History of Asian Civilization I
History 253

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Textbook:  Rhoads Murphey,  A History of Asia, Pearson-Longman, New York, Latest Edition, Paperback;  ISBN 0-321-34054-X
Date Topic Reading
Assignment 		Activity
First Week
June 18, 2007



Study Guide 1

 

 Prehistoric Asia
Neolithic Revolution
Peoples and Early Kingdoms 
of South East Asia
Prehistoric China, Korea, 
Japan 		Murphey, Chapter 1

First Lecture

 

 
Study Guide 2
June 20, 2007
 

 

 Asian Religions and Their
Cultures
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism 		Murphey, 
Chapters 2		  
Second Week
June 25, 2007




 		 Traditional Societies in Asia
Marriage
Child Rearing
The Status of Women
Sexual Customs
Law, Crime, and Punishment
The Civilization of 
Ancient India
Indus Civilization
The Aryan Invasion
Aryan Domination  		Murphey, 
Chapter 3-4

 
 



 

Study Guide 3
June 27, 2007
 		 The Maurya Dynasty
The Empire of Ashoka
Kushans
Southern India
Ceylon
The Guptas and the Empire of Harsha 		Murphey, 
Chapter 4		   Guide to the Sackler Gallery
Third Week
July 2, 2007


Study Guide 4


Chapters 1-4, Class Lectures, 
and Handouts

Medieval India and Southeast Asia
Islamic Advance
The Delhi Sultanate
South India
 

Murphey 
Chapter 6

 Powerpoint Lectures are on Blackboard
Fourth Week
July 9, 2007


 		The Civilization of Ancient China
The Shang Dynasty
The Zhou (Chou) Dynasty
The Qin (Ch'in)
The Han Dynasty  		Murphey, 
Chapter 4-5		   Exam I
July 10-16, 2007
 Guide to the Freer Gallery


 
Fifth Week
July 16, 2007




Study Guide 5
 		 Southeast Asia
Medieval Burma and Thialand
Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam		 Murphey, 
Chapter 7

 



Museum
Project
Due
July 27, 2007
Sixth Week

July 23, 2007

China:  The Golden Age
The Sui
The Tang
The Song (Sung		 Murphey, 
Chapter  8		 Paper and Museum Projects due in my Office before 4:00 on July 27, 2007


 

 
Seventh Session
July 30, 2007
 



Study Guide 6

Early Classical, and Medieval Japan and Korea
  
Mughal India and Central Asia
Mughal India and Central Asia 		Murphey,
Chapter 9-10		 Second Exam
July 30-August 1, 2007

Early Japan


Creation Story

Yamato Japan

Nara Japan 

Heian Japan
 

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