GRST 321 Lecture : Intro to Ancient Technology.docx

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 321
• Professor: John William Humphrey

Document Summary

Office hours: mwf 11:00-11:50 or by appointment (email) humphrey@ucalgary. ca. Overview of the history of ancient technology and its relationship with society. 2 sources of evidence: ancient documents in latin about the technology, archaeological artifacts. Study of the attitudes to the technological development and its effect on their society in comparison with attitudes of the contemporary world: many romans were opposed to technological advances. Tests are 50% based on the assigned readings. Midterm (20%: oct 25, 2013, multiple choice questions on the lectures and readings to date. Essay (40%: about 2,000 words on topics listed in the course outline on. Blackboard, and due in hard copy at class on the day indicated. Final exam (40%: multiple choice questions on lectures and readings in the second half of the course, an interpretive essay on a choice of topics covering the whole term. Britain, france, spain, n. africe, middle east, turkey, bulgaria, But this doesn"t include all ancient technology i. e. chinese ancient technology.