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HIST 351 Introduction to Ancient Egypt HIST 351 Introduction to Ancient Egypt Credits: 3.0 Contact hours: 45 This is a syllabus based on a popular course in our Cairo program prior to the program’s suspension in mid-2013. In reopening our Cairo program, we are both developing new courses and updating successful courses from past semesters. This syllabus is meant to be representative of this course. A fully updated version with new content and materials will not be available until closer to the start of the term in which it will run. Aims and Objectives of the Course: Students should leave this course with a basic understanding of ancient Egyptian civilization, as well as what influence it still has on modern culture. The course also aims to make ancient Egyptian civilization appear less distant and strange to students. It includes extensive discussion of cultural relativism meant to engage the students in the idea any cultural practice, taken out of context, could seem peculiar, eccentric, or even grotesque. The course introduces the students to historiography and enables them to read ancient Egypt’s history with a critical eye. Course Description: This course surveys ancient Egyptian civilization from approximately 5000 BC, when Neolithic culture begins on the Nile, to 30 BC, when Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire. Students will be introduced to the history, art and architecture, and religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, as well as all aspects of daily life in ancient Egyptian times. The class will also consider the influence of ancient Egypt in modern culture. There will be field trips to pyramid sites and to the Cairo Museum, TBA. Learning outcomes for the course By the completion of this course, students will be able to: Demonstrate a basic understanding of important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization Describe the continued impact of ancient Egyptian civilization on modern culture Discuss the importance of history, how it is written, and be able to read it with a critical eye Explain how archaeology can increase one's understanding of an ancient civilization Knowledge This course is designed to assist students to acquire and demonstrate knowledge about: Ancient Egyptian history Ancient Egyptian geography Ancient Egyptian religion Ancient Egyptian language and literacy Ancient Egyptian literature Ancient Egyptian art and architecture Ancient Egyptian culture and society Historiography Archaeology Skills This course is designed to assist students in acquiring or enhancing the following skills: Writing well-structured papers Critical thinking Attitudes This course is designed to encourage development of the following attitudes: A willingness and openness to understand a culture that is very different from one’s own Critical reading of history books, and knowledge that historians are not always objective Required Reading 1) Textbook(s): Ikram, S., Ancient Egypt: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010 Baines, J. and Jaromir Malek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2005 2) Other reading: Baines, “Literacy and Ancient Egyptian Society,” Man, New Series, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sept. 1983), Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1983, pp. 572- 599 Bierbrier, M.L., The Tomb-builders of the Pharaohs. C. Schribner, New York, 1984 Bloch, M., The Historian’s Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of those who Write it, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Toronto, 1953 Brewer, D.J. and Emily Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007 Lichtheim, M., Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, Vol. I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975 Lichtheim, M., Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, Vol. II: The New Kingdom, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1976 Lichtheim, M., Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, Vol. III: The New Late Period, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980 Miner, H., “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema,” American Anthropologist, Vol. 58, No. 3, Blackwell Publishing, 1956, pp. 503-507 Quirke, S., Ancient Egyptian Religion, British Museum Press, London, 1992 Robins, G., The Art of Ancient Egypt, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997 Scott, D.A., Megan Dennis, Narayan Khandekar, Joy Keeney, David Carson and Lynn Swartz Dodd, “An Egyptian Cartonnage of the Graeco-Roman Period: Examination and Discoveries, Studies in Conservation, Vol. 48, No. 1, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, London, 2003, pp. 41-56 Shaw, I., Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000 2 Assessment Overview Description Weight Due Date Attendance and Participation 15% TBD Assignment 1 (Map) 10% TBD Midterm Exam 25% TBD Assignment 2 (Paper) 25% TBD Final Exam 25% TBD Assessment Tasks 1) Attendance & Participation Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled