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Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr G Bunnens.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent.
Objectives:
Students should on completion of the subject have acquired a general understanding of the main aspects of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia and its evolution, and its relationship to Mesopotamian society as a whole and the skills for the interpretation of this culture.
Content:
Art and archaeology of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians from the first villages to the collapse of the Assyrian empire.
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 19)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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