Age of Empires: Ancient Anatolia

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in classics or classical studies and archaeology.

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The subject is concerned with the variety of Anatolian cultures that occupied the highlands of modern-day Turkey and the territories beyond between 1200 and 400 BC. It will encompass, among others, the worlds of Troy, Asia Minor (Ionia), Anatolia (Urartu, Phrygia, Lydia), Iran (Media, Persia) and Transcaucasia (Colchis, Iberia, Armenia). Located north and east of lowland Mesopotamia, these cultures provide a refreshingly new perspective on cultural developments in the ancient Near East in those centuries before Alexander the Great. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between these areas and mainland Greece, and how such links shaped the whole of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds.

Students who successfully complete this subject should

• demonstrate knowledge of the history and culture of ancient Anatolia.
• appreciate the complexities of ancient societies.
• gain an understanding of relationships between the cultures of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds.

A seminar paper of 2000 words 40% (due during semester) and an essay of 3000 words 60% (due at the end of the semester).

Hurdle Requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Subject readings will be available on line

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.