Pre-Modern World History

Dr. Darlene L. Brooks HedstromHIST 105

Who is Dr. BH?

• Historian– Antiquity &

Byzantium– Middle East– Central Asia

• Archaeologist– Egypt, Jordan, London– Byzantine– Early Islamic

Books to Purchase• Historical Texts

– Lysistrata– Ibn Battuta– Sailing from Byzantium– Life Along the Silk Road– Books of the Dead

• Historical Novels:– Akhenaten – The Rock

• Traditions and Encounters (Brief World Text)

How to access Class Materials

• MOODLE > Witt homepage• AOL IM: brooksdl HST• Paper Syllabus at Moodle

Student Assessment

Quizzes (best 6 of 7) 60 pointsHistorical Biography Presenation 50 pointsDocument & Artifact Analysis (4 of 5) 100 pointsExam 1 75 pointsExam 2 100 pointsExam 3 150 pointsActive Participation 50 points

Total Possible 585 points

How to Succeed in HIST 105

• Be prepared: Reading & Assignments

• Be engaged: Active Participation• Attend Class: Absences affect grade• Attend SI Sections with Jacquelyn

Nair• Talk with Dr. Brooks Hedstrom

Inquiry Based History• 1.) What facts about the object help you to describe it

(as if for a museum display)?– Material– Iconography– Language

• 2.) Based upon the description, what interpretation could you make about the purpose of the object?

• 3.) Where do you think it was found? What was it context? – In a temple– In a child’s room– In a kitchen– In a private stash

• What does the object convey about what the society valued and what society is it?\– Make an educated guess, based upon the above answers

to present a hypothesis.

For Wednesday

• Read Moodle Source on the Neolithic site of Catal Huyuk in modern Turkey

• Be prepared to answer the following questions:

1.) Why is this Neolithic site important and how are the historians finding answers to their questions?