1. “Hundred Schools of Thought”
Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046 BC to 256 BC)
Chinese philosophy and schools …

3. Confucius Concerned about social order & harmony …
Famous quote: "Let the ruler be a ruler and the subject a subject."

4. Five Key Relationships
[1] Ruler and Subject
[2] Father and Son
[3] Husband and Wife
[4] Older Brother and Younger Brother
[5] Friend and Friend
Codes of conduct …
“Filial piety” …

5. What ideas are emphasized … Water is … Who was Laozi?
The Tao explains …
Ying & Yang …

6. “Dao” …
Yin …
Yang …

7. Islam
Muhammad, 570 A.D. …
610 A.D. …
630 A.D. …

8. Five Pillars Ka’aba [1] Faith – [2] Prayer – [3] Alms –
[4] Fasting / Ramadan –
[5] Pilgrimage / Hajj
Ka’aba

9. Islam
Qur’an (Koran) …
Sunna …
Shari’a …

11. Handout: from “Multiple Identities of the Middle East” by Bernard Lewis
** Be sure to look for these answers while you read, but you do not have to write these down:
- (1) Why does the religion of Islam command a more important political role in Islamic countries compared to the role of religion in European and Asian countries, as well as the United States?
- (2) What are Muslims commanded to do often in the Qur’an (Koran) that is different from the Bible or the Jewish Scriptures?
- (3) How was the founding of Islam and Christianity different?

12. Salman Rushdie

13. Handout: What was the focus of the Renaissance?
Francesco Petrarch ( ) – “Father of the Renaissance”

14. Plato and Aristotle Plato – “Theory of Forms,” imperfect reality
Aristotle – Empiricism, knowledge from sensory experiences

15. School of Athens, by Raphael

16. Italian Renaissance “Renaissance men” … Humanism
An intellectual movement studying classical Greek and Roman cultures …
Grammar, rhetoric, history, and poetry
Original sources
Individuality