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RESEARCH SEMINAR: WARFARE AND
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ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST |
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History 470.01 |
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List of Potential Themes and Issues for Research Papers |
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N.B.: Students may also develop other topics not included here
in consultation with the professor. |
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| I. Mesopotamia, Western Asia, and Asia Minor |
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| 1 |
Warfare in the Ubaid and Uruk Periods |
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| 2 |
War and Economy in Ancient Sumer (Issues in Early Dynastic Warfare) |
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| 3 |
Wars of Akkadian Empire |
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Wars of Neo-Sumerian Empire & Invasion of Amorites |
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Wars of the Old Babylonian Empire |
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Near Eastern Diplomacy of the Amarna Letters |
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Military Medicine in Assyria and Babylonia |
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Nature and Character of the Neo-Assyrian War Machine |
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| 9 |
Treatment of Prisoners of War in Mesopotamia &/or Hatti |
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Old Assyrian Diplomacy: Trading Treaties and Correspondences (Trading
Colonies) |
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Neo-Assyrian Diplomacy: Treaties and Correspondences |
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Issues in Hittite Diplomacy: treaties and Correspondences |
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Nature and Character of the Hittite War Machine |
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Hittite New Kingdom Imperial Policies, Diplomacy and Int'l. Relations |
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Issues in Phoenician Naval Power |
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The Wars against the Sea People:
Iron Age Migrations and the Collapse of the Near East |
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Kingdom of Mitanni: Warfare, Political Policies and Foreign Relations |
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| II. Egypt and Nubia (Kush) |
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| 1 |
Agriculture and Economy in Ancient Egypt |
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Issues in Egyptian Hydraulics and Irrigation |
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Treatment of Prisoners of War in Egypt |
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Environmental and Historical Issues in the Hyksos Conquest |
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International Relations in the Middle Kingdom |
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International Relations in the New Kingdom |
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Egyptian Empire and Diplomacy in the Amarna Letters |
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Military History and Policies |
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Organization of Egyptian Military |
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The Egyptian War Machine |
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Military Medicine and Medical Practice in Egypt |
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Egyptian Ships, Shipping and Naval Technology/Warfare |
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Military Life in Ancient Egypt |
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Issues in Hittite-Egyptian Relations |
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Militarism and Warfare in the Amarna Period |
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The Later Amarna Period: Who was Smenkhkare? |
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The Iron Age Migrations and the Sea Peoples' Invasions: Egyptian
Perspective |
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Issues in Mittani-Egyptian Relations |
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