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  • Time: 20 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • This unit aims to get you started on exploring the Classical world by introducing you to the sources upon which you can build your knowledge and understanding. The unit also gets you started on an exploration...
 

1 Why study the Classical world?

  • 1 Why study the Classical world? Resource
  • Welcome to A219_1 Introducing the Classical world. There will be many different reasons why you have chosen this unit. You may have a lifelong fascination with the ancient world, and hope to nurture it...
 

2 How to explore the Classical world

  • 2.1 Introducing Classical studies Resource
  • It's time to get a little closer to our topic: the Classical world. We will start off with an activity in the format used throughout the course A219 Exploring the Classical World, from which this unit...
  • 2.2 An initial exploration Resource
  • To begin your own exploration of the Classical world, you will first read the introduction to the book of essays, Experiencing the Classical World. It has been written not only to introduce the essays...
  • 2.3 The use of sources Resource
  • As you saw in the video clips and the introduction to the essays, engagement with the evidence from and about the Classical world that we can still access lies at the heart of exploring the Classical world...
  • 2.3.1 Ancient sources Resource
  • As you have seen, exploring the Classical world is an interdisciplinary pursuit. Perhaps the most immediately obvious aspect of this interdisciplinary approach is that you will confront different kinds...
  • 2.3.2 Modern sources Resource
  • As set out in Figure 1, modern sources, too, fall into various subcategories. We'll look at some of them in more detail a little later. For now let's just say that most of the sources you will use in this...
  • 2.3.3 Books and the internet as sources Resource
  • Finally, let's come back to the different types of modern sources as indicated in Figure 1. Many of these types are familiar to you in one way or another, so we can be brief. The course A219 uses set books...
 

3 Beginning to explore

  • Introduction Resource
  • With your initial work on sources and on what it may mean to ‘explore the Classical world’ under your belt, you're now in a good position to start exploring. To lay the foundations for your explorations,...
  • 3.1 Ancient time Resource
  • To help registered students keep an overview of ancient chronology, the A219 course team have developed online timelines. Like all timelines, they provide sets of important events and dates in the periods...
  • 3.2 Ancient places Resource
  • In the previous section you have been studying time: now you need to move on to that other great regulator of human activity – place. You may already have a firm grip of the geography of the Mediterranean...
 

Conclusion

  • Conclusion Resource
  • In this introductory unit, we have aimed to get you started on exploring the Classical world by introducing you to the sources upon which you can build your knowledge and understanding. We have also started...
 

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