Syllabus/Daily Assignments for
Classics 383B/Anthropology 380P/Africana Studies 383C: Race and Ethnicity in Ancient
North Africa
Readings are TO BE COMPLETED BY the date under which they appear on the syllabus as they will constitute the principal material for that day's discussion. Papers are marked when they are due. Please check the syllabus on this web page often, every class day is preferable. I will update the syllabus frequently, adding upcoming readings, illustrations, maps, resources, and, most important, discussion questions that you should consider as you read and prepare that material for class. You will sign up for a 15% oral report topic a few days into class.
Oral Report schedule and resources THIS LINK IS CURRENT
Honors Sample Page Map of Modern North Africa
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Date |
Topic(s) |
Assignments |
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T 1-29 |
Race,
Ethnicity, National Origin, Cultural Identity, |
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Th 1-31 |
Egypt: The
land and the people Egypt Map Landsat map Heracles
in Egypt tomb
murals Agenda-oriented
sites chosen for careful scrutiny as examples: Black Egyptians, another
less balanced Cheikh Anta Diop – leading
Afrocentric scholar |
Watterson Egyptians,
Intro + Chapter 1 |
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T 2-5 |
Egypt:
Pharaoh's land and Predynastic Egypt |
Watterson
Chapter 2 Herodotus.
pp. 116-144 (+ notes) |
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Th 2-7 |
Egypt:
Pharaohs – Pyramid-builders |
Watterson
Chapter 3 Herodotus.
pp. 144-154 (+ notes) |
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T 2-12 |
Egypt:
Pharaohs of Imperial Egypt New Kingdom - PBS New Kingdom images |
Watterson,
pp. 97-150, 171-173 |
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Th 2-14 |
Egypt:
Late Pharaohs |
Watterson,
Chapter 5 Herodotus.
pp. 154-186 (+ notes) 10% reports
begin |
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M 2-18 |
Ethnic
Self-Study Paper due by 5 PM |
10%: Ethnic
self-study due |
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T 2-19 |
Egypt: The Ptolemies |
Watterson
Chapter 6, |
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Th 2-21 |
Cleopatra
and Roman Egypt - Cleopatra temple Cleopatra site Alexandria |
Bowman Egypt
after the Pharaohs pp. 203-217,218-233; Plutarch on Cleopatra; |
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T 2-26 |
Egypt:
Greek and Egyptian Nile Mosaic, Details
- Nubians, Lion, Inscriptions
and Papyri. Daily Life |
Bowman
Egypt after the Pharaohs. pp. 16-20, 121-135, 136-150, 151-164 + selection of papyri (handout) |
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Th 2-28 |
Late
Classical Egypt. Christianity. Fayyum portraits REPORT:
Women in Ancient Egypt, Pharaonic Graffiti |
Watterson
Chapter 7; Juvenal. Satire 15; |
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T 3-4 |
Ethiopia:
The land and the people Nubia REPORT:
Antony & Cleopatra |
Snowden.Blacks in Antiquity, pref + ch. 1-2
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Th 3-6 |
Ethiopia:
Greek observations REPORT:
Hieroglyphics & the Rosetta Stone M.K.
Asante - Afrocentricity |
Herodotus
3.17-25, 7.61-80 (bring text to class); |
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T 3-11 |
Ethiopia:
Roman observations REPORT:
Nubia/Kush |
Snowden. ch. 4, 5, 7 |
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Th 3-13 |
Ethiopia:
Classical attitudes REPORT:
‘Ancient Egypt in Africa – 3 articles’ Kingdom of
Axum |
Snowden. ch. 8 + Summation |
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T 3-18 |
Jews:
Being Jewish and Greek REPORT:
Airs, Waters, Places + Vitruvius |
Modrzejewski. foreword,
ch. 1-3 |
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Th 3-20 |
Jews:
Being Jewish and Greek (contd) |
Modrzejewski. ch. 4-5 |
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T 3-25 Th 3-27 |
* Spring
Break* |
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T 4-1 |
Jews: From
glorious opportunity to rank prejudice REPORT:
Philo On his Embassy to Gaius Jewish
Inscriptions in Greco-Roman Egypt |
Modrzejewski. ch. 6-8 |
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Th 4-3 |
Jews: The
last days |
Modrzejewski. ch. 9-10 + Epilogue |
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T 4-8 |
Carthage:
Phoenician ancestors Phoenician culture REPORT:
Josephus Against Apion Dido and
Aeneas in the Aeneid |
Polybius. pp. 48-91, excerpts from Herodotus – bring Herodotus Take-Home
Midterm distributed |
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Th 4-10 |
Carthage: Hannibal
and the Barcids REPORT:
Ancient Libya/Cyrenaica |
Polybius. pp. 92-112, 123-24, 178-92, 194-5; |
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M 4-14 |
MIDTERM
EXAM DUE |
Click here
for Midterm Exam |
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T 4-15 |
Carthage:
Everyday life REPORT:
Rome in Africa |
Polybius. pp. 197-244 |
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Th 4-17 |
Carthage:
Everyday life Carthage Harbor, Punic Wars |
Polybius. pp. 244-276; 344-51 |
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T 4-22 |
Carthage:
Religion REPORT: Septimius Severus REPORT:
A Day in a Roman African City: Leptis Magna, Sabratha |
Polybius. pp. 374-85, 387-94, 399-406, 424-28 |
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Th 4-24 |
Carthage:
Religion mask6cBC, more masks, goddess 6cBC, REPORT: Heliodorus’ Aethiopica |
Polybius,
pp. 452-82; 535-37 |
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T 4-29 |
- - 10% Carthaginian
Debate - - |
Debate
speech |
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Th 5-1 |
‘Berbers’:
The native peoples of Northwest Africa REPORT:
Juba and Kleopatra of Mauretania |
Fentress Berbers,
Intro + Chapter 1 |
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T 5-6 |
‘Berbers’:
The native peoples of Northwest Africa REPORT: Sallust’s
Jugurthine War |
Fentress Berbers,
Chapter 2, Chapter 6, pp. 200-219 |
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Th 5-8 |
‘Berbers’:
The native peoples of Northwest Africa Mauretania:
The Moors REPORT:
Tacitus’ Germania REPORT:
The Vandals – Germans in Africa |
Fentress Berbers,
Chapter 6, pp. 219-end + Chapter 7 Excerpts from
Plautus’ Poenulus a comedy about a
Carthaginian – Read only cast list and Act 5 scenes + director’s notes at end |
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Th 5-15 |
FINAL EXAM
– 2-4 PM, Student Wing 324 |
