Unit name | Historical Survey: Ancient Greece |
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Unit code | CLAS10035 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Knippschild |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will provide a survey of Ancient Greek History, from the Bronze Age (3000 BC) to Roman Greece (AD 200). It will focus on broad questions of change and identity by reviewing Greek political and cultural practices from the Aegean to the Peloponnese, from Asia Minor to Sicily. Students will also reflect on different modes of interaction between city-states, from island trade to conquest and imperialism. The unit will introduce students to the fundamental skills of researching ancient history, and of building up a body of knowledge about different historical periods.
Successful students will be able to:
This unit will involve a combination of independent investigative activities, long- and short-form lectures, and discussion. Students will be expected to engage with materials and participate on a weekly basis. Feedback will be provided for both formative and summative assessments, and this will be supported by meetings with tutors.
1,500 word essay (100%). [ILOs 1-5]
De Angelis, Franco. 2016. Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily. A Social and Economic History. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell;
Malkin, Irad. 2011. A Small Greek World. Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxford: Oxford University Press;
Pomeroy, Sarah B, et al. eds. 2018. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press; Eidinow, Esther;
Kindt, Julia. eds. 2015. The Oxford handbook of ancient Greek religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.