Selected Readings
Unit 1 -	The Paleolithic Age & Neolithic Revolution Read the article found below and answer the following questions. Why was there a greater need for security after the Neolithic Revolution?  How did government help meet that need for greater security? Neolithic Revolution – How farming changed the world
Unit 2 -	Early River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, & China Purpose of Law Epic of Gilgamesh (tablet 11)
Unit 3 -	Early Empires & Religion: Egypt & Mesopotamia, & Judaism
Unit 4 -	Early Empires & Religion: India, Hinduism, & Buddhism
Unit 5 -	Early Empires & Philosophy: China, Confucianism, Taoism, & Legalism
Unit 6 -	Ancient Greece: Mycenaean, Classical, & Hellenistic
Unit 7 -	Ancient Rome: Republic to Empire Problems within the Roman Republic Fall of the Western Roman Empire – Video Clip (Media Player)
Unit 8 -	The Byzantine Empire: The New Rome
Unit 9 -	The Rise & Spread of the Islamic Empire
Unit 10 -	The West African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Unit 11-	China: Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, & Ming Dynasties