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Ancient Civilizations

Code: HISTO001     Acronym: CANT

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active? Yes
Responsible unit: Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible: Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
HISTO 109 HISTO - Study Plan 1 - 6 52 162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

In this curricular unit students are introduced to the study of Ancient Civilizations. Students should know and identify the main civilizational features (economy, society, technology, politics, religion and art) that mark the route of human societies of the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean as well as their impact on the European Continent.    

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus of the curricular unit will be developed using one of the following means, which will allow students to acquire knowledge, concepts and lexicons as well as to develop competences and attitudes:







- Exhibition of nuclear themes of the Curricular Unit supported by audiovisual material.







- Mandatory reading of reference works;







- Reading and analysis of excerpts of works or articles;







- Training the identification and analysis of concepts, schemes and specific records.







- Individual and collective research through guided reading on predefined topics (books, articles, Internet).







- Preparation of reading chips of articles or book chapters.







- Motivation of oral participation and critical discussion of the contents of the curricular unit.







The sequence of subjects covered should enable the student to understand the conceptual foundations of this unit and to contextualize the multiple pieces of information that make up the various themes that integrate it.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program




Module I – Ancient Near East Civilizations










      1. Sources for the study of Ancient Civilizations: value and limits.











      1. The Birth of the First Civilizations in the Near East.











      1. The birth of Pre-Classical Civilizations in Mediterranean Europe.









Module II – Ancient Greece










      1. The importance of the Classical Civilizations; Geographic framework; Sources.











      1. The formation of the Greek World; Polis and its characterizing elements.











      1. The Archaic State; Colonization; The Athenian models as a paradigm; Sparta; The Medo-Persian Wars.











      1. Pericles; Democracy; Peloponnesian War;











      1. The decline of polis; Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Empire.








Mandatory literature

dir. Pierre Lévêque; As Primeiras Civilizações da Idade da Pedra aos Povos Semitas , Edições 70, 2009
António Augusto Tavares; Civilizações Pré-Clássicas, Universidade Aberta, 1995. ISBN: 972-33-1074-0
José Ribeiro Ferreira; Civilizações Clássicas I. Grécia, Universidade Aberta, 1996
C. Mossé & A. Schnapp-Gourbeillon; Síntese de História Grega, Edições Asa, 1994
Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira; Estudos da História da Cultura Clássica, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006

Complementary Bibliography

Gabriel-Leroux, J. ; Primeiras Civilizações do Mediterrâneo, Teorema., 1989
Pamella Bradley; Ancient Greece. Using Evidence, David Patterson , 1994
José Ribeiro Ferreira; Polis. Antologia de textos gregos, Minerva, 2001
José Ribeiro Ferreira; A Grécia Antiga, Edições 70, 2004
António Augusto Tavares; As Civilizações Pré-Clássicas, Editorial Estampa, 1995
T. R. Martin; Breve História da Grécia Clássica. Da pré-história à época helenística, Editorial Presença, 1998
Oliver Dickinson; El Egeo. De la Edad del Bronce a la Edad del Hierro, Bellaterra Arqueología, 2010
Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira; Hélade, Asa, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

The sequence of subjects covered should enable the student to understand the conceptual foundations of this unit and to contextualize the multiple pieces of information that make up the various themes that integrate it.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Exame 100,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo 108,00
Frequência das aulas 54,00
Total: 162,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam mark – 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulation

Observations

The indication of other bibliography will take place during Tutorial Supervision.

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