Teaching code

4S01317

Teacher

Simonetta Ponchia

Coordinator

Simonetta Ponchia

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-OR/01 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The second part of the course ( part p) aims at providing an in-depth knowledge of some periods and themes of the Near Eastern historical documentation, as well as the methodologies and specific bibliography for their interpretation, according to an approach that integrates historical, philological and archaeological data and approaches. "

Prerequisites and basic notions

attendence of the introductory course

Program

Empire construction in the Ancient Near East: From the Neo-Assyrian Empire to the Persian Empire. Starting from the 9th century. B.C. the dynamics of territorial expansion and development of administrative organization determined the construction of large political bodies whose events had decisive repercussions on the history of the entire Near Eastern and Mediterranean areas. The course examines not only the main events relating to the formation and succession of empires, but also and mostly the social, economic, cultural and ideological aspects that characterized the Neo-Assyrian, neo-Babylonian and Persian periods.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course consists of lectures during which the sources are described and discussed and essential bibliography illustrated. The reference texts indicated for the course are general manuals, of which the parts to be studied will be specified during the course. They will also be integrated during the course with the presentation of sources and the discussion of some examples of secondary literature; summaries of the topics covered will be uploaded to the e-learning platform of the course for easier framing of the topics and periods covered in the lessons and manuals.

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, 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.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The rating is expressed in thirtieths.

Exam language

italiano