NMC262H1

Empires and Internationalism: The Archaeology of the Historic Near East

From 2000 to 333 BCE, the ancient Near East saw the growth and expansion of the world’s first empires, the birth of international diplomacy, burgeoning land- and sea-trade and the emergence of languages and cultures that would go on to shape the Mediterranean world for centuries. This course will explore the archaeological evidence for these developments in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and the Levant.