FF:DSBcA001 Introd. to Ancient History

DSBcA001 Introduction to Ancient History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Thu 9:10–10:45 K32

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

ability to demonstrate the basic features of this epoche; the knowledge of some specific features of the thinking of ancient menkind

Syllabus

1. The explanation of the term "Antiquity", periodization of the ancient history
2. The ancient writing systems, their development and decoding
3. The types of states in the ancient Near East, in India and China
4. The types of ancient states
5. The chronology of the ancient history, instruments used to determine it
6. The linguistic and ethnical situation in the ancient era
7. The status of the slaves of the ancient-oriental and classical type
8. The thinking of the ancient man and instruments used to determine it
9. The thinking of the ancient man (practical examples from sources)
10. The legal a political terminology of the ancient history
11. The methodological fundaments of the field of study
12. The final discussion

Literature

recommended literature

STRNAD, Jaroslav. Dějiny Indie. Vyd. 1., dopl. [i.e. 2. vyd. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 1187 s. ISBN 9788071066309. info
Řecký člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Jean-Pierre Vernant, Translated by Lucie Fialková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005, 268 s. ISBN 8070217316. info
BÖTTGER, W. Kultura starověké Číny. Praha, 1984. info
KLÍMA, Josef. Nejstarší zákony lidstva : Chammurapi a jeho předchůdci. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979, 382 s. URL info
EKSCHMITT, Werner. Paměť národů : hieroglyfy, písmo a písemné nálezy na hliněných tabulkách, papyrech a pergamenech. Translated by Marie Grünfeldová. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1974, 252 s. URL info
RÖMISCHE, Wetbegriffe. WdF 304. Darmstadt, 1974. info
ČEŠKA, Josef. Diferenciace otroků v Itálii v prvních dvou stoletích principátu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1959, 132 s. info
GROH, V. Starý Řím. Praha, 1931. info

Teaching methods

lectures, reading

Assessment methods

written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.