KLB_105 The Culture of the Near East and Egypt

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Maříková Vlčková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Tuesday 12:00–15:40 M11
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
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Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to provide the students with an overview of history and principal archaeological cultures of the ancient Near East and Egypt from the emergence of Neolithic culture to the 2nd millennium BCE, including the development of their material culture (including art). The students shall got acquainted with the principal categories of archaeological evidence known from the area and period of interest. The attention shall be paid to the principal orientation of the students in area (historical geography of the region) and time (absolute as well as relative chronology), to the description of long-term development trends, specific characteristics of individual archaeological cultures as well as mutual cultural connections and influences between particular regions and cultures.
Learning outcomes
After attending the course, the student shall be able to:
- Identify and summarize important characteristics of the principal archaeological cultures of the ancient Near East and Egypt, including their dating;
- identify and describe basic artistic and architectural monuments and archaeological finds of the cultures of the ancient Near East and Egypt;
- Identify and discuss the basic development phenomena and stages (including methodology) of archaeological research focusing on the ancient Near East and Egypt, including key figures (researchers), terms and principal scientific literature.
Syllabus
  • The course shall provide a concise overview of archaeological cultures of the ancient Near East and Egypt from the emergence of Neolithic culture to the 2dn millennium BCE:
  • 1. Geography, topography and chronological systems of the region (ancient Near East, Egypt) – basic terminology;
  • 2. Neolithisation of Egypt and ancient Near East, overview of Neolithic cultures: Fayum A culture, Badari and Naqada, Bútó-Maádí cultures; PPNA, PPNB a PPNC cultures, Late Neolithic cultures in the Levant, Neolithic cultures in Jordan, Hassuna – Samarra complex, Halaf culture;
  • 3. Chalcolithic period in the Near East: Ubaid and Uruk culture, Djemdet-Nasr culture and emergence of complex society in Egypt (Early dynastic period)
  • 4. Early Bronze Age in the Near East: EBA in southern and northern Levant, EBA in Jordan, Early Dynastic in Mesopotamia, Sumerian Empire, Old Akkadian Empire, Third dynasty of Ur
  • 5. 3rd and 2nd millennium in Egypt: Old Kingdom, First Intermediate Period, Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, New Kingdom
  • 6. 2nd millennium in the Near East: Middle Bronze Age in southern and northern Levant, Old Babylonian empire
  • 7. Great Powers in the 2dn millennium BCE: Mitanni, Hittites and Egypt – diplomacy, war and co-existence 8. Late Bronze Age: southern and northern Levant
Literature
  • GARBINI, Giovanni. Starověké kultury Předního východu. Translated by Lubor Matouš - Miroslav Verner. Praha: Artia, 1971, 190 stran. URL info
  • VILÍMKOVÁ, Milada. Starověký Egypt. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1977, 339 s. URL info
  • SOUČKOVÁ, Jana. Starověký Přední východ. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1979, 315 s. URL info
  • MICHAŁOWSKI, Kazimierz. Nielen pyramídy. Bratislava: Obzor, 1977. info
  • VERNER, Miroslav. Objevování starého Egypta, (1958-1988) :(práce Československého egyptologického ústavu University Karlovy v Egyptě). Translated by Miloš Calda, Photo by Jan Brodský. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1990, 60 s. ISBN 80-7066-289-1. info
  • VERNER, Miroslav. Ztracené pyramidy, zapomenutí faraoni : Abúsír. Photo by Milan Zemina. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1994, 243 s. ISBN 8020005072. info
  • VERNER, Miroslav. Pyramidy : tajemství minulosti. Vyd 1. Praha: Academia, 1997, 407 s. ISBN 8020005838. info
  • VERNER, Miroslav, Ladislav BAREŠ and Břetislav VACHALA. Encyklopedie starověkého Egypta. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2007, 527 s. ISBN 9788072773060. info
  • VERNER, Miroslav and Břetislav VACHALA. Abúsír :secrets of the desert and the pyramids. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2004, 46 s. ISBN 8070361700. info
  • LLOYD, S. The Art of the ancient near East. London, 1974. info
  • ALDRED, C. Egyptian Art. London, 1983. info
  • FRANKFORT, H. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient. New York, 1969. info
  • VANDERSLEYEN, Cl. Das alte Ägypten. Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. Berlin, 1975. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, Bohuslav. Encyklopédia archeológie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Obzor, 1986, 1028 s. info
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. Mesopotamia before history. Rev. and updated ed. London: Routledge, 2002, 281 s. ISBN 0415251044. info
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. Ancient Mesopotamia :humankind's long journey into civilization. Vyd. 1. Prague: Oriental Institute, 1993, 368 s. ISBN 80-85425-11-4. info
  • CHARVÁT, Petr. The iconography of Pristine statehood : painted pottery and seal impressions from Susa, southwestern Iran. First edition. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2005, 322 stran. ISBN 8024609649. info
  • PARROT, André. Sumer und Akkad. 4., durchgesehene, erw. und. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1983, 387 s. ISBN 3406089992. info
  • Ägypten. Edited by Cyril Alfred - Jean Leclant. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1981, 358 s. ISBN 3406030289. info
  • Ägypten. Edited by Jean Leclant - Cyril Alfred. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1980, 357 s. ISBN 3406030270. info
  • Ägypten. von der Vorgeschichte bis zum Ende der Hyksoszeit (1560 v.Chr.). Edited by Jean Leclant - Cyril Alfred. München: C.H. Beck, 1979, 369 s. ISBN 3406030262. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with explanations, analyses and comparisons of archaeological evidence from the main cultures of ancient Egypt and Near East.
Assessment methods
Concluding written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2024.
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