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This material is available in Powerpoint and MP3 format, as well as in the flash-movie slide-show. To get it, log into webct.uta.edu!

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A. What are the conditions and events that allow for the emergence and the persistence of great empires? Answer this question using specific names, places, and stories from the following examples to prove your point. Your answer should have a thesis statement that answers the question in general terms, and then the body of [...]

Courtesy of a member of our clas — “Found this news story about identifying mummies interesting. Thought you all might find it intersting as well. ” http://www.egyptologyonline.com/identifying_the_mummies.htm

I’ve put in the request to have student names put into WebCT, so that should be done by tonight [tuesday]. I’m out of space to put the lecture webcasts here on the blog, but you can easily find them on WebCT! You should practice going there anyway for when you need to check your grades. [...]

I was trying to clear some space on my laptop and accidentally deleted the recording of today’s lecture on Mesopotamia and Egypt. Tomorrow I’ll get it right. Anyway, for those who wanted the slides, here’s the Powerpoint file.

After class some of you asked me where I got the information that “The mathematical study of genealogy indicates that everyone in the world is descended from Nefertiti and Confucius, and everyone of European ancestry is descended from Muhammad and Charlemagne .”
Here’s the link! It’s a relatively short and well written article by Steve Olson [...]

Welcome to our World History blog for 2301! You’ll find a lot of material from class here, accumulating as the semester goes on. Here is the list of “fundamental questions” we put up at the end of class.
Fundamental questions in 2301:

How did China become the ‘greatest’ civilization in the world by 1500?
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