Course Schedule, William J. Hamblin

History 391R-2: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great

Winter Semester 2002: MWF 2-2:50, 346 MARB

 

 

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Date

Topic

Date

Required Reading

Optional

 

1

F 4 Jan

Course Introduction

 

 

 

 

2

M 7 Jan

Geography, background, historiography

 

 

 

 

3

W 9 Jan

Rise of Persia

550-400

 

 

 

4

F 11 Jan

Persian military system

 

 

 

 

5

M 14 Jan

Persia in the fourth century BC

Book Report Topic due

400-333

 

 

 

6

W 16 Jan

Greece before Alexander (to 350 BC)

500-350

G 1-19

 

 

7

F 18 Jan

Macedonian military system

 

 

 

 

M 21 Jan

Martin Luther King Holiday

 

 

 

 

8

W 23 Jan

Philip and Alexander’s Youth

359-340

G 19-65; P 1-8

D 16.69-84

 

9

Th 24 Jan

X Chaeronea {338}

340-336

G 66-110; P 9-10

D 16.85-95

J 11.1-2

 

10

F 25 Jan

Illyria

335

G 111-135; A 1.1-6;

D 17.1-7

 

11

M 28 Jan

X Thebes

Bibliography due

335

G 135-151; A 1.7-10;

P 11-14

D 17.8-16

J 11.3-4

 

12

W 30 Jan

X Granicus

334

G 151-181, 489-512;

A 1.11-16; P 15-16

D 17.17-21

J 11.5-6

 

13

F 1 Feb

Ionia; siege of Halicarnassus

Siegecraft

334

G 181-200; A 1.17-23;

P 17

D 17.22-27

J 11.7

 

14

M 4 Feb

Naval Issues

 

 

 

 

15

W 6 Feb

Anatolia

334

G 200-223; A 1.24-2.4;

P 18; C 3.1-6

 

 

16

F 8 Feb

X Issus

333

G 224-235; A 2.5-15;

P 19-23; C 3.7-12

D 17.30-39

J 11.8-9

 

17

M 11 Feb

X Tyre

Paper Outline Due

332

G 236-263; A 2.16-25;

P 24-25; C 4.1-5

D 17.40-47

J 11.10

 

18

W 13 Feb

Palestine (Jerusalem, Gaza)

332

G 263-267; A 2.26-27;

C 4.6; Rabbinic Legends

D 17.48

 

 

19

F 15 Feb

Alexander in Egypt

331

G 268-281; A 3.1-5;

P 26-28; C4.7-8

D 17.52

J 11.11

 

18-22 Feb

Presidents’ Day Holiday & Olympics

 

 

 

 

20

M 25 Feb

Make-up Lecture

 

 

 

 

21

W 27 Feb

Review for Midterm

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm at the Testing Center

 

 

 

 

22

F 1 Mar

Alexander the God?

331

G 272-275; A 3.3-4;

P 27; C 4.7

D 17.49-51

J 11.11

 

23

M 4 Mar

March to Mesopotamia; logistics

331

G 279-284; A 3.6-7;

P 29-30; C 4.9

D 17.52-55

J 11.12

 

24

W 6 Mar

X Gaugamela

331

G 285-296; A 3.8-15;

P 31-34; C 4.10-16

D 17.56-63

J 11.13-14

 

25

F 8 Mar

Advance to Persepolis

331

G 297-310; A 3.16-17;

P 35-36; C 5.1-4

D 17.64-68

J 11.15

 

26

M 11 Mar

Destruction of Persepolis; kingship

330

G 310-321; A 3.18;

P 37; C 5.5-7

D 17.69-72

 

27

W 13 Mar

Collapse of Persia

330

G 321-339; A 3.19-22;

P 38-43; C 5.8-6.2

D 17.73

J 12.1-2

 

28

F 15 Mar

Scythian military system

 

 

 

 

29

M 18 Mar

Hyrcania and Bactria

329-328

G 350-356; A 3.23-30;

P 44-49; C 6.3-5

D 17.74-76

 

 

30

W 20 Mar

Alexander the Tyrant

 

G 339-49; C 6.6-7.2

D 17.77-80

J 12.3-6

 

31

F 22 Mar

Soghdiana and Scythia

327

G 356-379; A 4.1-20;

P 50-56; C 7.3-8.4

D 17.81-84

 

 

32

M 25 Mar

Advance to India

Paper Due

327

G 379-388; A 4.21-30;

P 57-59; C 8.5-12

D 17.85

J 12.7

 

33

W 27 Mar

Indian military system

 

 

Arrian’s Indica

 

34

F 29 Mar

X Hydaspes

326

G 388-402; A 5.1-19;

P 60-62; C 8.13-14

D 17.86-89

J 12.8

 

35

M 1 Apr

Mutiny; Impact on India

325

G 402-411; A 5.20-29;

P 63-65; C 9.1-6

D 17.90-94

J 12.9

 

36

W 3 Apr

Return of Alexander

324

G 412-444; A 6:1-30;

P 66-69; C 9.7-10

D 17.95-106

J 12.10-12

 

37

F 5 Apr

Plans and death

324-323

G 444-475; A 7.1-30;

P 70-77; C 10.1-5

D 17.107-118

J 12.13-16

 

38

M 8 Apr

Wars of the Diodoche

323-281

C 10.6-10

Plutarch, Demetrius

D 18

 

39

W 10 Apr

Alexander as a military genius

 

 

 

 

40

F 12 Apr

Impact of Alexander

The Legendary Alexander

 

G 475-488

 

 

41

M 15 Apr

Makeup

 

 

 

 

42

W 17 Apr

Review for Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

20-25 April

Final at Testing Center