From Bronze to Iron: The Mediterranean in the Later 2nd Millennium BC

Code: P00151, SCQF Level: 11, Credits: 20

Class Hours:

Delivery Period: S1

Description: Short description of course: The course deals with evidence for the exploitation, procurement and consumption of metals and other materials in a period of major transitions. It examines the role of trade amongst palace-oriented societies and adjacent social systems in the Mediterranean regions; the collapse of many of those organisational systems at the end of the Late Bronze Age, as epitomised in studies of the Sea Peoples; and the ensuing social and political patterns that emerged with the change of the millennia.

Acronym: ACE-P-P00151

Components of Assessment: Coursework equivalent to a 4000 word essay