Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 1: CLS Unit 1.1
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Birds eye view on the timeline and geography of this course: where and when is urbanization happening in the ancient near east and. How do we gather our information: archaeological investigation, what is left behind for investigation, stratigraphy, seriation, dating in archaeology. What is a city: list of v. gordon childe. The system of ages : stone age. Neolithic (new stone age) *: chalcolithic (copper age) (ca. 3100-1200: iron age (depending on area: near east/greece/rome: ca. Note: copper, bronze and iron age were named after most common materials used. 4th millennium bc = between 3999 and 3000 bc: e. g. 3500 bc, 3210 bc. 1st millennium ad = between 1 and 999 ad: e. g. 14 ad, 330 ad. 5th c bc = 499-400 bc: e. g. 480 bc, 404 bc. 21st c ad = 2000-2099 ad: e. g. 2009 (ad), 2030 (ad) Large cities arise elsewhere, but this phenomenon started right here.