- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World 2900-MK1-AWSH-OG
The main purpose of the course is to discuss key events, phenomena and changes of the Greek civilisation from the reign of Alexander the Great to the Roman conquest. It will approach the following themes:
1. The work-tool of the Hellenistic historian
2. The Macedonian kingdom under Alexander.
3. The Conquest.
4. The Successors.
5. Monarchies and Monarchic Ideas
6. Did the city-state die in the battle of Chaeronea?
7. The federalist boom.
8. Hellenistic Democracy
9.-12. Globalisation: foundation of new cities and transformation of old ones
Religious changes, intellectual exchange, religion.
13. Greeks and the Hellenized in the post-Alexander world.
14. Modernity of Antiquity?
15. The closing meeting (with a test).
Type of course
elective courses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
The student will recognize main facts, phenomena and institutions related to the reign of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world
The student will name and explain the elements of Hellenistic period's heritage in later historical epochs and nowadays.
Assessment criteria
The essential prerequisite is attendance (the participants should be present during at least 80 % of classes).
The final grade will also depend on the results of the closing test.
Bibliography
The standard textbooks:
Errington R. M., Historia świata hellenistycznego, Kraków 2010 (one can consult the English original A History of the Hellenistic World: 323 - 30 BC, Oxford, Blackwell, 2008).
Wipszycka E., Bravo B., Historia starożytnych Greków vol. 3, ed. 2, Warszawa 2010.
E. Will, Histoire politique du monde hellenistique, Nancy 1979-1982
F.W. Walbank et alii (ed.), Cambridge Ancient History VII2 1: The Hellenistic World, Cambridge 1987.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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