HIST611 - Ancient Warfare
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This course is a study of warfare in the ancient world with emphasis on the great empires of the Near East and the Mediterranean, particularly the Greeks and Romans. Student examine the origins of warfare in the Neolithic period to the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. Special emphasis will be placed on the military history of Mesopotamia and the Near East (Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian and Persian), Egypt (Old, Middle and New Kingdom), Greece (Mycenaean, Archaic, Hellenic and Hellenistic) and Rome(Republican and Imperial). The phalanx, the legion, Greek Fire and the importance of roads are discussed in detail.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 07/22/12 |
Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Warfare in Ancient Greece : A Sourcebook - e-book is available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
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| ISBN: |
0415143551
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| Publication Info: |
Taylor & Francis
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| Author: |
Michael M. Sage
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| Unit Cost: |
$45.00
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| Book Title: |
End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare & the Catastrophe Ca. 1200 B.C.
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| ISBN: |
0691025916
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| Publication Info: |
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993
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| Author: |
Drews, Robert
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| Unit Cost: |
$30.00
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| Book Title: |
Warfare in Ancient Near East
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| ISBN: |
0415255899
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| Publication Info: |
Routledge, 2006
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| Author: |
Hamblin, W. J.
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| Unit Cost: |
$36.00
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| Book Title: |
War in Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom
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| ISBN: |
1405113723
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| Publication Info: |
Blackwell, 2005
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| Author: |
Spalinger, Anthony J.
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| Unit Cost: |
$36.95
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| Book Title: |
Roman Warfare (Smithsonian History of Warfare)
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| ISBN: |
0060838523
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| Publication Info: |
HarperCollins, 2005
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| Author: |
Goldsworthy, Adrian and John Keegan
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| Unit Cost: |
$17.99
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