From City State to Empire in the Near East (U00912)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-ANearEast

The course will examine the rise of city states in the third millennium BC through to the period of expansive territorial empires in the first millennium. Emphasis is upon the rain-fed farming zone of Upper Mesopotamia, although key comparisons will be drawn with developments in the irrigated south as well.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Archaeology 2A and 2B

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Archaeology, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Timetable arranged annually

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Theoretical Understanding of: emphasis will be upon changes in the structural pattern of settlement and how these relate to the development of the political economy. As a result of this class students should have a good understanding of how social and political entities can be recognized from field evidence as well as the dynamic processes that result in state development.
Practical and Professional Skills. The class will provide the opportunity for students to evaluate archaeological data and to critically analyze these data using various of theoretical approaches.
Transferable Skills: the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and their interpretation.