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History of Egypt II
Code: 44505Credits: 10
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptology | OB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Jose Lull García
- Email :
- jose.lull@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Josué Santos Saavedra
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
To take this module, you must have previously completed and passed "History of Egypt I" module of the first year of the master's degree.
Objectives
The general objective of the module is to bring the student closer to the history of ancient Egypt from the Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom to the 26th dynasty, in a critical manner and always based on the direct analysis of textual, iconographic and archaeological sources and the reading of specialized and up-to-date bibliography. At the same time, the Egyptian administration, society and economy of this period and its evolution will be studied. Special attention will be paid to socio-economic, ideological, historical-religious and cultural phenomena.
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
- That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
- Critically analyze a given scientific problem based on historical and cultural sources.
- Act in a creative and original way with solidarity and spirit of scientific collaboration.
- Assess the quality, self-imposed, rigor, responsibility and social commitment, both in training and in the scientific and informative work.
- Teaming up with special sensitivity interdisciplinarity.
- That students have the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
- Critically interpret text sources from the history of Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Saite Period.
- Evaluate the new historiographical trends related to the study of society and the Egyptian economy.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Saite Period.
- Apply critical analysis from text, archaeological and iconographic sources to the reconstruction of the history of Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Saite Period.
- Describe the different classes and social spheres Egyptians and administrative organization of Pharaonic State at different stages of its history, from the textual, archaeological and iconographic sources and from the latest models of analysis in these areas.
- Relate the history of Egypt to the cultures in its geographical area from the New Kingdom to the Saite Period.
- Reflect on the problems of human-environmental problems in society, the exploitation of resources and the economic bases of the Egyptian civilisation from the latest models of analysis in these subjects.
Contents
Brief description of module contents
History of Egypt from the Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom to the 26th Dynasty, based on the interpretation of archaeological, iconographic and textual sources and paying special attention to social phenomena,
politics and diplomacy. Egyptian society: organization of social spheres (elites, urban communities, village communities). Kinship, extended family and clientelism. The Pharaonic State: structure and functioning of the administration. Geography, ecology, economy and geopolitics in ancient Egypt. All these contents are addressed from the specialization, that is, from the critical discussion of the most recent approaches and the latest trends of analysis in these matters.
DEL REINO NUEVO A LA BAJA ÉPOCA
7,5 c. ECTS
1- Las dinastías tebanas del Segundo Período Intermedio
2- El inicio de la dinastía XVIII, de Ahmose a Tutmosis II
3 - Hatshepsut: Gran Esposa Real, Regente y Faraón
4 - Tutmosis III a Tutmosis IV
5 - Tutmosis III a Tutmosis IV
6 – Amenhetep III
7 –La transición política de Amenhetep III a Amenhetep IV / Akhenaton
8 – Akhenaton
9 - De Tutankhamon a Horemheb. Cronología de finales de la dinastía XVIII
10 - El comienzo de la dinastía XIX con Ramsés I y Seti I
11– Ramsés II y Merenptah
12 – El final de la dinastía XIX: de Seti II a Tausert
13 - El final de la dinastía XX y la wHm mswt
14 - La dinastía XXI
15 - La dinastía XXII y XXIII
16 - La dinastía XXIV y XXV
17- La dinastía XXVI
ADMINISTRACIÓN, SOCIEDAD Y ECONOMÍA EGIPCIA
2,5 c. ECTS
The course willdeal with the organization of spacein Pharaonic Egypt, the problems of interpretation derived from a partial use of cartography (\"borders\", \"sovereignties\", \"states\", etc.), the use of space by diverse social groups and the strategies used by each one (shepherds, nomads, the pharaonic monarchy itself, etc.). The existence of alternative poles of power established in certain areas of the Nile Valley (especially Middle Egypt) and how their strategies pursue control of the flows of wealth through Egypt; sometimes acknowledging the authority of the pharaohs. In other cases, pursuing greater political autonomy. In short, the contents of the course are located at the crossroads between social, economic, political and geopolitical history.
CLASS SCHEDULE (19-30 OCTOBER 2026):
First week: physical geography, built landscapes, differentiated spaces and circulation networks.
Second week: spaces and populations, uses of the territory, conflicts and identities, capture of commercial circuits.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical and practical face-to-face classes with the support of the TIC | 80 | 3.2 | 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Exams | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Tutorials, seminars, interventions and exhibitions in class | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Study and personal work of the student | 145 | 5.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
Specification of what the STUDENT'S AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY consists of
a) Study (studying is that process or set of personal or group activities that lead to knowing things and being able to explain them in a coherent and orderly manner, orally or in writing).
b) Personal work: critical reading of the bibliography; realization of treballs and practices; preparation of presentations in class, seminars and debates; textual source analysis exercises; exercicis d'interpretation of iconographic and archeological sources; case studies; update the student's folder; preparation of exams.
