Conducted in
term:
2023Z
Erasmus code: 08.9
ISCED code: 0229
ECTS credits:
2
Language:
Polish
Organized by:
Faculty of Oriental Studies
Introduction to the Ancient Near East 1 3600-WS-WBWS1.-OW
The course provides an overview of the cultures of the Ancient Near East, history of cuneiform script and languages recorded in it, outline history of the region and its peoples. It introduces to Sumerology, Assyriology and Hittitology.
Course coordinators
Type of course
elective courses
Mode
Classroom
Assessment criteria
Oral exam at the end of each term.
Bibliography
P. Garelli, Asyriologia, Warszawa 1998,
M. Popko, Wierzenia ludów starożytnej Azji Mniejszej, Warszawa 1989,
K. Łyczkowska, K. Szarzyńska, Mitologia Mezopotamii,
G. Roux, Mezopotamia, Warszawa 1998,
D. Schmandt-Besserat, Jak powstało pismo, Warszawa 2007,
W. von Soden, The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1994,
C. B. F. Walker, Pismo klinowe, Warszawa 1998.