Project Topics (Spring 2019)

Last Updated: 27 January 2019.

In Progress: Dates for all civilizations will be added by start of class on January 28. Dates based on Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, eds. Pollard, Rosenberg, Tignor (2015), Wikipedia, and ancient.eu.

  1. Forager societies (pre-3500 BCE)
  2. Unification + Old Kingdom Egypt (ca. 3100-2181 BCE)
  3. Middle Kingdom Egypt (ca. 2055-1650 BCE)
  4. New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1550-1069 BCE)
  5. Sumerian City-States (ca. 3500-2334 BCE)
  6. Akkadian Empire (2334-2193 BCE)
  7. Babylonian + Neo-Babylonian Empires (1700s-800s BCE)
  8. Neo-Assyrian Empire (911-612 BCE)
  9. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (c. 1200-500s BCE)
  10. Greek City-States (c. 800-300s BCE)
  11. Phonecia (c. 1500-300s BCE)
  12. Achaemenid Empire (ca. 560-331 BCE)
  13. Ptolemaic Egypt (305-30 BCE)
  14. Indo-Greek territories (e.g., Bactria, Gandhara, etc.) (post-Alexander; 323 BCE-1300 CE)
  15. Indus Valley Civilizations (c. 3500-2000 BCE)
  16. Early India (c. 2000-323 BCE)
  17. Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE)
  18. Gupta Empire (320-550 CE)
  19. Roman Republic (509 BCE to 31 BCE)
  20. Western Roman Empire (31 BCE to 476 CE)
    • Must comprise more than biographies of empires
  21. Eastern Roman Empire (293 to 1453 CE)
  22. Germanic & Gothic Tribes & Kingdoms (ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE)
  23. Early Medieval Europe (ca. 400-800 CE)
  24. High Medieval Europe (ca. 800-1350 CE)
  25. Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 BCE)
  26. Zhou Dynasty (1045-771 BCE)
  27. Spring & Autumn Period + Warring States Period (722-221 BCE)
  28. Qin Dynasty (221-201 BCE)
    • Must include more than Qin Shi Huang’s biography
  29. Han Dynasty China (201 BCE to 220 CE)
  30. Tang Dynasty China (618-907 CE)
  31. Sogdian Merchants (ca. 300s-500s CE)
  32. The Mongol Nation & Empire (1206-1368 CE)
  33. Yuan Dynasty China (1271-1368 CE)
  34. Early Islam (570-750 CE)
    • Must be more than a biography of Muhammad
  35. Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 CE)
  36. Fatimid Caliphate (909-1171 CE)
  37. Kingdom of Morocco (1040-1465 CE)
  38. Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) (ca. 711-1469 CE)
  39. Mali Empire (ca. 1200-1500 CE)
  40. Aksum (ca. 100-940 CE)
  41. Kingdom of Pagan (849-1297 CE)
  42. Sukhothai (1238-1583 CE)
  43. Srivijaya (650-1377 CE)
  44. Khmer/Angkor Empire (802-1431 CE)