Index of Chapters
Here is a breakdown of the chapters we will cover in HIST 1100. Each section is a clickable and links to the chapter cited. The audio links below direct you to an mp3 audio version of the chapter. The audio/powerpoint links direct you to an mp4 audio version of the chapter with powerpoints attached.
Part 1: Documentary Evidence, or What Has Survived (and What Does It Mean?)
Section 1: History and What-Really-Happened (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 2: Herodotus and the Persian Wars (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 3: History and Literature: Ancient Epic, Homer and Vergil (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Part 2: Physical Evidence and History
Section 4: Archaeology: Schliemann and Troy (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 5: Architecture: Culture and Space (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 6: Man and Disease: The Black Death (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Part 3: History and Society
Section 7: The Indo-Europeans and Historical Linguistics (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 8: The Fall of Rome: Facts and Fictions (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 9: Women and Historical Biography (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Part 4: History and Religion (Before Christ)
Section 10: Akhenaten and Monotheism (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 11: The Old Testament and Its Authors (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 12: Roman Cults and Worship (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Part 5: History and Religion (After Christ)
Section 13: Early Christianity and the Church (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 14: The Nature and Triumph of Islam (audio) (audio/powerpoint)
Section 15: The Crusades and Medieval Christianity (audio) (audio/powerpoint)