| | | | Mon 8/27 | Introduction - Podcast Not Available |
| | | | Wed 8/29 | Villages, Cities, Empires: From Sumer to the Hittites - Podcast Not Available |
| | | | Mon 9/3 | Labor Day |
| |  |  | Wed 9/5 | Egypt: From Unification to the Middle Kingdom, c. 3200-1500 BC |
| | | | Mon 9/10 | New Kingdom Egypt: State and Society, c. 1500-1000 BC |
| | | | Wed 9/12 | Small States and Big Empires: The Ancient Near East, c. 1600-610 BC |
| | | | Mon 9/17 | The Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Empires, to 499 BC |
| | | | Wed 9/19 | Archaeology, Myth, and History: the Minoan and Mycenaean Worlds |
| | | | Mon 9/24 | Dark Age, Recovery, and Expansion, c. 1000-600 BC |
| | | | Wed 9/26 | Social and Political Organization in the Archaic Period, c. 700-500 BC. |
| | | | Mon 10/1 | Cleisthenes, the Achaemenid Empire, and the Greeks, 510-479 BC |
| | | | Wed 10/3 | Philosophy and Religion in the Classical Greek World |
| | | | Mon 10/8 | Daily Life in the Classical Greek World: Economy and Society |
| | | | Wed 10/10 | Democracy and Empire in Classical Athens |
| | | | Mon 10/15 | The Peloponnesian War, and the Rise of Macedon, 431-338 BC |
| | | | Wed 10/17 | Alexander the Great |
| | | | Mon 10/22 | Midterm |
| | | | Wed 10/24 | The Roman World - State and Society in the Hellenistic World |
| | | | Mon 10/29 | Early Rome: Social Conflicts and the Conquest of Italy, c. 700-265 BC |
| | | | Wed 10/31 | The Conquest of the Mediterranean |
| | | | Mon 11/5 | The Impact of Empire: Culture and Politics from the Mid-Republic to 62 BC |
| | | | Wed 11/7 | Violence and Civil War: The Fall of the Roman Republic |
| | | | Mon 11/12 | Veterans Day |
| | | | Wed 11/14 | Monarchy at Rome: The Age of Augustus |
| | | | Mon 11/19 | Monarchy and Empire |
| | | | Wed 11/21 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| | | | Mon 11/26 | State and Society in the High Roman Empire |
| | | | Wed 11/28 | Crisis and Recovery, AD 161-337 |
| | | | Mon 12/3 | The Roman State and the Christian Church |
| | | | Wed 12/5 | The Later Roman Empire |
| | | | Mon 12/10 | Twilight in the West |
