Undergraduate Course: After Alexander (ANHI10056)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire was an extraordinary achievement, bringing under Macedonian control territory as far east as Afghanistan, but what happened next? This course focuses on the world Alexander created but did not live to see; historians call it the 'Hellenistic World'.
Course description	A series of wars between Alexander's generals divided Alexander's empire into three powerful kingdoms, based in Macedon, Syria, and Egypt. The former subjects of Persia now found themselves ruled by Greco-Macedonian kings. But it was not simply a change of ruler. Greeks arrived in their thousands to inhabit these newly-acquired territories, living in the new Greek cities founded by Alexander and his successors, centres of Greek culture in an alien land. In exploring the Hellenistic World we will be concentrating especially on the years from the death of Alexander down to the end of the third century and ranging over the whole eastern Mediterranean. The course would be expected to cover some or all of the following themes: 1. Alexander and his legacy; 2.The Successors; 3. The Ptolemies and Egypt; 4. The Seleucids and Asia; 5. Macedon and Greece; 6. Kings and ruler cult; 7. Cities (esp. Alexandria); 8. Celtic invasions; 9. Ethnicity; 10. Women and Families; 11. Literature and Patronage; 12. Art and Power; 13. Philosophical Schools. The course is informed by the course organiser's own research on the Hellenistic world and fits well with 'The Greek World and Rome'.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World (ANHI08014) AND Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History (ANHI08013)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	A pass in Ancient History 2A and 2B or at the discretion of the course organiser.
Additional Costs	0

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics related subject matter (at least 2 of which should be in Ancient History) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 30
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework: one essay of c. 3000 words - 30%; one (2-hour) degree examination - 70%. Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: A coursework essay of c. 3000 words - 30%; a Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of the Degree Examination, to take place in Week 12 (see the current course handbook for further details) - 70%.
Feedback	Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2017/18, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 3
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework: one essay of c. 3000 words - 30%; one (2-hour) degree examination - 70%. Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: A coursework essay of c. 3000 words - 30%; a Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of the Degree Examination, to take place in Week 12 (see the current course handbook for further details) - 70%.
Feedback	Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	S1-only Visiting Student exam		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, command of the body of knowledge considered in the course; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence; demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers.

Reading List
Austin, M. The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest (2nd ed. 2006). Erskine A. (ed.) A Companion to the Hellenistic World (pb. ed. 2005). Giovannini, A. 'Greek Cities and Greek Commonwealth' in A.W. Bulloch etc. (ed.) Images and Ideologies: Self-definition in the Hellenistic World (1993), 265-86. Shipley, G. The Greek World After Alexander 323�30 BC (2000). Stewart, A. Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics (1993). H�lbl, G. A History of the Ptolemaic Empire (2001) . Habicht, C. Athens from Alexander to Antony (1997). Sherwin-White, S. and Kuhrt, A. From Samarkhand to Sardis: a new approach to the Seleucid Empire (1993). Strootman, R. After the Achaemenids: Court and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires, c. 330-64 BCE (2014). Carney, E. Women and the Macedonian Monarchy (2000). Ogden, D. (ed.) The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002).

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Special Arrangements	In order for a student from outwith Classics to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained.
Keywords	After Alexander the Great

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Andrew Erskine Tel: (0131 6)50 3591 Email:	Course secretary	Mr Chris Giles Tel: (0131 6)51 4423 Email: chris.giles@ed.ac.uk