Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500241 Archaeology | OB | 2 | 1 |
2500501 History | OT | 4 | 1 |
No special prerequisite, beyond the background acquired in the subjects of Ancient History of the first cours. However, it is necesary to emphasize the importance of being able to read foreign bibliography to carry out the activities of continuous evaluation.
The objective of the subject is to analyze the main political, social and economic structures of Mediterranean civilizations during antiquity. First of all, we will focus on the Mediterranean context of the 1st millennium BC, focusing on the Phoenician-Punic, Greek and Roman worlds, but also on the impact of the influence and domination of these on peripheral areas, affected by Colonizing phenomena and the Roman conquest. It will be important to deepen the institutional aspect of the main Mediterranean political formations, a way of approaching the functioning of each one. Secondly, once the political union of the Mediterranean was reached by Rome, on the following day in 146 BC, we will focus on the crisis of the republican system and the advent of the Empire, which analyzed its characteristics and its changes until 476 AD It will also be important to go deeply into the institutional aspect and in matters of everyday life. To achieve our goals, it will be important to familiarize yourself with the available primary sources, which must be related to historical interpretations.
1. The Sea, the mountains, the Sahara and the Atlantic. The Long March to Civilization: The First Agricultural Civilization (Fertile Crescent and Asia Minor).
2. Mesopotamia and Egypt. The potter's wheel, domestic animals, textiles, wood. Copper and bronze, the scriptures. The cities: earthly life and eternal life.
3. River boats, Mediterranean ships (the first sailors). Syria, Egypt and the Red Sea; The Mediterranean Levant. The expansion of the megaliths: from the Levant into the Atlantic.
4. Centuries of unity. The seas of the Levant from 1500 to 1200: The acceleration of exchanges. Crete. Accidents, evolutions and catastrophes: mountaineers and sailors (nomadism). The Hittites and the Semites.
5. The Sea Peoples. Everything changes from the 12th to the 8th century: The "balkanization" of the Middle East. The peoples of the steppes (the horse).
6. Indo-Europeans and Celtic invasions. Iron metallurgy and alphabetic writing.
7. The colonizations. 10th to 6th centuries. The Phoenicians and Carthage. The Etruscans.
8. The Greek colonization. The “Greek miracle.” The polis: hoplites and rowers, democracy and slavery.
9. The empire of Darius and the mistake of Alexander the Great.
10. The example of Pyrrhus. " Graecia capta " (146 BC). Roman imperialism: Rome against Carthage.
11. The Near East: the coveted prey. From the city to the Empire (131-31 BC).
12. Beyond the Mediterranean. Shoring and Teutons.
13. Caesar conquers Gaul (59-50 BC). Trajan, the Dacians and the Euphrates.
14. Mediterranean civilization: landscapes, cities and techniques.
15. Roman originalities.
- Assistance to lectures led by the teacher.
- Comprehensive reading of texts and interpretation of cartography, graphics, tables and archaeological documents.
- Perform analyzes, reviews and reviews.
- Preparation and presentation of oral presentations.
- Personal study
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practices and seminars | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 7, 5, 14, 12, 16 |
clases teóricas | 35 | 1.4 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Preparation of practical activities | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 4, 20, 18, 7, 5, 27, 11, 14, 12, 16, 23, 29 |
Tutorials | 10 | 0.4 | 4, 23 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Preparation of activities and written tests | 45 | 1.8 | 2, 4, 7, 27, 11, 14, 12, 16, 23, 29 |
Reading bibliography | 30 | 1.2 | 4, 11, 14, 12, 16, 29 |
The evaluation of the subject will be done from 2 notes:
1.- REVIEW: It will be done in class hours (90 minutes) and will consist of 2 activities: a) the development of a theme, to choose between 2 options (50% of the note); b) the commentary on a literary or archaeological document (50% of the note).
2.- CONTINUOUS EVALUATION: Two practical activities, one individual and one group, will be proposed. From the latter, it will be necessary to make an oral presentation in a group. The practices are compulsory, necessary to appear in the exam. In case of suspending one of the exercises, it will be necessary to recover it during the period of re-evaluation in January.
To have the right to re-evaluate a suspended activity must have been submitted to all the tests (exam and practical activities) and have approved at least one.
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In the event that the tests cannot be done in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB’s virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and / or exercise discussions through Teams, ensuring that all students can access them.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Test | 50 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 21, 22, 17, 19, 20, 18, 8, 7, 27, 11, 10, 13, 14, 9, 25, 28, 29 |
Work placement | 50 | 3.5 | 0.14 | 2, 3, 4, 26, 21, 20, 18, 7, 6, 5, 27, 11, 14, 12, 15, 16, 24, 23, 25, 29 |
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- BRAUDEL, F., Memorias del Mediterráneo: Prehistoria y Antigüedad, Ed Cátedra, Madrid, 1998.
- DICKINSON, O., El Egeo, de la Edad del Bronce a la Edad del Hierro, Ed. Bellaterra, Barcelona 2010.
- GRACIA, F., MUNILLA, G., Protohistoria: pueblos y culturas en el Mediterráneo entre los siglos XIV y II a.C., Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 2004.
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- GÓMEZ ESPELOSÍN, F.J., Historia de Grecia Antigua, Akal Textos, Madrid 1995.
- GRAS, M., El Mediterráneo arcaico, Alderabán, Madrid, 1999.
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- KARAGEORGHIS, V., Chipre, encrucijada del Mediterráneo Oriental 1600-500 a.C., Bellaterra, Barcelona 2004.
- LOPEZ BARJA, P., Historia de Roma, Akal Textos, Madrid 2004.
- NICOLET, C., Roma y la conquista del mundo mediterráneo, 264-27 a. de J.C. (2 vols), Labor, Barcelona 1982.
- REDFORD,D.B., Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1992.
- ROLDÁN HERVÁS, J.M., Citerior y Ulterior, Istmo, Madrid 2001.
- PLÁCIDO, D., ALVAR, J., GONZÁLEZ WAGNER, C., La formación de los estados en el Mediterráneo occidental, Síntesis, Madrid 1991.
- POTER, D.S. (ed.). A companion to the Roman Empire, Blackwell, Oxford, 2006.
- OSBORNE, R. La formación de Grecia, 1200 – 479 a.C., Crítica, Barcelona, 1998.
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