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Participation in the course is free of charge. The course will explore the connections between ancient cities and their impact on urban life in later periods across the globe.Īpart from a basic interest in archaeology, architecture, history or historical heritage, no specific knowledge is required. Starting September 12, 2019, this course will provide basic knowledge on ancient cities to a broad audience through videos, texts, quizzes, and various assignments within 8 weeks. Stefan Feuser ( contact/link), this initiative is now launching the trilingual Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Discovering Greek & Roman Cities”. Under the coordination of ROOTS’ co-PI, Prof. Within ROOTS, this MOOC fits well with the research and approach of the sub-cluster Urban ROOTS: Urban Agency and Perception and the ROOTS Communication Platform. Kiel University, Aarhus University, University of Athens, University of Bergen, University Paris I, Open University of the Netherlands) that brings together specialists from the fields of classical archaeology and e-learning to explore the many facets of Greek and Roman cities. The Strategic Partnership “Ancient Cities” is a cooperation of six European universities (i.e. Furthermore, the legacy of ancient Greek and Roman cities are still keenly felt, in how we physically organize, build and live in our cities today, as well as how we think about and define cities. Accordingly, cities are the ideal point of departure for the study of life in antiquity. Most of the major developments in the political, social, intellectual, and religious history of these periods started in cities.
#GREECE ANCIENT CITIES SERIES#
This series evokes Crete and Mycenae, colonization and Greek cities, the wars between Persia and the Athenian empire, Sparta and the Peloponnesian war, Alexander's conquests and the Hellenistic kingdoms.
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