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CRITICAL SHIFTS IN EARLY HUMAN EVOLUTION 009
1. John Pfieffer "The Impact of Big Game Hunting on Human Evolution," pp. 133-007 011
2. Christine Kenneally "I Cook Therefore I Am" 029
3. Marvin Harris "Murders in Eden" pp.9-17 033
4. Matt Ridley Excerpt from The Rational Optimist, pp.47-60 039
5. Robert Adams "The Origin of Cities," pp.3-11 049
6. Lewis Mumford "The Crystallization of the City," pp. 29-35 057
7. Tom Standage "Civilized Beer," pp. 24-39 065
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ISREAEL 079
8. "The Epic of Creation," in D. Winton Thomas (ed.), Documents from Old Testament
Times, pp. 3-13. 081
9. "Epic of Gilgamesh" 087
10. "Code of Hammurabi" 103
11. Bernard W. Anderson, Understanding the Old Testament, pp. 1-7. 105
12. U. Cassuto "The Documentary Hypothesis and the Assembling of the Hebrew Bible," pp.
1-3. 113
13. Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?, pp. 33-69, 89-116. 117
14. The New Oxford Bible (excerpts) 151
"Genesis" Chapters 1-25 (including introduction p. 7 ➔) 153
"Exodus" chapters 4-9 (including introduction p. 81➔) 173
"1 Samuel" Chapters 15-19 (including introduction p.399➔) 181
"2 Samuel" Chapters 1-12 (including introduction p. 445➔) 187
"1 Kings" chapters 1-5; 8-13 (including introduction p. 485➔) 197
"Job" Chapters 1-8; 27-31; 38-42 (including introduction p. 726➔) 213
CHINA 227
15. "Pronunciation of Chinese Words," in Patricia Buckley Ebrey (ed.), Chinese Civilization
and Society: A Sourcebook, pp. xvii-xviii. 229
16. "Chinese Cosmogony." 231
17. Robert Eno, "Deities and Ancestors in Early Oracle Inscriptions" in Donald Lopez (ed.),
Religions of China in Practice, Princeton Univ. Press, 1996. 233
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18. K.C. Chang, and the Political and
Harvard Univ. Press, 1983, pp. 9-32. 239
19. "The Metal Bound Box," in Patricia Buckley Ebrey (ed.), Chinese Civilization and Society:
A Sourcebook, 2nd ed., 1993. pp. 6-7. 251
20. Zhuangzi, "The World of Thought" in Wm. Theo. De Bary (ed.), Sources of Chinese
Tradition, Columbia Univ. Press, 1966, pp.7 8-85. 253
21. Wm. Theo. De Bary "Confucius" in Sources of Chinese Tradition, Columbia Univ. Press,
1966, pp.15-31. 257
22. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, ed. "Selections from Mencius," Chinese Civilization and Society:
A Sourcebook,2nd ed.New York: Free Press c/o Simon & Shuster,1 993.pp. 22-26. 267
23. D.C. Lau, trans., "Introduction," Lao-Tzu: Tao De Ching. New York: Everyman's Library,
1994, pp. xiii-xx. 273
24. Sun Tzu, The Art of War,(selections),RalphS awyer (trans.),Westview Press, 1994. 287
25. Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi) Basic Writings (selections), Burton Watson (trans.), Columbia
Univ. Press, 1964. 299
26. Zhuangzi Speaks (selections), Tsai Chih-Chung, Princeton Univ. Press, 1992. 307
INDIA 319
27. "The Aryans and Early Indian Culture," in Thomas J. Hopkins. The Hindu Religious
Tradition, pp. 3-16. 321
28. "Selections from the Rig Veda and the Upanishads." in Ainslie T. Embree (ed.),Sources
of/ndian Tradition, 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 12-13, 16-19, 36-39. 329
29. Sherab Chodzen Kohn, "The Life of the Buddha" In Entering the Stream: An Introduction
to the Buddha and His Teachings, Shambala Publishing Ltd., 1993, pp. 3-44. 337
30. John S. Strong "Realizing the Four Noble Truths" in The Experience of Buddhism,
Wadsworth Publishing, 1995, pp.32-34. 359
31. "The Acceptance of Women into the Order," and "Making and Sharing Merit." In John S.
Strong (ed.), The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations, Wadsworth
Publishing, 1995. pp. 52-59, 79-80. 361
32. "Edicts of Ashoka," tr. Robert A. F. Thurman, in Fred Eppsteiner, The Path of
Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism, pp. 111-119. 367
33. "The Questions of King Menander," in Ainslie T. Embree (ed.), Sources of Indian
Tradition, 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 105-109. 373
34. "Wisdom: The Heart Sutra" in Radiant Mind: Essential Buddhist Teachings and Texts, ed.
Jean Smith, Riverhead Books, 1999, pp. 177-192. 377
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GREECE 387
35. Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-41, 106-342, 361-382. 389
36. C. E. Robinson "Unity or Annihilation" in He/las, Pantheon Books, 1948, pp.59-67. 393
37. "Herodotus and Thucydides on History," Herodotus, The Histories 1.1-5. 401
38. Thucydides. Excerpts from The PeloponnesianW ar. Rex Warner (trans.), New York:
Penguin Books, 1954. 403
39. "The Funeral Oration of Pericles," in Thucydides, The Pe/oponnesianW ar 2.34-46. 405
40. The "Old Oligarch: A Realistic View of Athenian Democracy and Imperialism" in Nels M.
BaiI key (ed.), Readings in Ancient History, D.C . Heath, 1969, pp. 192-197. 411
41. Thucydides, "Debate on Sicily" Book VI, 8-32 415
42. Plato's "The Apology" and "Crito" 425
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