CL3AA-Anatolia and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age. The Context for the Trojan War

Module Provider: Classics
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:6
Terms in which taught: Spring term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
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Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Prof Ian Rutherford
Email: i.c.rutherford@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the civilisations of Crete, Greece and Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age (1500-1150BC), and the political and cultural interactions taking place in Western Turkey in this period that form the background to the “Trojan War”.

Aims:
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the civilisations of Crete, Greece and Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age (1500-1150BC), and the political and cultural interactions taking place in Western Turkey in this period that form the background to the 􀀓Trojan War􀀔.

Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of the module it is expected that the student will be able to:
􀀕 Understand the history and the political and religious structures of the culture Aegean and Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age
􀀕 Appraise critically the sources and interpretations of these cultures;
􀀕 Locate and assess the secondary literature relevant to these civilisations
􀀕 Assess the issue of the historicity of the later Greek traditions about the Late Bronze Age

Additional outcomes:
The module aims to encourage the development of skills in written communication and in oral communication to other members of a group

Outline content:
The sessions will cover the material culture by culture (Anatolia, Minoan, Mycenaean), culminating in the issues of the Trojan War, and the end of the Bronze Age.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
This module will be taught by lecture and seminar.

Summative assessment- Examinations:
n/a

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Coursework Written assignment 1, a selection of commenta