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Broadening and deepening of general knowledge by dealing with exemplary topics, i.e. societies and languages of the Middle East and the Mediterranean as well as their interactions.

Theory of cultural contacts, criteria for the evaluation of possible influences, examples of cultural contacts in Antiquity in different fields (e.g., literature, religion, language, technology).

Presentation of lecturer and students, discussion, work on case studies.

Presentation, participation in the discussion, paper on a case study .

Bernabé Alberto: Hittites and Greeks. Mythical Influences and Methodological Considerations, in: Rollinger Robert / Ulf Christoph (Hg.): Griechische Archaik: Interne Entwicklungen, externe Impuse, Berlin, 2004, S. 291-310.
Horstmanshoff H.F.J / M. Stol (Hg.): Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine (Studies in Ancient Medicine 27), Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2004.
Schretter Manfred: Kulturkontakte im Umfeld ugaritischer Schreiber, in: Rollinger Robert / Truschnegg Brigitte (Hg.): Altertum und Mittelmeerraum: Die antike Welt diesseits und jenseits der Levante (Oriens et Occidens 12), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006.
Tigay Jeffrey H.: On Evaluating Claims of Litearay Borrowing, in: FS Hallo, 1993, S. 250-255.
Ulf Christoph: Rethinking Cultural Contacts, Ancient West & East 8, S. 81-132, 2009.
Whiting R.M. (Hg.), Mythology and Mythologies (Melammu Symposia II), Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corupus Project, 2001.

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