Premodern Middle East History and Culture
Course code
HIL6579.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Lähis-Ida vanem ajalugu ja kultuur
Course title in English
Premodern Middle East History and Culture
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Üllar Peterson (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
Enable the students to gain knowledge about the phenomenons and texts that have shaped the history of Middle Eastern culture from Sumer to the birth of Islam.
Brief description of the course
The course focuses on the following topics - cultures/civilizations and literatures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran, Jews, Arabs and Early Christianity. At the same time seminars on the aforementioned topics will be held. The students have to read examples of Middle Eastern literatures or secondary texts about Middle Eastern culture. The thematic focus may change each year according to the preferences of the lecturer.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge about the main topics discussed during the course;
- has practical skills to independently analyze literary texts of Middle-Eastern origin according to the information given during the course;
- has the ability to employ acquired knowledge in writing studies independently on the given topics and is able to attend further lectures about the field.
- has knowledge about the main topics discussed during the course;
- has practical skills to independently analyze literary texts of Middle-Eastern origin according to the information given during the course;
- has the ability to employ acquired knowledge in writing studies independently on the given topics and is able to attend further lectures about the field.
Teacher
Üllar Peterson
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