CLAS588
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CLAS588 - Priests, Prostitutes, and Conquerors: Modern Imagination and the Ancient Near East
Course ID
041249
Course Description
This course focuses on the ancient history of the Middle East prior to the rise of Christianity and Islam. In reflecting on modern agendas and assumptions that have defined a certain image of \"the classical world\" in distinction to that of \"the ancient Near East\", we take a critical approach to Mesopotamian, Anatolian, Levantine, and Persian history from the development of writing to the conquest of Alexander the Great (fourth millennium to fourth century BCE).
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Attributes
CE - CL (Cross Listed)
Course Requisites
Cross Listed Courses
May be convened with
CLAS488
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No