classes. In this course you are permitted two (2) unexcused absences (absences not caused by illness). If you have more than two unexcused absences, your total grade for the course will be lowered by 1.5% for each additional unexcused absence. In other words, three unexcused absences will lower your final grade by 1.5%, four unexcused absences by 3%, etc. You are expected to make up for any missed work during your absence. All students are expected to have read thoughtfully the assigned readings and should come to class prepared to participate and make substantive contribution to the class discussions. The Attendance & Participation grade will depend on both the quality and the quantity of student’s comments and questions and shall account for 15% of the total grade. 2) Map assignment (Please use Baines and Malek for this): Draw a map of Egypt and Nubia. It must be the size of the paper of this syllabus, or able to be folded into that size. Put the following on the map: Nile, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Eastern Desert, Sinai, Western Desert, First and Second Cataracts, Rosetta Branch, Damietta Branch, Fayum, Kharga, Dakhla, Baharia and Siwa Oases, Lower Nubia, Kush (Upper Nubia). Add the following sites, and mention what resource/commodity was found there: Wadi el-Natrun, Gebel Ahmar, Turah, Fayum, Serabit el-Khadim, Hatnub, Gebel el-Silsila, Nubian Desert, Aswan (just put granite). Add the following sites, and in a box off to the side put why it was important during the period(s) indicated in parentheses. For example, Deir el-Medina (New Kingdom) [workmen's village]. Memphis (Old Kingdom), Giza (Old Kingdom), Saqqara (Old Kingdom), Abydos (throughout ancient Egyptian history), Thebes (New Kingdom), Deir el-Medina (New Kingdom), Dahshur (Old and Middle Kingdoms), Meidum (Old Kingdom), Lisht (Middle Kingdom), Kahun/Lahun (Middle Kingdom), Buhen (Middle Kingdom), Semna (Middle Kingdom), Per-Ramses (same location as Tell el-Dab'a/Qantir) (New Kingdom), Heliopolis (Old Kingdom), Tell el-Amarna (New Kingdom), Elephantine (Old to New Kingdom), Tanis (Third Intermediate Period), Alexandria (Graeco-Roman Period), Edfu (Ptolemaic), Dendera (Ptolemaic), Abu Simbel (New Kingdom), Valley of the Kings (New Kingdom), Hierakonpolis (Predynastic Period), Buto (Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods), Herakleopolis/Ihnasya el-Medina (First Intermediate Period). 3 Maps that are late will be penalized 10 points (out of 100) for each day that they are turned in after the announced deadline. 3) Paper: Research paper of at least 3500 words on a topic approved by the instructor. The research paper will constitute 25% of the semester grade for this course. Students should make appointments to meet with the instructor before the end of week 8 to discuss proposed paper topics. Prior to the meeting students should submit a proposed topic described in approximately 100 words and an indication of the sources available. Papers must have at least 5 sources outside the assigned reading. Papers that are less than 3500 words will be penalized 10 points (out of 100). Papers that are late will be penalized 10 points for each day that they are turned in after the announced deadline. The grade for the paper will be divided as follows: 5% Initial Proposal (Due TBD) 5% Paper outline and sources (Due TBD) 10% Rough Draft (Due TBD) 80% Paper (Due TBD) 4) Midterm Exam: Students are expected to read all the assigned readings and study the material well in preparation for the exam, which will constitute 25% of the semester grade for this course. 5) Final Exam: Students are expected to read all the assigned readings and study the material well, in preparation for the final exam, which will constitute 25% of the semester grade for this course. The final exam will not be comprehensive; it will cover only the material covered after the Midterm Exam. 4 Course Schedule Week Topic(s) to be Learning Outcome(s) Preparation/ Assignments/ covered Addressed Readings Work Due Introduction to the Know the geography of Ikram 2010, pp. 1-21 Week 1 course ancient Egypt. Baines and Malek, pp. 12-21 Geography, Know the resources of Bloch 1953 (in preparation for Environment and ancient Egypt. weeks 3 and 4) Resources History of Understand how and Ikram 2010, pp. 23-51 Week 2 Egyptology when interest in ancient Baines and Malek, pp. 106-107 Egyptomania Egypt began. and 222-223 Understand the Bloch 1953 (in preparation for influence ancient Egypt week 3) has on modern culture and how it is manifested. Sources and Understand how the Ikram 2010, pp. 53-68 Week 3 Methodologies history of ancient Egypt Bloch 1953 was written. Understand how any history is written and how historians work. History of ancient Have a basic knowledge Shaw 2000, pp. 1-16 Map Week 4 Egypt of ancient Egyptian Ikram 2010, pp. 69-114 assignment history. Baines and Malek, pp. 30-55 due Have a basic Miner, H., “Body Ritual Among understanding of what is the Nacirema,” American meant by “cultural Anthropologist, Vol.
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