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Development of Christianity Part I (Sandbox Version)

Christianity emerged out of several ancient cultures and traditions: Judaism, Hellenism, and the influence of various smaller ethnic groups
that shaped public life in the Roman Empire. In this course we research a few of the "ingredients" that finally resulted in "Christianity".

In module 1 you have the first five lessons in front of you. "Lesson" in our on-line context does not relate to the traditional definition
of an indoctrinating "lesson". Here it is more or less a first glance, or a first idea about a huge and complex topic. To really dig in to
human tragedy in that particular area and time would take years. We just want you to get a little bit familiar with it -- from far.
Imagine how people lived their lives...

After each unit we will ask you to write a short summary about what you have learned. Write it with your own words and not less than 500 words.
Show that you understand the various discussed aspects!

• Unit 01: Theory of History
• Unit 02: Methods of Historical Research
• Unit 03: Writing Systems
• Unit 04: Old Testament Scrolls
• Unit 05: Old Testament Overview I

After having taken a look at the roots of the Graeco-Roman culture in module 1, we step now in module 2 directly into the
society of the Ancient World, that is the Greek-Latin era between 100 BC and 300 AD.

After each lesson you are expected to write a small essay where you can show with your own words that you have understood
the main ideas of the topic and that you are able to apply the learned to any other historical phenomenon.

• Unit 06: Old Testament Overview II
• Unit 07: Society in the Graeco-Roman Empire
• Unit 08: Hierarchical Pyramid
• Unit 09: Ethnic Divisions
• Unit 10: Family Life

Contrary to the traditional historiography of the nineteenth century that painted Greece and Rome
in beautiful and heroic colors, reality of daily life looked rather painful and poor, at least for the
majority of the Empire. On that dark canvas of social suffering Christianity developed. In module 3
we research various phenomena of daily life and the consequences it had for the thinking of people.

A little bit different from module 1 and two, in module 3 we expect from you to research the Internet
independently. Although we give you a lot of information you have to collect the answers to your
questions creatively on Wikipedia and on the Internet.

• Unit 11: Turnover and Poverty
• Unit 12: Plagues and Disasters
• Unit 13: Social and Medical Support
• Unit 14: Upward Mobility
• Unit 15: Christians in Urban Context

Inawe 12:10, 20 February 2015 (UTC)