History 370.01

Lectures and Reading Assignments

Locations of Readings

The class readings are located either among the course textbooks, or they are available for downloading and reading by linking to them from this "Reading Assignments"-web page. Over the course of the semester, the instructor might make others available through the Addlestone Library (reference, reserve, or periodicals sections). Those citations in the reading list below not found in the course textbooks are marked with the locator code:

ELJ = Electronic journal available through searching and downloading from JStore;
Rf = Addlestone Library Reference;
RS = Addlestone Library Reserve;
Per = Library Periodicals Room;
W = this Web Page.

Abbreviations of Reading-List Citations
AEL Lichtheim, Miriam. Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975-1980:
Volume 1, The Old and Middle Kingdoms (1975);
Volume 2, The New Kingdom 1976). Volume 3, The Late Period (1980). (ON RESERVE)
Hallo, Context of Scripture Hallo, W. H., and K. L. Younger, eds. The Context of Scripture. Three volumes. Leiden: Brill, 1997-2002. Volume 1, Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World (1997). Volume 2, Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World (2001). Volume 3, Archival Documents from the Biblical World (2002). (LIBRARY REFERENCE)
ANET Pritchard, James. B., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Related to the Old Testament, 3rd ed. with Supplement. Princeton. Princeton University Press, 1969. (LIBRARY REFERENCE)
Simpson et al. Simpson, William Kelly, ed. Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. Third edition, revised. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ON RESERVE
CANE Sasson, Jack M., editor-in-chief. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Four volumes. New York: Scribner, 1995 onward. (LIBRARY REFERENCE)


Week 1: January 13 and 15	
	(1/13) Introduction and Course Description

	(1/15)  Geography and Environment of the Nile Valley
		Spodek, Introduction, "The World through Historians' Eyes," I-10 to I-16;
W 		Hoffman, M. "The Two Lands: An Ecological Perspective,"
			in Egypt before the Pharaohs, 23-32 (click to open);
W 		Kees, H. "The Countryside," in Ancient Egypt: A Cultural
			Topography, 47-61 (click to open)
W/RS 	"Hymn to Hapy," in AEL, 262-65 (click to open).
	
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Week 2: January 20 and 22
	(1/20-22) History of Egypt and Its Magical Stories
W 		Brewer, D. and Teeter, E., "History and Chronology," in Ancient Egypt
			and the Egyptians, 37-59 (click to open);
W/Rf 	Murnane, "The History of Ancient Egypt: An Overview,"
			in CANE, 691-717 (click to open);
W 		Shaw, I. "Chronologies and Cultural Change in Egypt," 1-17.
			in The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (click to open);
W/Rf 	Hollis, S. "Tales of Magic and Wonder from Ancient Egypt,"
			in CANE (click to open);
W		Chart: Chronology of Ancient Egypt (click to open);

	(2/20) Last day to Add/Drop.
	
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FINAL EXAMINATIONS:

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	Final Grades Due Monday, May 11, 12:00 Noon.

	Final Grades Available to Students Tuesday, May 12, 1:00 p.m.