Pre-Modern World History
Dr. Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom
HIST 105
Who is Dr. BH?
• Historian
– Antiquity & Byzantium
– Middle East
– Central Asia
• Archaeologist
– Egypt, Jordan, London
– Byzantine
– Early Islamic
Books to Purchase
• Historical Texts
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Lysistrata
Ibn Battuta
Sailing from Byzantium
Life Along the Silk Road
Books of the Dead
• Historical Novels:
– Akhenaten
– The Rock
• Traditions and Encounters (Brief World Text)
How to access Class Materials
• MOODLE > Witt homepage
• AOL IM: brooksdl HST
• Paper Syllabus at Moodle
Student Assessment
Quizzes (best 6 of 7)
Historical Biography Presenation
Document & Artifact Analysis (4 of 5)
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3
Active Participation
Total Possible
60 points
50 points
100 points
75 points
100 points
150 points
50 points
585 points
How to Succeed in HIST 105
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Be prepared: Reading & Assignments
Be engaged: Active Participation
Attend Class: Absences affect grade
Attend SI Sections with Jacquelyn Nair
Talk with Dr. Brooks Hedstrom
Inquiry Based History
• 1.) What facts about the object help you to describe it (as if for a
museum display)?
– Material
– Iconography
– Language
• 2.) Based upon the description, what interpretation could you make
about the purpose of the object?
• 3.) Where do you think it was found? What was it context?
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In a temple
In a child’s room
In a kitchen
In a private stash
• What does the object convey about what the society valued and
what society is it?\
– Make an educated guess, based upon the above answers to present a
hypothesis.
For Wednesday
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Read Moodle Source on the Neolithic site of
Catal Huyuk in modern Turkey
• Be prepared to answer the following
questions:
1.) Why is this Neolithic site important and how
are the historians finding answers to their
questions?