Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Akkadian Historical Texts
Course Number:
L_AABAOHW312
Course Description:
Ruthless wars, ambitions of empire and sumptuous palaces neo-assythat awed all those who came upon them... This course is designed to familiarize students with the diverse textual sources from the Neo-Assyrian (912-612 BCE) and Neo-Babylonian (627/612–539 BCE) periods and to explicate how scholars use them to reconstruct history. In the first part of the seminar, students will deepen their knowledge about the imperial phase of Assyria's history by reading selections from letters, annals and commemorative inscriptions in the original cuneiform. The second part of the course deals with two key Neo-Babylonian kings (Nebuchadnezzar II and Nabonidus) and the shift from the Neo-Babylonian to the Achaemenid (or First Persian) Empire in 539 BCE, with special attention paid to Cyrus II ("Cyrus the Great”) and his conquest of Babylon.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (1)_16.pdf
