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The students have knowledge of the history of Afro-Eurasia in the sense of an entangled history and/or ancient global history, which traces the transregional systems of interaction and communication and their actors and deals with geopolitical space. The students recognise the potential of the analytical categories gender, class, ethnicity for the historical examination of antiquity.

“Royal women” are often marginalized in the ancient tradition or - as in the literary sources - portrayed in a stereotyped way. In this course, we will therefore ask ourselves about their scope of action in various ancient power structures. Using examples from Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Macedonia, the Hellenistic Empires, the Arsacid Empire, and the Roman Empire, we will attempt to gain a better understanding of the scope of action of the “royal women”.

Lecture, group discussion, examination of sources and research literature

Assessment of teamworks, presentation and a short written paper.

Carney, E.D./Müller, S. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Monarchy in the Ancient Mediterranean World, London/New York 2020.