PAPVB_18 The Relations of Egypt and Near East

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jana Mynářová, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 2. 3. 10:50–14:05 K21, Fri 16. 3. 10:50–14:05 K21, Fri 30. 3. 10:50–14:05 K21, Fri 13. 4. 10:50–14:05 K21, Fri 27. 4. 10:50–14:05 K21, Fri 18. 5. 10:50–14:05 K21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of this course is to provide the students with a basic overview of the development of Egypt´s relations with the Near- Eastern states since Early Bronze Age until the end of Late Bronze Age. The course focuses on the ways of interaction between these regions that are reflected in material culture of the monitored period. Lectures should also provide an overview of development of contemporary historical sources related to particular regions in the monitored period.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of research 2. The origins of contacts 3. Initial expansion of Egypt into the Near East 4. Contacts during the Early Dynastic period and Old Kingdom 5. The first transitional period 6. Middle Kingdom – the so-called incantatory texts 7. The end of the Middle Kingdom and the emergence of the Hyksos 8. The second transitional period 9. Expansive policies of early 18th Dynasty and Thutmose III. 10. Amarna – the Age of Diplomacy 11. The Ramesside Expansion 12. End of the Egyptian empire and the Sea Peoples
Literature
  • The Oxford history of ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xv, 512. ISBN 0198150342. info
  • KUHRT, Amélie. The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 BC. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1995, xix, s. ISBN 0415167647. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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