History of Ancient Greece and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: This course provides an introduction to the major currents of institutional, social, economic and cultural developments in ancient Greece and Near and Middle East and trains students to work with relevant sources & literature.

Course description: Survey of the historical development of the Greek world from the Mycenaean period to the Late-Hellenistic period. Survey of the development of ancient Near and Middle Eastern civilizations from the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC to the reign of Alexander the Great.

Learning Outcomes: Familiarizing oneself about ancient Greece and ancient Near and Muddle Eastern civilizations.

Literature/Reading:

• A. Lesky, Povjest grčke književnosti, Zagreb 2001
• A. Kurt, Stari Istok, Beograd 2004
• F. Papazoglu, Istorija helenizma, Beograd 1995
• Dž. Čedvik, Mikenski svet, Beograd 1980
• M. Đurić, Istorija starih Grka do smrti Aleksandra Makedonskog, Beograd 1983
• A. Ranovič, Helenizam i njegova istorijska uloga, Sarajevo 1962
• Džon Bagnel Bjuri - Rasel Migs, Istorija Grcke - do smrti Aleksandra Velikog I-II, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva: Beograd 2008
• Danijela Stefanović, I beše poput ptice u kavezu. Studija o istoriji i kulturi Satrog istoka, JP Službeni glasnik: Beograd 2012