Sections offered SPRING 2020:
#30010 |
JAMSHEED CHOSKY |
MW 4:00pm-5:15pm |
LH 125 |
CLASS NOTES: COLL Intensive Writing section; IUB GenEd World Culture credit; IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit.
Open to Hutton Honors College students only. Meets with another section of CEUS-R 250.
This course introduces students to ancient Near (or Middle) Eastern cultures. The survey begins with early farming communities of 8000 BCE at sites like Fayum, Jericho, Çatal Huyuk, and Jarmo. It then covers the Bronze and Iron Age kingdoms of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites, Egyptians, Hittites, and Iranians, plus the spread of Hellenism. Emphasis will be placed on understanding and analyzing agriculture, urbanization, state formation, dynastic history, social stratification, literacy, legal and economic issues, and religious developments. Archaeological and textual information will be utilized in conjunction with visual aids. No previous knowledge or course prerequisites are needed.
Students in this course will gain ability to:
- Identify geographical, topological, and cartographical features.
- Analyze and discuss conceptual differences and similarities between communities and cultures in the ancient Near East.
- Read, understand, synthesize, and analyze primary sources in translation, including Mesopotamian, Biblical, Persian, Greek, and Roman historians, and archeological, artistic, and inscriptional data.
- Contextualize and analyze political and socioeconomic events within the framework and perspective of history.