(in Polish) "Historia zaczyna się w Sumerze" - Mezopotamia kolebką cywilizacji 2900-MK1-HSMK-KL
The lectures will cover the earliest history of Mesopotamia, one of the oldest fully developed human civilisations, viewed on a comparative backdrop of the other areas in the Fertile Crescent of the time. It will cover the Mesopotamian political, social, and economic history, as well as selected questions of its culture and religion, such as:
- ethnic and linguistic affiliation of peoples representing the culture of the Fertile Crescent;
- chronology of the history of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
- invention of writing;
- main written sources of Mesopotamian history;
- urban revolution;
- polity of the oldest Sumerian city-states;
- religion, politics, and tradition;
Type of course
elective courses
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Having completed the classes, students should acquire basic knowledge of:
- political history of the Old Babylonian period
- international relationships in Ancient Mesopotamia of the Hammu-rabi epoch
- political geography of Ancient Mesopotamia
- the collection of texts called 'letters from Mari'
Assessment criteria
Criteria - the assessment is based on the lecture attendance and, in some cases, passing a short written test.
Bibliography
To pass the course, it is enough to know the material presented during the lecture.
K. Radner - N. Moeller - D. T. Potts (eds.), The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, Oxford 2021-2023, vol. 1: From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad
G. Roux, Mezopotamia, Warszawa 1998
H.W.F. Saggs, Wielkość i upadek Babilonii, Warszawa 1975;
Additional information
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