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HIS 101-   History of Western Civilization I
Introduction
Review Lecture
1. Dawn of History
2. Ancient Egyptians
3. Mesopotamia
4. From Bronze Age to Iron
5. Rise of Greek Civilization
6. Greek Thought
7. Alexander the Great
8. Hellenistic Age
9. Rise of Rome
10. Roman Empire
11. Early Christianity
12. Rise of the Church
13. Decline of Rome
14. Fall of Rome
15. Byzantine Empire
16. Fall of Byzantium
17. Dark Ages
18. Age of Charlemagme
19. Middle Ages
20. Feudal Order
21. Common Life in Middle Ages
22. Cities & Cathedrals
23. Late Middle Ages
24. National Monarchies
25. Renaissance: Age, Discovery
26. Renaissance: New World
Conclusion
Lecture for Weeks 1 - 16 Dr.Charlie Evans
    
HIS 102-   History of Western Civilization II
Introduction
Conclusion
27. Reformation
28. Rise of the Middle Class
29. Wars of Religion
30. Rise of Trading Cities
31. Age of Absolutism
32. Absolutism: Social Contract
33. Enlightened Despots
34. The Enlightenment
35. Enlightenment: Society
36. Modern Philosophers
37. American Revolution
38. American Republic
39. Death of the Old Regime
40. French Revolution
41. Industrial Revolution
42. Industrial World
43. Revolution & Romantics
44. Age of the Nation-States
45. A New Public
46. Fin de Siecle
47. World War I: Rise Fascism
48. The Second World War
49. The Cold War
50. Europe & Third World
51. Toward the Future
52. Technological Revolution
Lecture for Weeks 1 - 16 Dr.Charlie Evans
   
HIS 121-   U.S. History I
1. Pre-Columbian America
2. Colonization of the Americans
3. Patterns of Settlement in the Chesapeake Region, Part 1
4. Patterns of Settlement in the Chesapeake Region, Part 2
5. Servants Free & Semi-Free
6. Causes of the American Revolution
7. Diplomacy & Diplomats
Readings: Discussion of the Constitution
   
HIS 122-   U.S. History II
1. Lincoln Conspiracy
2. Reconstruction
3. Imperialism (Part 1)
4. Imperialism (Part 2)
5. Causes of the Great War
6. Prohibition Movement
7. Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

HIS 269-   Civil War and Reconstruction
1. 1861 Cause
2. 1862 Bloody Affair
3. 1862 Forever Free
4. 1863 Simple Murder
5. 1863 Universe of Battle
6. 1864 Valley of the Shadow of Death
7. 1864 Hallowed Ground
8. 1865 War is All Hell
9. 1865 Better Angels of Our Nature
L1   Lecture 1
L2   Lecture 2
L3   Lecture 3
L4   Lecture 4
L5   Lecture 5
L6   Lecture 6
Civil War- on shelves under call number E468. C5

HIS 276-   U.S. History Since World War II
1. America/War's End
2. Postwar Problems
3. Emerging Cold War
4. Ike / Checkers
5. Unforgettable 50's
6. Joe McCarthy
7. Breaking the Demogogue
8. TV as Manipulator
9. Making of a President
10. President of the Promise
11. How High the Moon
12. Death of the President
13. LBJ & Great Society
14. We Shall Overcome
15. America's Longest War
16. Lyndon's Nightmare
17. America on 1968
18. Nixon's the One
19. Nixon & Politics of Confrontation
20. Watergate
21. Long Goodbye
22. Watergate Legacy
23. America in the 80's
24. Thawing of Cold War
25. Into the 90's
26. Progress/Pain
  Last updated May 28, 2003.