Degree | Type | Year |
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2503702 Ancient Studies | FB | 1 |
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The aim of the subject is to study the history of the Ancient Near East, from the appearance of the first cities to the Hellenistic world. The study, beyond addressing the political development of the different states of the region, will also analyze social, economic and cultural history of the Ancient Near East.
Theme 1: Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies
History and historiography of the Ancient Near East. Periodization and chronology. Geography
Theme 2: Origin of the State
Process of Neolitization. Rise of the first states
Theme 3: Third millennium BCE
Sumer and Akkad. Political and religious aspects. Social and economic aspects.
Theme 4: Second millennium BCE (I)
The Amorite dynasties. Political and literary aspects. Social and economic aspects.
Theme 5: Second millennium BCE (II)
The club of the great powers. Political, diplomatic and military aspects. Social and economic aspects.
Theme 6: Second millennium BCE (III)
The Canaanite world. The cultural and religious background of the Bible. Social and economic aspects.
Theme 7: The Sea Peoples
The crisis of 1200 in the Ancient Near East. Disappearance of the Mycenaean world and the Hittite Empire. The fall of Ugarit and the restructuring of the Canaanite world.
Theme 8: First millennium BCE
The great empires: Assyria and Babylon. Political and military aspects. Social and economic aspects.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 90 | 3.6 | 1, 3, 2, 5, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Classroom practices, resolution of exercises | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4, 8, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
reviews, readings | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4, 8, 7 |
The teaching methodology will consist of the combination of lectures, presentation of reviews and papers, reading of specialized bibliography, classroom practices and resolution of exercises.
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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Essay on primary sources | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4 |
Exam | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 7 |
Reading of a paper | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4, 8, 7 |
The evaluation of the subject will consist of three activities.
(1) Exam (50%)
(2) Commentary on primary sources (25%)
(3) Bibliographic comment (25%)
In order to make an average between the three activities it will be necessary to have obtained a minimum qualification of 4 in the exam.
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Re-evaluation
Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
In order to participate in the re-evaluation, it will be necessary to have presented at least two of the three programmed evaluation activities.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Single evaluation
This evaluationmodality consists of three evaluation activities, which will be delivered on the day of the exam:
1. Exam (50%)
2. Review of a book (the list of the selected books will be provided) (25%)
3. Text commentary (25%)
Bibliography
Klengel, Horst, 1992: Syria, 3000 to 300 BC. Berlin.
Kuhrt, Amelie, 2000: El Oriente Próximo en la Antigüedad (2 vols.). Barcelona.
Liverani, Mario, 1995: Antiguo Oriente. Barcelona.
Liverani, Mario, 2003. Relaciones internacionales en el Próximo Oriente antiguo, 1600-1100 a.C. Barcelona.
Liverani, Mario, 2005: Más allá de la Biblia. Barcelona.
Liverani, Mario, 2022: Asiria. La prehistoria del imperialismo. Madrid.
Margueron, Jean Claude, 1995: Los mesopotámicos. Madrid.
Oppenheim, A. Leo, 2003: Antigua Mesopotamia. Madrid.
Postgate, Nicolas, 1999: La Mesopotamia arcaica. Madrid.
Radner, Karen / Robson, Eleanor (eds.), 2011: The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture. Oxford.
Sanmartín, Joaquín / Serrano, José Miguel, 1998: Historia Antigua del Próximo Oriente: Mesopotamia y Egipto. Madrid.
Van de Mieroop, Marc, 2020: Historia del Próximo Oriente Antiguo (ca. 3000-323 a.C.). Madrid.
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |