Race, Gender and Sexuality

Envision this scenario:

You have been asked to present a lecture on one of the units from this course. Explain the material that you would find most important to include, the material that would be most likely to surprise the audience, and a misconception that the audience might hold on the topic that you would like to correct.

Use at least three academic sources. Again, the sources must be academic, i.e. peer-reviewed scholarship.

Topics:

Race, Gender and Sexuality

Religion

Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations

Ancient and Early Medieval India

China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty

Greece (The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest) and Rome (The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 CE)

African Civilizations to the 1500s

Islam to the Mamluks

The Americas

1250 words, double spaced