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Examination Study Guide

• FORMAT----Each examination will consist of an essay section in which you are called upon to write one essay from a field of three questions based upon lectures, as well as text and web readings. Each exam will be worth 50 points. The exams will count toward 200 points or forty percent of the course grade

• TOPICS FOR THE FIRST EXAM:
  • #1:  Early Humanity. Reading Assignment #1
  • #2:  Early Societies. Reading Assignment #2
  • #3:  Sumeria. Reading Assignment #3
  • #4:  From Akkadians to Babylonians. Reading Assignment #4
  • #5:  Egypt-Political History. Reading Assignment #5
  • #6:  Egypt: Society, Economy & Culture. Reading Assignment #6
  • #7:  Egypt, Africa and World Civilization. Reading Assignment #7.
  • #8:  Hyksos, Hittites and Hurrians. Reading Assignment #8

   

• TOPICS FOR THE SECOND EXAM:
  • #9:  The Sea Peoples. Reading Assignment #9
  • #10:  Migrations of Peoples and Disruptions of Civilization. Reading Assignment #10
  • #11:  Canaanites, Phoenicians and Aramaeans. Reading Assignment #11
  • #12:  Hebrews, Ancient Israel and Judaism. Reading Assignment #12.
  • #13:  Assyrians, Chaldians and Medes. Reading Assignment #13
  • #14:  The Persian Empire. Reading Assignment #14
  • #15:  The Indian Parallel. Reading Assignment #15
  • #16:  The Chinese Parallel. Reading Assignment #16

   

• TOPICS FOR THE THIRD EXAM:
  • #17:  Minoans and Myceneans. Reading Assignment #17
  • #18:  The Early Development of Greece. Reading Assignment #18
  • #19:  The Polis: Athens & Sparta. Reading Assignment #19
  • #20:  The Acme and Decline of the Polis: The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Reading Assignment #20
  • #21:  The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great. Reading Assignment #21
  • #22:  Hellenic Civilization. Reading Assignment #22
  • #23:  Hellenistic Civilization. Reading Assignment #23
  • #24:  The Etruscans, Celts and Early Italy. Reading Assignment #24

   

• TOPICS FOR THE FOURTH EXAM:
  • #25:  Origins and Expansion of Rome. Reading Assignment #25
  • #26:  Roman Expansion and the Decline of the Republic. Reading Assignment #26
  • #27:  Imperial Rome of the Principate. Reading Assignment #27
  • #28:  Roman Culture. Reading Assignment #28
  • #29:  The Roman Empire and the Christians. Reading Assignment #29
  • #30:  The Crisis of the Late Principate. Reading Assignment #30
  • #31:  The Christian Roman Empire and the Era of Migrations. Reading Assignment #31
  • #32: The Heritage of the Ancient World. Reading Assignment #32

Evaluation Criteria for Each Essay Examination

• 1. Pertinance. Does the essay directly address the question? Is there a significant effort to answer the question? (10 points).
• 2. Analysis. Is the focus of the essay maintained? Are the points or topics clearly conceived, presented and discussed? (10 points).
• 3. Content. Is the information presented to subtantiate points and topics accurate and clear? Do the facts contribute evidence to the arguments presented? (10 points).
• 4. Organization. Is the essay composed in a clear and logical manner? Is there an introductory statement, a body of evidence, and a conclusion? (10 points).
• 5. Mechanics. Are the fundamentals of paragraphing, sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation followed? (10 points).

Sample Score-Sheet for Each Essay Examination

CRITERION #1---Pertinance_____out of 10 points

CRITERION #2----Analysis_____out of 10 points

CRITERION #3-----Content_____out of 10 points

CRITERION #4-Organization____out of 10 points

CRITERION #5---Mechanics____out of 10 points

TOTAL:________out of 50------------EXAMINATION GRADE:_________