History 151 World History: Voices

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/151f03.html

Course Objectives:

• To provide you an opportunity to consider the development of distinct cultural identities around the globe and their interactions with one another in the course of human history up to C.E. 1500. The textbook gives you a broad survey of regions and cultures with particular emphasis on cross-cultural interactions. In addition, the book offers primary source excerpts, pictures of artifacts, maps, and timelines to give you a foundation of information.
• To teach you how to make the past meaningful by focusing on specific issues, ideas, and perceptions from the past and from current scholarship through a series of guest lectures. These lectures give in-depth analysis of a particular aspect of a culture or historical phenomenon.
• To develop your analytical skills in reading, thinking, and writing by teaching you to analyze primary sources as evidence and use them to write a comparative essay. The required weekly lab led by a graduate student in History will work on developing these skills through assigned exercises and discussion.

Readings:

• Bentley, Jerry H. and Herbert F. Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to 1500, 2nd ed. (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003). Hereafter called T&E. PowerWeb link.
• Additional readings on the web or handouts in class (see links in Lecture Outline).

Discussion Lab:

Midterm and Final Exam:

Make-up Policy:

Lectures and Assignments:

• The attached outline lists the topic for each lecture as well as the assigned readings. I highly recommend that you read the textbook material over the weekend and then review the topic briefly before lecture, checking the guest lecture link for an outline and additional materials. Your T.A. will give more specific assignments for lab discussion.
• You are strongly encouraged to explore the Web as a resource for this class, either from home or from campus. This course website includes the syllabus with links to individual lecture outlines as well as web resources. Since these outlines will be displayed on screen during lecture, you may want to print them before class to facilitate notetaking. Many lectures contain further links to images and interesting websites (links with just an asterisk symbol and no title are for lecture use only, because the item is proprietary and cannot be put on the web).
• For access to the Internet: the PC lab is in Keller 213-214, the Mac Lab in Keller 204, CLIC lab in Sinclair Library 128 (Information Technology Services at UH); in addition, a few machines in Hamilton Library have web access (UH Library main page). For guidance on dong web research, see Guide to Surfing the Internet
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• Attendance at lecture is not required, but is strongly advised for several important reasons. The reading alone is insufficient, since the tests reflect the themes developed in lecture. Also, the lectures contain material not available in the textbook, including web images, audio recordings, and videos. The lecture outlines on the web are not a substitute for attendance at lecture, either, since they are just lists of words--you won't know what they mean or what is important. Frequent requests to the professor, guest lecturers, T.A.s, or fellow students to "fill in the blanks" on whole lectures for you are not generally appreciated. Borrowing someone else's notes on a regular basis detracts from your own thinking and learning that takes place in the process of listening and taking notes.
• About audio or video recording of lecture: please ask permission before taping any lectures, particularly those of guest speakers. For most students, listening to a lecture twice is not an efficient use of study time; you would be better off taking good notes the first time around and then correlating them with the reading. However, some students for whom English is a second language may find recording the lecture beneficial, if time-consuming.

HELP!

The titles below are links to lecture outlines or materials provided by the guest lecturers. Many students find it useful to review the textbook assignment before class, then bring a print copy of the lecture outline to class for notetaking.

I.	Early Complex Societies 3500-500 B.C.E.	Migration, Language, and Identity	T&E chap. 1-6
8/26	The World: Humanity and History	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 1
8/28	Oceania: Migration and Identity	Dr. Jon Osorio, Hawaiian Studies	T&E chap. 6b
9/2	Africa: Nile States and Migratory Clans	Dr. David Chappell, History	T&E chap. 3
9/4	South Asia: Indus Valley Civilization	Dr. Surojit Gupta, History	T&E chap. 4
9/9	East Asia: Traditional Culture and Values	Dr. Edward Davis, History	T&E chap. 5
9/11	Artistic Expressions and Writing Systems In Early Societies of Mesoamerica and South America	Dr. David Webb, Spanish, LLEA	T&E chap. 6a
9/16	Southwest Asia: The Birth of Writing	Dr. Robert Littman, Classics, LLEA	T&E chap. 2
II.	The Formation of Classical Societies 500- B.C.E.-500 C.E.	Philosophies, Religions, and Histories	T&E chap. 7-12
9/18	The Problem of Evil: Ancient Near Eastern Religions	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 7
9/23	Uncommon Assumptions, Common Misconceptions: Common Sense in Ancient China	Dr. Roger Ames, Philosophy	T&E chap. 8
9/25	Indian Religion: Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism	Dr. Ramdas Lamb, Religion	T&E chap. 9
9/30	Greek Culture: Thinking about Things	Dr. Thomas Jackson, Philosophy	T&E chap. 10
10/2	The Greatness of Rome: 753 BCE- 476 CE	Dr. Michael Speidel, History	T&E chap. 11
10/7	Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity: Interactions and Differentiations	Dr. Andrew Crislip, Religion	T&E chap. 11
10/9	The Spread of Religions in Eurasia in the Post-Classical Era	Scott Bailey, T.A.	T&E chap. 12
10/14	Midterm Review	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 1-12
10/16	Midterm
III.	The Postclassical Era 500-1000 C.E.	Cultural Identities and Interactions	T&E chap. 13-17
10/21	Islam: Muhammad and the Dar al-Islam	Dr. Elton Daniel, History	T&E chap. 14
10/23	Islamic Philosophy in Crosscultural Perspective	Michael Kurihara, History	T&E chap. 14
10/28	The Rise of a Warrior (Samurai) Class in Japan	Dr. Paul Varley, History Sen Soshitsu XV Distinguished Chair	T&E chap. 15
10/30	East Asia: Sinicization	Dr. Liam Kelley, History	T&E chap. 15
11/4	Southeast Asia: The Cultural Crossroads, 500-1000 C.E.	Dr. Leonard Andaya, History	T&E chap. 16
11/6	Byzantium: Art and Culture	Dr. Thomas Klobe, Gallery Director, Art and Art History	T&E chap. 13
11/11	Veteran’s Day Holiday	No Class
11/13	Early Medieval Europe: Barbarians and Monks	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 17
IV.	An Age of Cross-Cultural Interaction 1000-1500 C.E.	People Movements and Encounters	T&E chap. 18-22
11/18	Nomadic Empires: Mongols and Turks	Grey Wolf	T&E chap. 18
11/20	Africa: Indigenous and Islamic	Dr. David Chappell, History	T&E chap. 19
11/25	Clash of Civilizations?: War, Art, and Other Forms of Cross Cultural Exchange	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 20
11/27	Thanksgiving Holiday	No Class
12/2	Latin America: Mexica, Incas	Dr. David Webb, Spanish, LLEA	T&E chap. 21
12/4	Voyaging to Hawai’i	Major Don Froning, Maritime Archaelogy and History	T&E chap. 21
12/9	Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions	Dr. Jerry Bentley, History	T&E chap. 22
12/11	Final Review	Dr. Karen Jolly, History	T&E chap. 13-22
12/15	4:30-6:30 p.m.	Final Exam	Bailey & Kelly-DeWitt labs ARCH 205 Cook & Klages labs GARTLEY 103

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