Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject commences with a study of the Predynastic Period (6000-3050 BCE) in Egypt during which agriculture and urban centres developed. The gradual development of the main features of later pharaonic civilisation and emergence of the unified kingdom are examined. The ensuing Archaic Period, Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom are dealt with in a study which combines the use of literary material, the principal surviving monuments and objects of material culture. An historical outline of these periods will form the framework within which social, cultural and religious developments are all reviewed.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 65% + Examination (2 hours): 35%