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 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Jaan Lahe (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2025/2026 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 history of the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, as well as the peoples neighboring the Greco-Roman cultural sphere (the Celts, the Germanic peoples, the Persians), and is able to relate the histories of these regions and peoples to one another;
- is familiar with the most important sources of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome, and is able to approach them critically;
- is able to critically reflect on antiquity as a historical period.

Teacher

Jaan Lahe

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