De2BP_DST History of the Classic World

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Bohuslav Klíma, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Bohuslav Klíma, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Vaculík, CSc.
Timetable
Thu 17:05–17:50 učebna 50
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
De2BP_DST/01: Thu 10:40–11:25 učebna 4, B. Klíma
De2BP_DST/02: Thu 11:35–12:20 učebna 4, B. Klíma
De2BP_DST/03: Wed 14:20–15:05 učebna 4, B. Klíma
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is acquiring and cavity of basic knowledge about the historz of ancient empires of the near east, Greece and Roman Empire, together with understanding of complicated relations of their origin, flowering and decline. Work in seminars will be based on study of recommended literature about we will be discussing.
Syllabus
  • The oldest history of Mesopotamia Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian Empire + culture. Chetitian, Urartian, Median and Lydian Empire + culture. History of Palestine and Phoenicia + culture. History of Egypt + culture. Relation and differences: Minoan and Mycenaean civilization – legacy of old oriental development in Europe, origins of development of antiquity: the level of continuity and break in this process; European development specifics in the oldest passage of written history. Development in Greece in dark and archaic age. From Tribal society to state (Changes of institutions of clan to organs of state, mainly on the example of Athens and Sparta). Causes and contribution of the Great Greece colonization. From oligarchy to democracy in Athens (8th – end of the 6th century). Specifics of system and society of Sparta. Brief look into the development of Corinth and Thebes. Classical age of Greek history. (Democracy in the ancient age and now; Greece and Persia – historical opposition? Greek culture and its role in the history of Europe; Mythology of Greeks as a source of artistic inspiration of centuries). Causes and solves of crisis of Greek polis. Hellenism as the age of Greece – Oriental synthesis. Ancient age in western Mediterranean: Etruscans and Carthage. Origins of Rome – legends and reality. Archaic age of Roman history in the light of modern historiography. Explanation of basis of Roman republican system in so called Serviic reforms. Foundation of the Roman republic, development of its society, question of the level of democracy in old Rome, rise of the Empire in the age of the republic and crisis of republican system. Problem of Roman republican agriculture. Building of principate from Octavianus Augustus to Hadrian. Imperium Romanum on the peak of its existence (lifestyle, culture). Romans and our land until Marcomanic wars including. Explanations of definition General crisis of the Roman Empire. Times of the military emperors. Dominate and its reforms as an attempt about solving of the crisis. Colonate. Medieval building processes in Roman territory. Roman state and Christianity (Spreading across the Empire, cases of pursuit, collaboration of Christian church and Roman state since times of Constantin the Great). Romans and Barbaric world since 3rd until 6th century A.D. (Until arrival of Langobards to Italy ).
Literature
  • BAINES, John – MÁLEK, Jaromír. Svět starého Egypta. Praha: Knižní klub, 1996. IBSN 80-
  • BURIAN, J. Řím. Světla a stíny antického velkoměsta. Praha: 1970.
  • BARTOŠEK, M. Dějiny římského práva ve třech fázích jeho vývoje. Praha 1988.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, J. Stěhování národů. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003.
  • Dějiny světa (Larousse)- První civilizace; Dějiny starověkého Řecka; Za časů mocného Říma. Praha: Svojtka a Vašut, 1997. ISBN 80-7180-131-3; 80-7180-133-X; 80-7180-132-I. 502 s.
  • BRITHIN, A. M. Řecko. Praha: 2002.
  • BURIAN, J. Římské impérium. Praha: 1994.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, J. Občanská společnost v antickém Římě. In: Duchovní svět občanské společnosti. Brno: 1996, str. 71-87.
  • CERAM, C. V. Oživená minulost. Praha: Orbis, 1971. 349 s.
  • CORNELL, Tim – MATTHEWS, John. Svět starého Říma. Praha: Knižní klub, 1995. ISBN
  • BURIAN, J. – OLIVA, P. Civilizace starověkého Středomoří. Praha: 1984.
  • PEČÍRKA, Jan. Dějiny pravěku a starověku. Vydání 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, Strana 615. info
  • VLČEK, Emanuel. Dějiny pravěku a starověku. Edited by Miroslav Buchvaldek - Jan Pečírka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 607 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předmět bude ukončen ústní zkouškou, která se bude skládat ze tří dílčích otázek (1. Starověký východ; 2. Starověké Řecko; 3. Starověký Řím). V průběhu vypracují posluchači seminární práci - referát o knize.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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