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3.00 Credits
The landscape of the Near East contains a detailed and subtle record of environmental, social, and economic processes that have obtained over thousands of years. Landscape analysis is, therefore, proving to be fundamental to an understanding of the processes that underpinned the development of ancient Near Eastern society. This course provides an overview of the ancient cultural landscapes of this heartland of early civilization from the early stages of complex societies in the fifth and sixth millennia BC to the close of the Early Islamic period around the tenth century AD. S. Branting. Autumn, Winter.
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PQ: EGPT 10101-10103. This course features readings in a variety of genres, including historical, literary, and scientific texts. Autumn.
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PQ: Second-year standing and one year of Classical Hebrew. This is the introductory sequence to Ugaritic, a language of the Northwest-Semitic group that is attested on tablets dating to the Late Bronze Age. D. Pardee. Not offered 2009 C10; will be offered 201 0 -11.
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PQ: EGPT 10101-10103 required; 20101 recommended. This course introduces the cursive literary and administrative script of Middle Egyptian (corresponding to the Middle Kingdom period in Egypt) and is intended to provide familiarity with a variety of texts written in Hieratic (e.g., literary tales, religious compositions, wisdom literature, letters, accounts, graffiti). Winter.
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PQ: HEBR 10103 or equivalent. The first quarter consists of reviewing grammar and of reading and analyzing further prose texts. The last two quarters introduce Hebrew poetry, with readings from Psalms, Proverbs, and the prophets. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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PQ: EGPT 10101-10103 required; 20101 recommended. This course examines the hieroglyphic writing and grammar of the Old Kingdom ( Egypt's "Pyramid Age"), focusing on monumental readings from private tombs, royal and private stelae, administrative decrees, economic documents, and Pyramid texts. Some attention is given to Old Egyptian texts written in cursive Hierati c. Spring
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PQ: Advanced standing and prior course in Mesopotamian archaeology. M. Gibson. Autumn, Winter.
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Is a social history, a "history from below," of the Ancient Near East possible Most ancient texts document only the lives and concerns of a small sphere of élites, who are then the usual subjects of our histories. This course tries to reset the frame of inquiry around people on the periphery, the other 90 percent of the population. In examining ethnic and social identity, the organization of economic production, and the political order of the state, we develop a clearer picture of the pastoralists, villagers, and tribesmen who maintained (but sometimes radically changed) the apex of the urban social orde r. S. Richardson. Autumn
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PQ: EGPT 10101-10103 required; 20101 recommended. This course is a comprehensive examination of the grammar, vocabulary, and orthographic styles of the nonliterary vernacular of New Kingdom Egypt (Dynasties XVII to XXIV), as exhibited by administrative and business documents, private letters, and official monuments. We also study the hybrid "literary Late Egyptian" used for tales and other compositions. Texts from the various genres are read and analyzed in EGPT 20211 . Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: EGPT 20210. Building on the basics of grammar, vocabulary, and orthographic styles learned in EGPT 20210, this course focuses on the reading and analysis of Late Egyptian texts from the various genres. Autumn.
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