Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World

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Course ID:	2900-MK1-AWSH-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
Name in Polish:	Aleksander Wielki i świat hellenistyczny
Organizational unit:	Faculty of History
Course groups:	(in Polish) Zajęcia ogólnouniwersyteckie na Wydziale Historii (zapisy dostępne w rejestracji żetonowej) General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses general courses
Prerequisites (description):	The main purpose of the course is to discuss key events, phenomena and changes of the Greek civilisation from the reign of ALexander the Great to the Roman conquest.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	“The name of Alexander marks the end of one age of the world, the beginning of another.” – these famous words of Johann Gustav Droysen, opening his 1830s groundbreaking “History of Hellenism” are hardly an exaggeration. Indeed, Alexander's conquest of Persia widened the horizons of the Greek world and brought many profound changes in Greek life.
Full description:	The main purpose of the course is to discuss key events, phenomena and changes of the Greek civilisation from the reign of Alexander the Great to the Roman conquest. It will approach the following themes: 1. The work-tool of the Hellenistic historian 2. The Macedonian kingdom under Alexander. 3. The Conquest. 4. The Successors. 5. Monarchies and Monarchic Ideas 6. Did the city-state die in the battle of Chaeronea? 7. The federalist boom. 8. Hellenistic Democracy 9.-12. Globalisation: foundation of new cities and transformation of old ones Religious changes, intellectual exchange, religion. 13. Greeks and the Hellenized in the post-Alexander world. 14. Modernity of Antiquity? 15. The closing meeting (with a test).
Bibliography:	The standard textbooks: Errington R. M., Historia świata hellenistycznego, Kraków 2010 (one can consult the English original A History of the Hellenistic World: 323 - 30 BC, Oxford, Blackwell, 2008). Wipszycka E., Bravo B., Historia starożytnych Greków vol. 3, ed. 2, Warszawa 2010. E. Will, Histoire politique du monde hellenistique, Nancy 1979-1982 F.W. Walbank et alii (ed.), Cambridge Ancient History VII2 1: The Hellenistic World, Cambridge 1987.
Learning outcomes:	The student will recognize main facts, phenomena and institutions related to the reign of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world The student will name and explain the elements of Hellenistic period's heritage in later historical epochs and nowadays.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The essential prerequisite is attendance (the participants should be present during at least 80 % of classes). The final grade will also depend on the results of the closing test.

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