Appendix: Using This Sourcebook with Primary Textbooks

Chapter 2: “Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations”

1

The Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia, 18^th Century BCE)

2

The Code of Hammurabi (Mesopotamia, 18^th Century BCE)

3

The Book of the Dead (Egypt, ca. 16^th Century BCE)

4a

Egyptian Object: Board Game (Egypt, 1814–1805 BCE)

4b

Egyptian Object: Razor Belonging to Hatnefer (Egypt, 1492–1473 BCE)

4c

Egyptian Object: Wig (Egypt, 1040–992 BCE)

4d

Egyptian Object: Sandal Socks (Egypt, 300–499 CE)

Chapter 3: “Ancient and Early Medieval India”

10

The Buddha: Sermons and Teachings (India, 6^th Century BCE)

11

The Edicts of Ashoka (India, ca. 270 BCE)

Chapter 4: “China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty”

5

The Mandate of Heaven, selection from the Shu Jing (China, 6^th Century BCE)

6

Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (China, ca. 500 BCE)

7

Confucius: Analects (China, 5^th Century BCE)

8

Xunzi: The Nature of Man is Evil (China, ca. 275 BCE)

9a

Chinese Object: Pottery Dog (China, Han dynasty)

9b

Chinese Object: Cash Coins (China, Han dynasty)

9c

Chinese Object: Pipa Player (China, Sui dynasty)

Chapter 5: “The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest”

13

Plato: The Republic (Greece, ca. 327 BCE)

14

Aristophanes: Lysistrata (Greece, 411 BCE)

15a

Greek Object: Oil Lamp (Greece)

15b

Greek Object: Suit of Armor (Greece, 340–330 BCE)

15c

Greek Object: Theater of Epidaurus (Greece, 340–300 BCE)

15d

Greek Object: Oil Flask (Greece, 550–530 BCE)

Chapter 6: “The Roman World From 753 BCE to 500 CE”

12

The Ten Commandments (Eastern Mediterranean, 6^th Century BCE)

16

Josephus on the Roman Army (Roman Empire, 75 CE)

17

Gaius: Roman Slave Laws (Roman Empire, 161 CE)

18

Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Roman Empire, 171–175 CE)

19

Selections from the Christian Bible (Eastern Roman Empire, 45–100 CE)

20

The Passion of Perpetua (Roman Empire, 202 or 203 CE)

21

The Theodosian Code (Roman Empire, 438 CE)

Chapter 7: “Western Europe and Byzantium Circa 500 – 1000 CE”

22

Procopius: The Plague of Justinian (Byzantine Empire, 542 CE)

Chapter 8: “Islam to the Mamluks”

23

Selections from the Quran (Arabian Peninsula, 7^th Century CE)

24

Fiscal Rescript of Caliph Umar II (Arab Empire, 720 CE)

Chapter 10: “The Americas”

26

Mesoamerican Creation Narrative (Central America, ca. 1550 CE)

27a

Maya Object: Jade Mask (Central America, 615–683 CE)

27b

Maya Object: Embracing Couple (Central America, 650–800 CE)

27c

Maya Object: Observatory (Central America, ca. 1000 CE)

27d

Maya Object: Ballcourt Goal (Central America, ca. 1000 CE)

Chapter 11: “Central Asia”

25

The Poetry of Rumi (Asia Minor, 1207–1273 CE)