Course code

AIG6301.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Antiikmaailm

Course title in English

Ancient World

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Jaan Lahe (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Introduction to the ancient world, which encompasses the history of its societies and statehood, as well as the history of culture and art in organic symbiosis in various fields, while also devoting itself to the most important research problems in the history of the ancient Middle East and to the Mediterranean cultures.

Brief description of the course

The course covers the history of the civilizations of the Ancient Near East (e.g. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Levant, Anatolia and Iran), Ancient Greece and Rome until the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It discusses the principal sources, political history, social and political structures, religions and cultural achievements, art history, and highlights the main problems of scholarly interest.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has acquired an overview of the basic phases of developmental in the Ancient history, of the principal states and cultures and of the crucial historical events;
- is familiar with the principal sources of Ancient History, according to the different cultures and history periods, and understands the possibilities they afford as well as their limitations for the study of the Ancient history;
- is able to analyze the characteristics of the main ancient states and cultures, specifying the common treats as well as the differences, and describing comparatively the main trends of development.

Teacher

Vladimir Sazonov

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