General course outline – this is tentative and will change to some degree:
A - 2 exams (Ancient Near East, Greeks test 1; the Romans test 2)
B - 4 mini – papers (about 4 pages each) based on reading the 4 recommended
books and journal articles
C - Prepare a two hour lecture (more info when the syllabus is printed – but the
idea is to walk out of this course with a complete set of early western civ notes
for your teaching career – we will share the notes with everyone in the class)
D - Journal article reviews
E - Discussion board weekly
Text list
The WBU Virtual Bookstore may have a package deal for the Oxford books –
please contact them to see if the plan went through.
Oxford University Press
Egypt, Greece and Rome
Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
Second Edition
Charles Freeman
ISBN13: 9780199263646ISBN10: 0199263647 Paperback , 736 pages
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
Edited by Ian Shaw
ISBN13: 9780192804587ISBN10: 0192804588 Paperback , 552 pages
Jan 2004, In Stock
Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
Edited by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin and Oswyn Murray
ISBN13: 9780192801371ISBN10: 0192801376 Paperback , 536 pages
The Romans
From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End
of the Western Empire
Second Edition
Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski and Richard J. A. Talbert
ISBN13: 9780199730575ISBN10: 0199730571
Wiley Press
A History of the Ancient Near East - 3000-323 BC
9781405149112
Van De Mieroop