Important: The teaching methodology and the evaluation proposed in the guide may experience some modification depending on the restrictions on attendance imposed by the health authorities.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work - Administración, sociedad y economía egipcias | 25 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Exam 2 - Del Reino Nuevo a la Baja Época | 28,125% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Brief analyzes of primary sources - Del Reino Nuevo a la Baja Época | 18,75 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 |
| Exam 1 - Del Reino Nuevo a la Baja Época | 28,125% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
DEL REINO NUEVO A LA BAJA ÉPOCA
Two exams: (total value: 75%)
Each exam will be worth 37,5% of the total grade.
Brief analysis of primary sources: (value: 25%)
Throughout the course several pieces will be delivered on which a file will have to be made.
ADMINISTRACIÓN, SOCIEDAD Y ECONOMÍA EGIPCIA
It will consist of the elaboration of a brief final work (5 pages) inspired either by a precise historical problem or by reading and commenting on a significant article.
Suggested Topics:
1. Egyptology and the social sciences: a complicated relationship
2. Globalization in the ancient world
3. The state in ancient Egypt: ideology and reality
4. Local elites and their integration in the state
5. “Middle class” and prosperous (non-civil servant) sectors of Egyptian society
6. Identities (gender, class, ethnicity) in ancient Egypt
7. Women and their economic initiatives: private businesses, temples and rituals
8. The “Egyptologist”, between romanticism and traditionalism
9. The Egyptian landscape: a fluctuating Nile, marshes and regional diversity
10. Landscape archeology and its potential in Egyptology
11. Foreign trade: routes, actors and archeology
12. Foreign trade: capturing routes and strategies of Egypt and other actors
13. Foreigners in Egypt: from pharaonic ideology to social integration
14. Textile Production: Egypt in the Context of the Ancient Near East
15. Nubia, a counterpower on the Nile
Each of the two subjects that make up the module is evaluated independently. The final mark of the module results from the arithmetic mean of the final marks of the two subjects.
To pass the module it is necessary to pass the evaluation of the two subjects that compose it.
In the table, the hours of dedication to each activity are not specified because they may vary from one student to another. The approximate total hours of student personal work are specified in the table in the \"Methodology\" section.
The evaluation will consist of three types of activities:
1) Exams (see \"Contents\" section). Except for justified reasons, the students of the virtual modality will take the exams in synchrony with the students of the face-to-face modality, in connection with Microsoft Teams and with the camera activated. When this is not possible, they will agree with the professor the day and time of the exam, which will be as close as possible to those of the original exam.
2) Individual or group papers.
In the event that some of these activities cannot be taken on-site for sanitary reasons, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB's virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities, and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussionon Teams. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Regarding the mark review procedure, lecturers will inform the students about it at the time of each evaluation activity.
Regarding the make-up exam (of the whole subject), the lecturer will agree with the students the date. Students who have passed but wish to improve their mark may also take the make-up exam (of the whole subject).
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the lecturer will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and date for the review of grades.
Students will obtain a not assessed/not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30 % of the assessment items. In order to be eligible for reassessment, students must previously have been assessed in a set of activities whose combined weight amounts to at least two-thirds of the final grade.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
This module provides for a single-assessment system.
Assessment will consist of three components in the case of DEL REINO NUEVO A LA BAJA ÉPOCA:
- One examination (75% of the final grade).
- Short analyses of primary sources (25%).
Assessment will consist of one written assignment in the case of ADMINISTRACIÓN, SOCIEDAD Y ECONOMÍA EGIPCIA.
At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the lecturer will inform students of the procedure and date for the review of grades.
A student will receive a grade of “Not Assessed” (“No evaluable”) if they have not submitted more than one-third of the assessment activities.
The same reassessment system as that used for continuous assessment will apply. To be eligible for reassessment, the student must have submitted all the required assessment tasks.
If a student commits any type of misconduct that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade awarded for an assessment activity, that activity will be graded as 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may result from such conduct. If multiple instances of misconduct are verified in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0.
Bibliography
DEL REINO NUEVO A LA BAJA ÉPOCA
Cline, Eric H. y David O’Connor (eds.), Thutmose III. A New Biography (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2009).
Dodson, Aidan. Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (El Cairo: American University Press, 2009)
Dodson, Aidan, Poisoned Legacy. The Fall of the XIXth Egyptian Dynasty (El Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2010).
Dodson, Aidan, Afterglow of Empire. Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance (El Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2012)
Dodson, Aidan, Amarna Sunrise. Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy (El Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2014)
Forshaw, Roger, Egypt of the Saite Pharaohs, 664-525 BC (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019).
