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Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great. Research papers (e ssays ) : For 3 ECTS points: without essay this class is 3 ECTS points worth ca. five pages-long (ca 1500 words) including footnotes and bibliography

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Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great

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  1. Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great • Research papers (essays): • For 3 ECTS points: without essay this class is 3 ECTS points worth • ca. five pages-long (ca 1500 words) • including footnotes and bibliography • first draft to be handed over by 21.12.2012 (via e-mail): krzysztof.nawotka@gmail.com • to be handed over by the last classroom meeting

  2. Research papers 1 • Your independent researchbased on sources in translation and on secondaryliterature • Structure: • Introduction: statement of researchquestion to be handled in the paper • Main body of paper • conclusions

  3. Research papers 2 • Paper is to be analytical, not narrative • Internet: - Usefullinks: www.perseus.tufts.edu (for collection of ancientauthors), http://www.bu.uni.wroc.pl/en (Library Univ. of Wroclaw for e-journals) • Topics: either from the list orcleared with me • No copyingallowed • Alwaysmarkyoursource in footnotes

  4. First draft • Contents: • Youstateyourwhatsources and secondaryliteratureyouaregoing to use • Outline of contets of yourpaper • Ca. 2 pagelong • To be e-mailed to me (krzysztof.nawotka@gmail.com) by 21 December 2012

  5. Suggested essay topics Persian Empire on the brink of war with Alexander theGreat Orientalizing policy of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great and the Greeks Alexander the Great and tradition of Philip II Court of Alexander the Great Cavalry of Alexander the Great Siege warfare of Alexander the Great

  6. Suggested essay topics Infantry of Alexander the Great Oriental troops in Alexander’s army Athens in the age of Alexander the Great Religiosity of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great and Iranian elite Career tracks under Alexander the Great (selected examples) Alexander the Great and alcohol

  7. Suggested reading • C.W. Blackwell, In the Absence of Alexander, 1999. • E.N. Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon, Princeton UP 1990. • A.B. Bosworth, “Alexander and the Iranians,” Journal of Hellenic Studies 100 (1980): 1-21. • A.B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great, Cambridge UP 1988. • A.B. Bosworth, E.J. Baynham (eds.), Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, Oxford UP 2000. • A. Cohen, The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat, Cambridge UP 1997.

  8. Suggested reading • R.M. Errington, A History of Macedonia, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1990. • R.N. Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, Munich 1984. • I. Gershevitch (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, ii, Cambridge 1985. • N.G.L. Hammond,Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman3, London 1996. • W. Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great, Blackwell 2006.

  9. Suggested reading • S. Hornblower, “Persia,” [in:] Cambridge Ancient History, vi2, Cambridge 1994: 45-96. • R. Lane Fox, Alexander the Great, London 1973. • K. Nawotka, Alexander the Great, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010. • K. Nawotka, “Freedom of Greek Cities in Asia Minor in the Age of Alexander the Great,” Klio 85 (2003): 15-41. • K. Nawotka, “Alexander the Great in Persepolis,” Acta Antiqua Aacademiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2003): 67-76.

  10. Suggested reading • K. Nawotka, “Alexander the Great and Kingdom of Asia,” Eos 91 (2004): 34-43. • J.M. O’Brien, Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy, London 1992. • J. Wiesehöfer, Ancient Persia from 550 B.C. to 650 A.D., London and New York 1996. • I. Worthington, Philip II of Macedonia, New Haven and London 2008.

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