HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Academic year
2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DEL VICINO ORIENTE ANTICO SP.
Course code
FM0183 (AF:274094 AR:161416)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
L-OR/01
Period
3rd Term
Where
VENEZIA
The course is part of the teaching activities that characterise the Master Degree in Ancient Civilisations: Literature, History and Archaeology. It aims at guiding the student to master the philological and methodological skills to develop independent research in the field of ancient Near Eastern history. The student will be required to practice them by writing a scientific article on a topic related to the course, assigned by the teacher.
The student at the end of the course will master the philological and methodological skills to develop independent research in the field of ancient Near Eastern history, practicing them by writing a piece of scientific research on a topic related to the course, assigned by the teacher.
General knowledge of the history of the ancient Near East and basic knowledge of the Akkadian and Sumerian languages may be helpful but is not required.
The topic of the course is "Marriage in the Ancient Near East".
Bibliography will be provided during the course.
- notes and materials from the classes
- class discussion on selected topics
- written assignement
Presentation of the subject by the teacher and discussion in class. Handouts will be distributed to the students, concerning texts to be discussed.
Italian
oral
This programme is provisional and there could still be changes in its contents.
Last update of the programme: 07/06/2019