Middle East and Egypt in the era of the Achaemenid

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Course ID:	3101-DMWIE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.4 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:	Middle East and Egypt in the era of the Achaemenid
Name in Polish:	Achemenidzi na Bliskim Wschodzie i w Egipcie
Organizational unit:	Institute of Archaeology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Wykłady monograficzne
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 monographs
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Cyrus II the Great, the founder of the Persian empire, started his conquests with Media, then he conquered Lydia in Asia Minor and, in 530 BC Babylon. His son Cambyses II conquered Egypt. Darius I fought several wars, which brought him to India and Thrace. The newly formed, the largest empire in the history the ancient Near East, embraced territories and peoples of different traditions, which as a result of deliberate policy survived largely unchanged until the fall of the Achaemenids. The observed changes can be attributed to the local aristocracy who eagerly imitated Achaemenid court famous for its luxurious lifestyle. Analysis of the culture of each region was the main topic of the lecture.
Full description:	1. Introduction. 2. Kingdom of the Medes and “ The Histories” of Herodotus 3. Cyrus the Great, king of Anshan 4. Cambyses: the conquest of Egypt and the revolt in Persia 5. Darius I the Great: conspiracy of seven, gaining power, the organization of the empire 6. Capitals of the empire 7. The royal court; ideology of royal power 8. Achaemenid army 9. Religion 10. Mesopotamia during the Achaemenid rule 11. Judah 12. Satrapies of Asia Minor 13 Egypt: first and second Persian domination 14 India & Central Asia 15 Alexander the Great "the last Achemenid king"
Bibliography:	BRIANT, P. 2002, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. NY CURTIS, J. and N.TALLIS, eds. (2005). Forgotten Empire: The World of Achaemenid Persia.London. KHURT, A. 2007. The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. London. SANCISI-WEERDENBERG, H. 1987 -). Achaemenid History. Vols. I-XIII. Leiden. SCHMIDT, E. 1953-1970. Persepolis. Vols. I-III. Chicago. WIESEHOFER, J. 2001. Ancient Persia. New York.
Learning outcomes:	Student describes and analyses political, military, religious, social, cultural and economic features of the Achaemenid empire

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