JNE 302 - Introduction to the History and Culture of Ancient Mesopotamia

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Washington University in St Louis

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This course introduces students to the first great human civilization, Ancient Mesopotamia. Combining textual evidence and material remains, we survey all major facets of Mesopotamian culture: the environment, political history, and "everyday life," including portraits of several material, social, and economic aspects of society: religion, myth, art, science, and medicine. The course focuses on helping the student to understand empathetically the Mesopotamian world view, to interact with primary materials (in translation), and to evaluate the ideas of historians dedicated to investigating this culture. Because some of the practices of this ancient culture are quite different from our own (e.g. magic, divination, the gods) yet others have made important contributions to world civilization (including the West, e.g. writing and astronomy), the course also is an important experience in cross-cultural learning.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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