Gabolde, Marc. Toutankhamoun (París: Pygmalion, 2015)
Goedicke, Hans, Studies about Kamose and Ahmose (Baltimore: Halgo, 1995).
Kitchen, Kenneth A., The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, Warminster: Aris & Philips,1986.
Lull, José, Los sumos sacerdotes de Amón tebanos de la wHm mswt y dinastía XXI (ca. 1083 – 945 a.C.), Oxford: BAR IS 1469, 2006.
Marée, Marcel (ed.), The Second Intermediate Period (Thirteenth-Seventeenth Dynasties). Current Research, Future Prospects, OLA 192 (Lovaina: Peeters, 2010).
O’Connor David y Eric H. Cline (eds.), Amenhotep III. Perspectives on His Reign (Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1998).
Parra, José Miguel (coord.), El antiguo Egipto (Madrid: MarcialPons, 2009).
Pope, Jeremy W., The Double Kingdom Under Taharqo. Studies in the History of Kush and Egypt (c. 690 – 664 BC), (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2014).
Roehring, Catharine H. et alii, Hatshepsut, from Queen to Pharaoh (Nueva York: MMA, 2005)
ADMINISTRACIÓN, SOCIEDAD Y ECONOMÍA EGIPCIA
Proposed readings:
First week:
- Juan Carlos Moreno García, “Nuevas tendencias en Egiptología”, Claroscuro 19 (2020): https://www.academia.edu/45095791/_Introducci %C3%B3n_Nuevas_tendencias_en_Egiptolog %C3%ADa_Claroscuro_19_2_2020_
- Juan Carlos Moreno García, \"Les échanges entre l'Égypte et les régions voisines (2100-1800 avant J.-C.)\", Égypte, Afrique & Orient 73 (2014), 7-18: https://www.academia.edu/7422538/_Les_%C3%A9changes_entre_l %C3%89gypte_et_les_r%C3%A9gions_voisines_2100-1800_avant_J.-C._
- Juan Carlos Moreno García, \"Invaders or just herders? Libyans in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE\", World Archaeology 46 (2014), 610-623: https://www.academia.edu/6964784/ _Invaders_or_just_herders_Libyans_in_Egypt_in_the_3rd_and_2nd_millennia_ BCE_World_
- Stuart T. Smith, “A portion of life solidified: Understanding ancient Egypt through the integration of archaeology and history”, Journal of Egyptian History 3 (2010), 155-185: https://www.academia.edu/5934491/ A_PORTION_OF_LIFE_SOLIDIFIED_UNDERSTANDING_ANCIENT_EGYPT_ THROUGH_THE_INTEGRATION_OF_ARCHAEOLOGY_AND_HISTORY
- Seth Richardson, \"Early Mesopotamia: the presumptive state\", Past & Present 215 (2012), 3-49: https://www.academia.edu/4338807/ EARLY_MESOPOTAMIA_THE_PRESUMPTIVE_STATE_2012_
Second week:
- Toby C. Wilkinson, \"Macro-scale analysis of material culture in their landscapes: case-studies in 'invisible flows'\", en R. Matthews &J. Curtis (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Vol. 1: Mega-cities & Mega-sites: The Archaeology of Consumption& Disposal, Landscape, Transport & Communication, Wiesbaden, 2012, p. 647-662: https://www.academia.edu/1359007/ Macroscale_analysis_of_Material_culture_in_their_landscapes_casestudies_in_invisible_
- Susan Sherratt, \"The Mediterranean economy: 'Globalization' at the end of the second millennium B.C.E\", en W. G. Dever & S. Gitin (eds.), Symbiosis, Symbolism and the Power of the Past. Canaan, Ancient Israel, and Their Neighbors from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina, Winona Lake, 2003, p. 37-62: https://www.academia.edu/2163666/ The_Mediterranean_economy_Globalizationat_the_end_of_the_second_millen nium_BCE
- Baines, John & Yoffee, N. (1998) “Order, legitimacy, and wealth in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia”, en G. M. Feinman & J. Marcus (eds.), Archaic States, School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, p. 199-260: https://www.academia.edu/2492546/Order_Legitimacy_Wealth_with_Baines_
- “Ethnicity in ancient Egypt: an introduction to key issues”, Journal of Egyptian History 11 (2018), 1-17: https://www.academia.edu/36370514/ _Ethnicity_in_ancient_Egypt_an_introduction_to_key_issues_Journal_of_Egypti an_History_11_2018_1_17
Software
For face-to-face students, only access to the UAB virtual campus is necessary to be able to access the moodle classroom. In the case of virtual students, it will also be necessary to use the Microsoft Teams program during connections to classes.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Spanish | annual | morning-mixed |