Textbook Readings

• Mazar, chapter 3 - Innovative Communities ot the Fourth Millenium - The Chalcolithic Period
• Mazar, chapter 4 - The Emergence of Cities - The Early Bronze Age

Course Notes

• Go here for the notes on Chapter 3
• Go here for the notes on Chapter 4
• Go here for a map of City States during 5,000 - 2,000 BC
• Go here for the timeline of History up to 2,000 BC

BAR Resources

• 1993 July-August - Volume 19 Number 4, page 33 - Judean Wilderness, Pesach Bar-Adon, Nahal Mishmar Treasure
• 1995 November-December - Volume 21 Number 6,
  • page 54 - Chalcolithic Period in the Golan
  • page 60 - Nahal Mishmar Treasure
  • page 62 - BeerSheba Chalcolithic Cult objects
  • page 63 - Chalcolithic ossuaries
  • page 64 - Chalcolithic gold hoard from Varna, Bulgaria
• 2001 May-June - Volume 27 Number 3, page 30 - Sacred Stones in the Negev and the Sinai

National Geographic Resources

• 1978, Dec 730-759 - Ebla
• 1978, Feb 142-185 - Minoans and Mycenaeans - The Minoan civilization dates to the Early Bronze Age; the Mycenaeans flourished later
• 1981, Feb 205-222 - Minoans
• 1991, May 102-115 - Iraq - Sumer, Babylon, Assyria - This is a "must-see"

InterNet Resources

• Go here for this week's Internet Resources

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This Week's Assignment

• Reflection Papers - on a separate Web Page
• Remember to cite your sources
• Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@catholic.org
  Please use all 3 email addresses in case any of the maiboxes go down