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 104-136 Empires of the Ancient World

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

12.5 1st year

Coordinator

Dr R G Jenkins

Prerequisites

None, though any classics or archaeology first-year first semester subject is recommended.

Contact

Two lectures and a tutorial a week

Subject Description

Students on completion of this subject should be able to: recognise an empire when they see one, and apply a standard set of criteria to the analysis of that empire; criticise these criteria from the perspective of their overall adequacy and their particular relevance to any exercise; recognise parallels with contemporary situations, and be able to reflect on the relevance for these of an understanding of ancient world contexts. A basic set of criteria for analysis will be applied to four empires selected from a long list.

Assessment

Essay: one 2000 word essay (30%), Tutorial: one 1000 word paper (assessed together with the tutorial presentation); (20%) and Examination: one 1-hour paper during the semester (50%).

Prescribed Texts

The department will issue a reading guide.



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