Term Paper on "Ancient Near East"

Quoted Instructions for "Ancient Near East" Assignment:

Topic:

Why was Egypt more successful than Mesopotamia in developing a single unified state in the period between the major civilizations of the Near East from the Bronze Age, starting c.3000 BCE, to the conquest of Persia by ***** the Great in the late fourth century BCE.

Notes for essays:

Please be sure you understand what is meant by Mesopotamia. It is not the same as Levant.

*************Only use following website******************

GENERAL

Photos

(click on the name of the site)

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/lab/photos/meso/

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/lab/photos/

Satellite images of the areas covered by the course:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002067-

0308/MiddleEast.A2002067.0830.1km.jpg

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002060-

0301/MiddleEast.A2002060.0820.1km.jpg

http://www.parstimes.com/MODIS/MiddleEast05042003.jpg

http://www.parstimes.com/MODIS/egypt2000.jpg

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/index.cgi?2001239-

0827/Iraq.A2001239.0750.1km.jpg

Useful Maps

http://oi.uchicago.edu/gallery/map_series/

LITERARY WORKS

The Story of Sinuhe

http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/storysinuhe.html

The Report of Wenamun

http://phoenicia.org/wenamun.html

ASSYRIA

Ashur

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1130

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ane/g88a_89.html

Neo-Assyrian sculpture

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ane/g6.html

ANATOLIA

Kanesh document

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/03/waa/ho_66.245.5b.htm

Hattusas and Yazilikaya

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/377

Archives at Hattusas

http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777190247/

Uluburun shipwreck

http://ina.tamu.edu/ub_main.htm

BABYLON

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=ENC378

Ishtar Gate

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ishtar_Gate.html

http://www.museumsinsel-berlin.de/index.php?lang=en&page=5_1_2

DILMUN (Persian Gulf)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1192

EGYPT

Thebes

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/87

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

Deir el Medina

http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html

http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Places/Place/324980

Memphis and Giza

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/86

Abu Simbel and Nubia

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/88

Hatshepsut*****s Red Chapel

http://www.osirisnet.net/monument/chaproug/e_chaproug.htm

Karnak

http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egca08e.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/karnakgreat.html

http://history.memphis.edu/hypostyle/

Tutankamun

http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egtut01e.html

Amarna

http://www.ees.ac.uk/fieldwork/amarna.htm

http://www.amarna3d.com/

The Amarna archive

http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/amarnaletters.htm

LEVANT

Trade routes.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1108

Byblos

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/295

http://www.middleeast.com/byblos.htm

Jerusalem

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/148

Lebanon

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/850

Damascus

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/20

Negev (for continued importance of the area)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1107

Petra

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326

Ugarit (and links to Damascus and Aleppo)

http://www.homsonline.com/Citeis/Ugarit.htm

Ugarit texts

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/nn/win02_pardee.html

Lachish (period of Assyrian destruction)

http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/lachish_slides/lachish05.htm

Mari

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/mari.html

http://www.syrianembassy.us/Aboutsyria/mari_tell_hariri.htm

Ebla

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ebla/hd_ebla.htm

PERSIA

Pasargadae

http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1106

Persepolis

http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/

http://www.persia.org/imagemap/perspolis.html

http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=114

Behistun Inscription

http://www.livius.org/be-bm/behistun/behistun01.html

UR

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/ur.html

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=obj1740

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/First_Cities/firstcities_main.htm

Mesopotamian trade

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/home_set.html

History of Philip II and *****

http://history.boisestate.edu/WESTCIV/*****/

Map of *****s Empire

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Renault/boy.mp.html

Notes for essays

1. Your essays must be submitted in Times New Roman font 12 pt with one inch margins all round and a word total at the end.

2. 1500 words +/- 50 words.

3. Every essay must begin with a brief statement of your argument and conclude with a brief review of the same. The shorter the essay the shorter such statements must be.

4. Arrange your argument/s in a logical and easily understandable way. Your reader will not be grateful if (s)he has to read through a sentence twice or more to

understand how it relates to the rest of your argument, or worse still, to understand what you mean.

5. Do not cut and paste anything from any source and include it as if it were your own words. This is plagiarism. Best practice is to sum up another person*****s information/argument in your own words and attribute them to their proper

author. Think of your essay as your part in an ongoing, scholarly discussion. The practice in such discussions is always to record who contributed what to the overall argument and interpretation. In essays of 1500 words or fewer there is no need to use direct quotations. I have no wish to mark someone else*****s words because I am interested in what you think and write.

6. Citations of primary sources, e.g., evidence from any translated documents, literary references, or excerpts from ancient authors, should be placed in parentheses within the main body of the text.

7. Place references to secondary sources, e.g.,

website.

within the body of your essay in the following format - [Stiebing: 150] or

[Falkner: 25]. Please note brackets, colon, and spacing. These references cannot

be included in your overall word count.

8. Statements presented as fact must be supported by examples. If, for example, you

say that Late Bronze Age Egypt was an imperial power, you should provide at

least two instances that demonstrate the truth of this statement. Because you are

restricted in the number of words you may use in your essays, these examples

should be placed in footnotes (not endnotes). They should be written as follows:

For example (do not use e.g.), Pharaoh X conquered new territory in many

campaigns outside Egypt between the years A and B.

Then cite your source for this information in the footnote as described in Note 7,

but without using brackets.

9.Do not use any other web sources. Cite the

ones you are permitted to use with their full web address, e.g., author*****s name and

initials (if known), then http:// etc. The Internet contains a considerable amount of

unedited, uninformed, un-reviewed, and ill-considered information, such as

portions of Wikepedia. It is not an online encyclopedia written by experts in the

field but an open source that can be changed by anybody at any time.

10. Spelling, grammar and punctuation matter. I know that even textbooks are not

immune to this, but I will deduct marks for such errors. I will deduct marks for the

use of contractions (e.g., isn*****t), abbreviations (e.g., b/c for because), poor spelling,

bad grammar (e.g., incomplete sentences, lack of subject/verb agreement,

misplaced modifiers), and colloquialisms. Marks will also be deducted for

exceeding the word limit.

11. Avoid exaggerations like *****˜totally*****, *****˜amazing*****, *****˜incredible*****, *****˜excellent***** or the

inadmissible *****˜very***** and *****˜most***** with *****˜unique*****. Please distinguish between it*****s, the

contraction for *****˜it is***** - and not allowed in your essay - and its, a possessive. For

example, you might write *****˜The building was very tall. Its façade was fifty metres

high.***** You cannot write *****˜The building was very tall. It*****s façade was fifty metres

high.***** The latter makes no sense because it is saying *****˜It is façade was fifty metres

high.*****

12. Provide a separate bibliography to include all the sources you use. These sources

must be listed in the following format:

Smith, A. W. 2008. A History of Everything. New York.

Note the order, spacing, italics, and punctuation.

Before you submit your essay please check for the following:

An opening statement to signpost where the essay is going.

Smooth and logical links from one paragraph to the next.

Appropriate statements and appropriate examples to support them.

Spelling and grammatical errors.

Mark breakdown

Completeness 20

Relevance 20

Objectives established at outset 15

Logical development of material 15

Appropriate conclusion 15

Presentation (spelling, etc) 15