AHAR 204 - ANCIENT NORTH AFRICA: THE ARCHEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

This course discusses the material remains of North Africa from Morocco to Libya and from the foundation of Carthage around 800 BC until the conquest of the same city by the Arabs in 698 AD. Special attention will be paid to the cultural interactions of native and foreign populations that shaped its identity: Numidians, Phoenicians, Romans, Berbers, Vandals, Byzantines and Arabs. Major themes that will be treated are: religion, economy, urban culture, art and architecture and the administration of the territory.

Pre-requisites: A lower-level Archeology or Art History or Classics course or permission of the instructor.