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Introduction: Studying civilizations |
Lecturing & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner, Meacham and Burns, chp 1 |
Human beings’ history: Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Archaic homo sapiens, Neanderthall man, Homo Sapiens, Prehistorical and Historical ages, Milestones of human history. |
Lecture & Question and Answer |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 1 |
Transition from foreaging to agriculture and impacts of it on human societies |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 1 |
Evolution towards civilisations: emergence of villages, trade and warfare and birth of civilisations in Western Asia |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 2 |
Mesopotamian civilisations: Sumerian Era, First cities in Ancient Sumer, Sumerian inventions, Sumerian religion |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 2 |
Mesopotamian civilisations: Akkadians, Old Babylonians/Amorites: Code of Hammurabi, Epic of Gılgamesh, Kassites and Hittites, Assyrians. |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 2 and chp 3 |
Mesopotamian Civilisation: Assyrians, New Babylonians, Egyptian Civilisation: The Archaic Period, The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom , The New Kingdom |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 3 |
Egyptian Civilisation: Egyptian religion, religion of Aton, Pyramids, Social and Economic life |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 4 |
Hebrew Civilisation: Period of United Kingdom, Divided Kingdom |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 4 |
Minoan and Mycenaean Civilisations: Art, Politic and Economic structure, Social Life, religion |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 5 |
Greek Civilisation: The Dark Ages, Greek religion, emergence of city state, trade and Greek Colonisation, Spartans. |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Group Work |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 5 |
Greek Civilisation: Greek democracy, Persian Wars, Peleponnesian Wars, Dailly life and womens condition. |
Lecture & Question and Answer |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 5 and course notes |
Greek Civilisation: Presocratics, Sophists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle |
Lecture & Question and Answer |
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Readings: Lerner at all, chp 6 |
Hellenistic Civilisation: Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great |
Lecture & Question and Answer |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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