ANNOUNCEMENTS
I HAVE BEEN SICK…..(not only in mind
but in body too…)…THEREFORE…
NORTHERN ITALY vs. SOUTHERN ITALY
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Thursday 18/12 Movie: IL POSTINO
Thursday 25/12 – 1/1 NO CLASS
Thursday 8/1 Movie: BENVENUTI AL NORD
Friday 9/1 MAKE UP CLASS (h. 13.30 ASG01)
Movie: BENVENUTI AL SUD
• Monday 12/1 MAKE UP CLASS (h. 13.30 ASG05) Movie: BENVENUTI AL SUD (for those who could not
come to the previous make-up class) and REVIEW
• Thursday 15/1 PRESENTATIONS (= 20 pts.) +
QUIZ (On Italian Language= 10 pts)
ATTENTION
• Movies will be shown and commented upon
to deliver some important points concerning
the south-north divide and to teach some
sentences in Italian language (which will be
included in the quiz)
• AT STUDENTS’ REQUEST THE FINAL EXAM
WILL CONSIST OF A QUIZ (multiple choice, fill
the gaps and short answers) ON THE MOVIES
AND THE RESULTS OF THE IN-CLASS DEBATE.
• Tuesday 6/1- Byzantium (Part II) & Rise and
Spread of Islam
• Wednesday 7/1– MAKE UP CLASS (14.30-16.20
ASG05) Rise and Spread of Islam (Part II)- Medieval
Europe
• Thursday 8/1- SILVER SCREEN DAYS
• Tuesday 13/1- FAMAGUSTA TRIP (Renaissance)
• Wednesday 14/1- MAKE UP CLASS (14.30-17.20
ASG05) Enlightenment + PRESENTATIONS
• Thursday 15/1 QUIZ (Famagusta + TA’Seminar)
• Friday 9/1 –MAKE UP CLASS (h. 08.30 LAB 03)
Venice (cnt.) as Byzantium after Byzantium
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• Monday 12/1 MAKE UP CLASS (h. 10.30 LAB
03) – Prague and Saint Petersburg.
• Wednesday 14/1- “Cities of Cyprus” (Salamis,
Nicosia, Famagusta)
AHSS 101- FINAL EXAM ESSAY TOPICS
Trapped in a Time Machine, you find yourself hurtling back through time.
Terrified, you look around. Quickly you scan the instructions. They inform you
that you may stop the machine only once and then only at one of the places
studied so far in AHSS 101: World Civilizations.
At which place would you stop the machine? In your essay, you are to explain
exactly why you chose to visit this past civilization. What would you see as you
walked around? Be as specific as possible, using the results of your research,
your notes and the in-class readings. What problems might you--as a modern
Tourist--encounter in the course of your visit. Compare what you would see
with contemporary civilization. Which do you prefer? Why?
ISLAM.
The Islamic religion arose in the Arabian Desert during the first half of the
seventh century. Discuss in your essay the origins and essential
characteristics of Islam as a religion, describe the nature of the Islamic
Empire created by the Caliphs in the seventh and eighth centuries, explain
how it developed, where it expanded and the its relations with the other
Empires of the period.
EUROPE.
Identify the major challenges (social, political , economic, military,
religious, and intellectual) facing Europeans during the Middle Ages in
Europe. Then explain why Europe did not sink into a "dark age" similar
to that which followed the fall of Rome and why instead there was a
Renaissance first in Italy and then in Europe north of the Alps.