Description: PART I CIVILIZATIONS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Chapter One Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Primary Sources Using Primary Sources: Laws of Hammurabi The Laws of Hammurabi The Epic of Gilgamesh Hymn to the Nile Hymn to the Pharaoh The Old Testament-Genesis and Exodus The Aton Hymn and Psalm 104: The Egyptians and the Hebrews Visual Sources Using Visual Sources: The "Royal Standard" of Ur Sumer: The "Royal Standard" of Ur (illustration) Egyptian Wall Paintings from the Tomb of Menna (illustration) The Environment and the Rise of Civilization in the Ancient Near East (maps) Secondary Sources Using Secondary Sources: The Agricultural Revolution Robert J. Braidwood, The Agricultural Revolution William H. McNeill, The Process of Civilization Herbert J. Muller, Freedom in the Ancient World: Civilization in Sumer Henri Frankfort and H.A. Frankfort, The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man Lionel Casson, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: The Afterlife Barbara S. Lesko, Women of Egypt and the Ancient Near East Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews Chapter Two: The Emergence of Greek Civilization Primary Sources Homer, The Iliad Hesiod, Works and Days A Colonization Agreement Semonides of Amorgos, Poem on Women Theognis of Megara, Aristocrats and Tyrants Solon, Early Athens Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians Visual Sources Trade, Culture, and Colonization (photo) Migration and Colonization (maps) Secondary Sources Frank J. Frost, The End of the Mycenaean World Finley Hooper, Greek Realities: The Homeric Epics Sarah B. Pomeroy, et al., Social Values and Ethics in the "Dark Age" of Greece C.M. Bowra, The Greek Experience: The Heroic Outlook Chapter Three: Classical and Hellenistic Greece Primary Sources Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: The Historical Method Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: Athens During the Golden Age Sophocles, Antigone Plato, The Republic Aristotle, Politics Xenophon, Household Management Hippocrates, Medicine and Magic Epicurus, Individual Happiness Visual Sources Education (photo) The Women's Quarters (illustration) The Dying Niobide: The Classical Balance (photo) The Old Market Woman: Hellenistic Individualism (photo) Geography and Political Configurations in Greece (map) Seondary Sources Sarah B. Pomeroy, Goddess, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women and Work in Athens Anthony Andrews, The Greeks: Slavery M.I. Finley, The Ancient Greeks: Decline of the Polls Richard Stoneman, Alexander the Great Finley Hooper, Greek Realities Chapter Four: The Rise of Rome Primary Sources Polybius, Histories: The Roman Constitution Cicero, The Education of a Roman Gentleman Quintus Lucretius Vespillo, Eulogoy for a Roman Wife Plautus, Menaechmi: Roman Slavery Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline: Decline of the Republic Visual

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