Conducted in
terms:
2024Z, 2026Z
Erasmus code: 08.9
ISCED code: 0229
ECTS credits:
3
Language:
Polish
Organized by:
Faculty of Asian and African Cultures
Introduction to the Ancient Near East1 3600-7-WS1-WBWS
First part of the course introducing the cultures of the Ancient Near East. It presents the history of the decipherment of cuneiform script and offers a survey of the most important peoples, languages, and writing systems of the region. It introduces the political and social history of the region.
Course coordinators
Type of course
obligatory courses
Mode
Classroom
Assessment criteria
Oral exam.
Bibliography
D. Charpin, Sztuka czytania i pisania w Babilonie, Warszawa 2023,
G. Roux, Mezopotamia, Warszawa 1998,
M. van de Mieroop, Historia starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu, Kraków 2008
D. Schmandt-Besserat, Jak powstało pismo, Warszawa 2007,
W. von Soden, The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East, Michigan 1994,
C. B. F. Walker, Pismo klinowe, Warszawa 1998.