JWST 3661

Sumerian Language and Culture I

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This course is an intense introduction for undergraduate and graduate students to the earliest written language, Sumerian, and its cuneiform script. Each week will feature grammar lessons and a reading of an important Sumerian historical or literary work in English translation. Through lecture and discussion, the class will explore the deep roots of the Sumerian historical memory, the origins of Mesopotamian civilization, and the role of the central government in the development of writing.

Distribution Category (HA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)

Comments Co-meets with ARKEO 6661/JWST 6661/NES 6661.

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