Teaching code

4S02202

Academic staff

Simonetta Ponchia, Luigi Turri

Credits

6

Also offered in courses

• Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Heritage

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-OR/01 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Period

1 A, 1 B

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

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Program

The course (i+ p) provides an overview of the history of the Near East from prehistory to the first millennium BC. It is articulated in a first series of lessons (corresponding to course i) devoted to the general and introductory presentation of the main phases, salient events and periodization of Siro-Mesopotamian history. Specific themes and aspects of the ancient Near Eastern regions and societies are also considered in a diachronic and long-durée perspective. The lessons are integrated by a 12-hours seminar devoted to Assyrian palaces, their evolution, architecture, spaces, decoration and iconography and will include the visit to an exhibition.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The main part of the course is provided in form of lectures. It also includes seminars and laboratories.
The reference texts for part (i) are general-purpose manuals. They are integrated during the lessons by presenting sources and discussing some additional examples of secondary literature; a summary of the topics discussed will be uploaded to the e-learning platform.

Learning assessment procedures

Final oral assessment. The purposes of the assessment are to verify the acquired knowledge; language skills; the ability of textual analysis.
The assessment will consist of questions on the topics treated during the course, the bibliography indicated during the lessons, the documents studied, those of the seminar included, and the synthesis provided in the slides.
Not attending students and Erasmus students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the programme and assessment modalities.

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation concerns: the acquisition of the specific skills and topics covered by the course, the ability to organize and apply the acquired knowledge and methodologies, correctness and expository properties.

Exam language

italiano