History of Western Civilisation - Wednesday 5th Period: Discussion 1: Introduction and Sumeria

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

All right, then. I bet you all thought that I wasn't going to make you do the stand-up-and-introduce-yourselves bit. Sorry.

Since this section of the class is all about discussion and sharing ideas, I think we first should share our names. I'm not going to ask why you're taking this class, since I imagine most of you are taking it because History 101 is something of a basic requirement. Instead, tell me what period of history has some meaning for you. A different time than your own, please, if you are historically displaced or from somewhere other than Earth. If you know nothing about another period in history... make something up. Please.

Then we're going to spend the hour talking.

Optional reading I totally gave you all yesterday:
Sumerian Language Page -- http://www.sumerian.org/
Wikipedia Entry on Sumer -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumeria
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature -- http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/

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Re: TALKING AMONST YOURSELVES

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Don't remember her saying who, and I managed to avoid the ambush, so no idea...And I've noticed the second floor always seems to be "buzzing" with activity.

There was a lopsided grin as she passed the note back to Janet.

Re: TALKING AMONST YOURSELVES

[janet_fraiser]

This could definitely be trouble. Trouble can be fun, though. All right, we like our fun. You can pretty much be guaranteed that someone will be around if you come and visit. Janet's answering smile was definitely mischevious. Ivanova could get her revenge, but she was friends with two world-class pranksters. If she got caught up in it, she knew who to go to for help plotting a retaliation.