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WEB ASSIGNMENT DIRECTORY Assignments marked with an asterisk (*) contain written work, which should be E-Mailed to the instructor by the following Monday. The numbers below correspond to the lecture topics.

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ASSIGNMENT #1:

Medieval Sourcebook: Why Study History Through Primary SourcesHalsall's Source Book: [At Fordham University/Halsall]
The Roots of Western Civilization [At Fordham University/Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #2:

Human Origins [At WSU]
Hunting and Warfare [At North Park University]
Stone Tools [At North Park University]
WEB Chauvet Cave Paintings c.30,000 BCE [SW France][Website]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #3:*

Mesopotamia [At HalsallAncient History Sourcebook ]
Ancient Near East/Egypt [At Halsall]
Ancient Near East [At Halsall Exploring Ancient World Cultures] Online essays, with links to the best Mesopotamian websites.
Mesopotamia [Richard Hooker, at WSU]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #4: *

Book of the Dead
Funerary Beliefs Connected with Mummification
Ancient Egypt [At Halsal's]
Egypt images
Ancient Egypt
The Old Kingdom (2705-2213 BCE) [Dynasties 3-8] [At Halsal's]
The Middle Kingdom (1991-1668 BCE) [Dynasties 12-13] [At Halsal's]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #5:*

The New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) [Dynasties 18-20] [At Halsal's]
Akhnaten [Amenhotep IV](r. 1363-1347 BCE) [At Halsal's]
Post Imperial Egypt (1070-332 BCE) [Dynasties 21-31] [At Halsal's]
Religion [At Halsal's]
The Tomb of King Tutankhamun
The Victory of Ramses II Over the Khita, 1326 BCE
Pyramids
Halsal's Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Gods
Ancient Near East/Egypt [At Halsall]
Art and Architecture [At Halsall]
Literature [At Halsall]
Music [At Halsall]
Everyday Life [At Halsall]
Mathematics [At Halsall]
Gender and Sexuality [At Halsall]
Nubia [At Halsall]
Death in Ancient Egypt [At ABZU]
The Egyptian Negative Confession Book of the Dead,Chapter 125 [At Eliade Site]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #6:*

The Flood Story
Creation Story: Side by Side
The Decree of Return for the Jews, 539 BCE
Ancient Near East/Egypt(Outline) [At Halsall]
Moses and Monotheism [At Halsall]
The National Monarchy (c.1020-586 BCE) [At Halsall]
The Exile (587-538 BCE) [At Halsall]
Hellenistic Judaisms: Diasporas [At Halsall]
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook A companion sourcebook to the Ancient History Sourcebook, it covers Jewish history from its origins until the state of Israel. [At Halsall]
Photo Gallery of Syria and Palestine [At St. Olaf]
Kurash (Cyrus) the Great:The Decree of Return for the Jews, 539 BCE [At Halsall]
Ancient Israel [Ancient History Sourcebook At Halsall]
The Hebrews [Richard Hooker, at WSU]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #7:

Photos taken from the Orignis of Man Series: "The Persians"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Partian Empire
Ancient Near East/Egypt [At Halsall]
History of Parthia
Avesta -- Zoroastrian Archives
Mausoleum in Halicarnassus
The Iranian after life
Sir Monier Monier-Williams: The Towers of Silence, 1870
Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Timeline of Ancient World Events

WEB ASSIGNMENT #8:*

Greece[At Halsall]
General [At Halsall]
Greece: Major Historians: Complete Texts[At Halsall]
Crete [At Halsall]
Mycenae [At Halsall]
Archaic Greece [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #9: *

Homer (c.8th Cent. BCE) Homeric Fragments [At OMACL]
Homeric Hymns [At OMACL]
The Iliad trans. Samuel Butler [At Darkwing]
The Iliad trans. Samuel Butler [At this Site, formerly ERIS][Full Text][Ascii Text in one file]
The Iliad trans. Samuel Bulter [At MIT][Full Text]
Ancient History Sourcebook Homer: The Odyssey [At Halsall's Ancient History Sourcebook]
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica [At OMACL]
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and HomericaTheogony [At OMACL]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #10: *

Greek Mythology
Zeus
Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus.
Religion and Myth [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #11: *

The Rise of the Polis [At Halsall]
The Age of Tyranny [At Halsall]
Athenian Democracy [At Halsall]
Sparta [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #12:

(c.490-c.425 BCE): The Histories 440BCE [At MIT][Full Text][Chapter length files][ Book VII on the Persian War] Herodotus
(c.490-c.425 BCE): The Histories 440BCE [At M Univ][Full Text][Chapter length files][Book VII on the Persian War] Herodotus
(c.490-c.425 BCE): Selections on the Persian Wars Herodotus [At Saskatchewan]
Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): The Battle of Marathon from The Histories [At Northpark University]
The Persian Wars (449-479 BCE) [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #13: *

The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) and After [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #14:

Literature [At Halsall]
Literature: Theatre [At Halsall]
Art [At Halsall]
Music [At Halsall]
Education [At Halsall]
Economic Life [At Halsall]
Slavery [At Halsall]
Greek Law [At Halsall]
Everyday Life [At Halsall]
Gender and Sexuality [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #15:*

Philosophy [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #16:

MIDTERM

WEB ASSIGNMENT #17:

Philip II of Macedon (r. 339-336 BCE) [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #18:

The Siege of Syracuse
BBC documentary Archimedes of Syracuse

WEB ASSIGNMENT #19:

Lighthouse of Alexandria.

WEB ASSIGNMENT #20:

Rome [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #21:

res gestae link [At AUC]
Roman Republic [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #22:

Roman Portrait Gallery
Portrait Gallery(Republic)
Imperial Expansion under the Republic [At Halsall's]
Herodotus(c.490-c.425 BCE): The Carthaginian Attack on Sicily, 480 BCE [At Halsall's]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #23:

Living in the City of Rome [At University of Wales]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #24: *

Civil Wars and Revolution [At Halsall]
Roman Army [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #25:*

Early Empire [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #26:*

Ancient History Sourcebook: Aelius Spartianus: The Life of Hadrian[At Halsall]
Marcus Aurelius (b.121- r.161-d.180):The Character of Antoninus Pius (b.86-r.138-d.161 CE), from Meditations I.16: [At Halsall]
Ancient History Sourcebook: Julius Capitolinus: The Life of Antoninus Pius[At Halsall]
Ancient History Sourcebook: Eutropius (4th Cent CE): The Reign of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE[At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #27: *

Art and Architecture [At Halsall]
Literature [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #28:*

Economic Life [At Halsall]
Education [At Halsall]
Slavery [At Halsall]
Everyday Life [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #29:*

St.Perpetua: The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity 203[At Halsall's Source Book]
Religion [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #30:*

Later Empire (after 192 CE) [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #31:

The German Impact[At Halsall]
End of Classical World[At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #32:

Christian Origins[At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #33: *

Byzantine[At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #34:

Reception of the Classical Tradition in International law: Grotius [Essay by David J. Bederman]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #35:

Modern Perspectives on Ancient Rome [At Halsall]

WEB ASSIGNMENT #36:

FINAL