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ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA

Course objectives

The course aims at debating, through the analysis of the most representative archaeological and figurative contexts, the origins and the transformations of the social complexities in Mesopotamia, Arabian Peninsula and Syria from the ‘dawn’ of the urban civilization to the political formations of the Assyrian, Babylonian and Achaemenid great empires.

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MARCO RAMAZZOTTI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Urbanism and nomadism between South-Eastern Arabia and North-Western Syria from the end of 4th to the end 1st Millennium BCE The course aims to recognize and to map the spatial patterns of settlements and mobility that took place in the lands of Magan, Dilmun, Sumer, Akkad and Ebla from the end of 4th millennium BC to the end 1st Millennium BC. In this specific sense the course will ‘cross’ Eurasia, connecting the great civilizations that arose along the shores of the Arabian / Persian Gulf with those that formed along the coasts of the north-eastern Mediterranean. The cultural, political and economical relations between the south-eastern Arabian Peninsula and north-western Syria will be presented and discussed integrating the analysis of the major archaeological contexts at the western border of Asia with visual and textual documents.
Prerequisites
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Books
Bibliography Ramazzotti M., Archeologia, arte e paesaggio tra Asia occidentale e Mediterraneo orientale ca. 4500-323 a.C., Mondadori Università, Milano 2025. Ramazzotti M. (ed.), Costeggiando l’Eurasia / Coasting Eurasia. Archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica tra l’Oceano Indiano e il Mar Mediterraneo. Primo congresso di archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica del Vicino Oriente antico Sapienza Università di Roma 5-8 Ottobre 2021. Copyright © 2024 Sapienza Università Editrice. * Testi di approfondimento verranno forniti nel corso delle lezioni.
Bibliography
Bibliography Ramazzotti M., Archeologia, arte e paesaggio tra Asia occidentale e Mediterraneo orientale ca. 4500-323 a.C., Mondadori Università, Milano 2025. Ramazzotti M. (ed.), Costeggiando l’Eurasia / Coasting Eurasia. Archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica tra l’Oceano Indiano e il Mar Mediterraneo. Primo congresso di archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica del Vicino Oriente antico Sapienza Università di Roma 5-8 Ottobre 2021. Copyright © 2024 Sapienza Università Editrice. * Testi di approfondimento verranno forniti nel corso delle lezioni.
  • Lesson code10598547
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseCultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Duration12 months
  • SSDL-OR/05
  • CFU6