Undergraduate - UnitATS1248 - Ancient cultures 2

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Archaeology and Ancient History
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Gillian Bowen

Notes

Previously coded AAH1020

Synopsis

An overview of the ancient cultures focusing upon the issues of territorial and cultural expansion and the rise of imperialism, and associated cultural complexity, internationalism and multiculturalism. Case studies are drawn from Australasia and the Mediterranean world, beginning with the original settlement of Australia and the study of rock art, and then moving to the emergence of empires of Assyria-Babylon, Persia, Athens, Alexander the Great and Rome.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

acquired a basic knowledge of issues relating to cultural complexity in a wide range of forms and in different regions.
developed an awareness of the different political, social, economic and religious systems which each of these cultures developed.
an awareness of the cultural exchange which operated.
an awareness of the range of material - monuments, artifacts, texts - available for use in the reconstruction of ancient societies.
an understanding of the basic methods used in reconstructing past societies.
acquired basic training in the development of a critical appraisal of source material of all kinds.