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ARY1020

Origins of Western civilisation 2: the Mediterranean world from 1000 BCE - 14 CE

S J Bastomsky,G E Bowen, E A Carvalho, C A Hope and H Sebo

6 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives To introduce the major achievements and developments in Mediterranean culture in the first millennium BCE and their significance for the development for Western civilisation

Synopsis Dovetailing with, but not necessarily presupposing, ARY1010 the subject provides an overview of the Mediterranean world from the end of the Bronze Age until its domination by imperial Rome. The cultures examined are those of Egypt, Israel, Persia, Classical Greece, the Hellenistic kingdoms, Etruria and Rome. The themes examined, the aims and methodology follow those of ARY1010.

Assessment Map assignment: 10%
*
Two tutorial essays (1250 words each): 50%
* Examination (2 hours): 40%

Recommended reading

Ben-Sasson (ed.) A history of the Jewish people Harvard, 1976

Davies J Democracy and Classical Greece Fontana, 1978

Dudley D Roman society Penguin, 1970

Herodotus The histories Penguin, 1972

Knapp B The history and culture of ancient Western Asia and Egypt Dorset Press, 1988

Murray O Early Greece Fontana, 1980

Pallottino M The Etruscans Penguin, 1955

Richter G A handbook of Greek art Phaidon, 1969

Trigger B and others Ancient Egypt: A social history CUP, 1983

Walbank F The Hellenistic world Fontana, 1981


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