins of Islam: There is no god but God (with images)

B-4: Islamic Dominance of African-Eurasian Trade and Culture
B-4: Islamic Dominance of African-Eurasian Trade and Culture (with images)

C-1: African Civilizations 200-1500 and the Eastern Hemispheric Trade System
C-1: African Civilizations 200-1500 and the Eastern Hemispheric Trade System (with images)

Sample Questions for the Mid-Term Exam

C-2: The Medieval European Mind: Dialectic Triumphant

C-3: The Byzantine Empire and the Slavs
C-3: The Byzantine Empire and the Slavs (with images)

C-4: Cultures of Pre-Columbian America: Maya, Toltec, Mississippians
Comic about the Mayan calendar
Cahokia 900-1200 (with images)

D-1: Tang and Song Dynasties: The Genius That Was China, I
D-1: Tang and Song Dynasties: The Genius That Was China, I (with images)

China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discover and Invention

D-2: Japan and the Bridge of Dreams: The Kami Welcome the Buddha
D-2: Japan and the Bridge of Dreams: The Kami Welcome the Buddha Iwith images)

D-3: Pax Mongolica and the Yuan Dynasty: The Genius That Was China, II
D-3: Pax Mongolica and the Yuan Dynasty: The Genius That Was China, II Iwith images)

D-4: The Later Rus' Principalities (with images)
Video tape of lecture on Later Rus' Principalities

E-1: The Medieval Machine
E-1: The Medieval Machine (with images)

E-2: Origins of the Renaissance
E-2: Origins of the Renaissance (with images)

Sample Questions for the Final Exam

Final Exam