HIST/ARTH 3110
Ancient Near East
©Damen, 2020
COURSE DESCRIPTION
SYLLABUS
COURSE OUTLINE
SLIDES
PROJECTS
A Guide to Writing in History and Classics

 

Spring 2020
Syllabus
Damen

This syllabus provides a tentative and cursory overview of the class. Should Ishtar smile upon us, the course will proceed as follows:

[Please note that ASSIGNMENTS are noted below in CAPS next to their non-negotiable deadlines. Click on the links to go to the Course Outline which contains a fuller description of each Section, or to the Class Projects and Grading page on which the various ways to earn credit are delineated.]

Date Subject
Jan 7 Introduction to the Class; Historical Overview of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Jan 9 Historical Overview of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, cont.; WRITING RECITATION I: A Guide to Writing in History and Classics, Sections 1-20 (Style)
Jan 14 Section 1: Introduction to the Ancient Near East: Geography and Archaeology
Jan 16 Section 1: Mesopotamian Prehistory; SUMMARY PAPER
Jan 21 Section 1: Egyptian Prehistory
Jan 23 Section 1: Egyptian Chronology; WRITING RECITATION II (Attendance is mandatory!): A Guide to Writing in History and Classics, Sections 21-30 (Content)
Jan 28 Section 2: Sumer I; REACTION (SECTION 1)
Jan 30 Section 2: Sumer II
Feb 4 Section 2: Old Kingdom Egypt
Feb 6 Section 2: Pyramids; FIRST ESSAY
Feb 11 Section 3: Akkadians; REACTION (SECTION 2)
Feb 13 Section 3: The Third Dynasty of Ur
Feb 18  Section 3: Middle Kingdom Egypt 
Feb 20 Section 4: Old Babylonians I; REACTION (SECTION 3)
Feb 25 Section 4: Old Babylonians II  
Feb 27 Section 4: The Hyksos
Mar 10 Section 5: The Kassites and the Hittites (I); REACTION (SECTION 4); FIRST ABWS
Mar 12 Section 5: The Hittites (II) and the Middle Assyrians; MIDTERM ESSAY
Mar 17 Section 6: New Kingdom Egypt I; REACTION (SECTION 5) [click here for a video presentation of this lecture]
Mar 19 Section 6: New Kingdom Egypt II; PROJECT PROSPECTUS [click here for a video presentation of this lecture]
Mar 24 Section 6: New Kingdom Egypt III [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Mar 26 Section 7: Late Egypt; REACTION (SECTION 6) [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Mar 31 Section 7: Ancient Israelite Religion [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 2 Section 8: The Neo-Assyrians I; REACTION (SECTION 7) [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 7 Section 8: The Neo-Assyrians II [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 9 Section 8: The Neo-Assyrians III; RESEARCH PAPER DRAFT [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 14 Section 9: The Neo-Babylonians; REACTION (SECTION 8) [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 16 Section 10: Mesopotamian Literature (Enuma Elish); REACTION (SECTION 9) [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 21 Section 10: Mesopotamian Literature (Gilgamesh); PROJECT/S; SECOND ABWS, RESEARCH PAPER [click here for a transcript of this lecture]
Apr 28 (9:30 am) CAPSTONE PAPER; REACTION (SECTION 10)

 
COURSE DESCRIPTION
SYLLABUS
COURSE OUTLINE
SLIDES
PROJECTS
A Guide to Writing in History and Classics