Syllabus
1. Ancient Egypt - History2. Ancient Egypt - Society and Culture3. Ancient Mesopotamia - History4. Ancient Mesopotamia - Society and Culture5. Ancient India - History6. Ancient India - Society and Culture7. Ancient China - History8. Ancient China - Society and Culture9.Civilization of the American continent - history10. Civilization of the American Continent - Society11. Civilization of American continent - culture12. Summary of the formation and development of primary state centres
Annotation
This is an introductory course to the civilizations which preceded Greek and Roman Antiquity (Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, the American continent). Historical narratives of the individual civilizations are interspersed with short summaries of economic, social and intellectual achievements of the relevant societies.
Data on relations to cultures of the Czech-speaking lands are included wherever applicable.