From Palace to Polis: From Bronze Age to Iron Age in the Mediterranean 1200-700 BC
Course, Master's level, 5AK007
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-50005
Admitted or on the waiting list?
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
About the course
The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in Greece have traditionally been perceived as two separate periods in research. The Mycenaean palaces, centrally controlled by kings, "collapsed" and were replaced by nomadic shepherds who lived in huts. They, in turn, developed a city-state society (poleis) inhabited by citizens who had political rights. In the break between old and new - from the palace to the polis - societies changed politically, socially, economically and religiously. But what was left; what was new; and what changed?
The course explores the development from the Late Bronze Age (1200s BC) to the occurrence of the first city-states (poleis) in the 700s BC. The course compares the Bronze Age (almost devoid of written sources), with the historical Iron Age from different perspectives and with different sources. The course also highlights how research has fluctuated between distinguishing a sharp break to envisioning a smoother transition.
Reading list
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Contact
- Course Administrator Maria Lowe Fri, Uppsala
- info@arkeologi.uu.se
- +46 18 471 20 93