HISTORY 135C

Department of History
University of California, Irvine
 Instructor:    Dr. Barbara J. Becker

Week 1.  The Ancients.

Supplementary readings for Week 1's lectures include excerpts from:

  • Arrow of God by Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe (1930-2013), describing the ritual observation of the new moon made by an aging Nigerian village priest in 1919.

 
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