History and Philosophy of Geography

GE 300

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY

WEEK 3 – September 26, 2005

Ancient Period, Great Oceanic Discoveries, Exploration, Period of General Development, Period of Differentiation, and Transition from Differentiation to Contemporary

I.Primitive Period (? – 900 B.C.)

1.Civilizations: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Cretan-Minoan, Hittite, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek

II.Classical Greek Period (900 – 150 B.C.)

1.Homeric Epoch (900- 650 B.C.)

2.Ionic, Cosmologic, or Milesian Epoch (650-550 B.C.)

3.Pythagoras to Socrates (550-400 B.C.)

4.Academic Epoch (400-150 B.C.)

5.Greco-Roman or Hellenistic Period (150 B.C. – A.D. 300/450)

III.Transition – A.D. 300-350 - Decline and Fall of Western Roman Empire

1.Middle Ages – Medieval Times

2.Christian Dark Ages

3.Muslim Period (Arab A.D. 630-950; Golden Age 750-1450)

IV.Renaissance A.D. 1150-1550

V.Great Oceanic Discovery and Explorations A.D. 1450-1650

VI. Period of General Development A.D. 1650 – 1800

VII. Period of Differentiation A.D. 1800 – 1880

VII. Transition from Differentiation to Contemporary A.D. 1870 – early 1900’s

Reading Assignments:

All Possible Worlds (p. 107-128)

The Education of a Geographer (Carl O. Sauer)

A Life of Learning (D.W. Meinig)

Research Assignment: Completea biographic research project on the individual assigned to you using multiple sources of information. Highlight their contributions to geography. Report your results in a 600 word document. Be sure to list your bibliographic sources at the end of your document. Your written and oral reports are due at our next meeting.