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Course Maps:
200 Million
Years Ago
Climate Map
Vegetation Map
Europe: Last
Glacial Maximum
Europe: 10,000
yr BP
Greece and Rome
Culture and
Environment
Population
Colonialism
(and geopolitics)
Discovery
Middle Ages
Geography links-general
Diagram: Scope of Geography
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TEXTBOOK: |
Required: |
An Historical
Geography of Europe, by Butlin and Dodgshon, Eds. & assigned readings |
ATTENDANCE: |
Attendance will not be taken. Students are responsible for all material
presented in lecture, including additional and current information. Students are responsible for accessing all
relevant material and assignments which are posted on the course web page. |
EXAMS: |
Three exams will be given, each worth 30% .
The exams are not comprehensive. All students must take the final
exam. NO MAKEUP exams will be given. |
| Please note: |
Use of portable phones and pagers will not be permitted in
classroom. This syllabus is subject to change without notice. |
| Computer Skills |
It is expected that all students will be proficient in the
following skills: be able to access the Internet and World Wide Web, be able to use
e-mail, be able to use a word processor. |
Introduction
to the geography of economic, political, cultural, and physical processes that have shaped
Europe. Landscape, urban and population changes, and roots of contemporary European issues
are emphasized.
Lecture
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DATE |
TOPIC |
READINGS |
| 1 |
3/25 |
European Geography:
Introduction |
Map template |
| 2 |
3/27 |
Physical Geography |
Map-Geology |
| 3 |
3/29 |
Climate and Biogeography |
Handouts; web pages |
| 4 |
4/1 |
Early Human-Landscape
Interactions |
Butlin, Chapter 1 |
| 5 |
4/3 |
First Farmers and changing
technologies |
Chapter 2 |
| 6 |
4/5 |
Languages and social change |
Handouts |
| 7 |
4/8 |
Development of the European
State |
Chapter 3 |
| 8 |
4/10 |
Rome and European Provinces |
- |
| 9 |
4/12 |
Migrations and Invasions |
- |
| 10 |
4/15 |
********E X A M 1******** |
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| 11 |
4/17 |
Case Study: northern and
southern Italy |
Handouts, web |
| 12 |
4/19 |
No Class |
- |
| 13 |
4/22 |
Medieval Europe |
(Chapter 4) |
| 14 |
4/24 |
Medieval Europe, Continued |
Chapter 5 |
| 15 |
4/26 |
Town Development and
Trade |
- |
| 16 |
4/29 |
Geopolitical Change |
- |
| 17 |
5/1 |
European Discovery and
Expansion |
Chapter 6, p.115-124 |
| 18 |
5/3 |
Colonialism and environmental
impacts |
Chap. 6, p.124-13 |
| 19 |
5/6 |
Geopolitics after the
Enlightenment |
Chap. 7; 140-148 |
| 20 |
5/8 |
Development of Nation-states |
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21 |
5/10 |
********E X A M 2******** |
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| 22 |
5/13 |
Population and Culture:
Demographic Transition |
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23 |
5/15 |
Migration and Twentieth Century |
Chap. 7; p. 148-167 |
24 |
5/17 |
Migration: continued |
Chapter 8 |
| 25 |
5/20 |
Nationalization of Culture |
-Chapter 9 |
| 26 |
5/22 |
Cultural Geography |
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| 27 |
5/24 |
Urbanization and growth |
Chapter 14 |
| 28 |
5/29 |
Changes in European population
and landscape |
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| 29 |
5/31 |
Environmental Impacts; Future
of Europe |
Chapter 16 |
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6/3 |
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Mon: 9:45 - 11:45 |
For further information,
please contact
Professor Wendy R. Eisner, Department of Geography, ML 131
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0131 |
