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11–12Ancient History 11–12 Syllabus

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Year 12

Historical periods

Through an investigation of the archaeological and written sources of ONE historical period, students learn about the nature of power and authority, significant developments that shaped the historical period, and relevant historiographical issues.

The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.

Students study key features of ONE of the following historical periods:

  • New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmose IV
  • New Kingdom Egypt – Amenhotep III to the death of Ramesses II
  • The Levant in the period c. 869–586 BCE
  • Persia – Cyrus II to the death of Darius III
  • Imperial China – the Qin and Han 247–87 BCE
  • The Greek world 500–440 BCE
  • Greece from 404 BCE to the death of Philip II
  • The fall of the Roman Republic 78–42 BCE
  • The Augustan Age 44 BCE–14 CE
  • The Julio-Claudians 14–68 CE.
New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmose IV
Context

  • The chronological and geographical context of Egypt in the Near East

  • The establishment of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and the reunification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Internal developments

  • The impact of the Hyksos

  • The role and contributions of rulers from Ahmose to Thutmose IV

  • The role and contributions of queens, including Tetisheri, Ahhotep I and Ahmose-Nefertari

  • The development and importance of the cult of Amun

  • The political and religious significance of building programs

Foreign relations

  • Development and role of the army

  • The nature of Egyptian imperialism

  • The establishment and maintenance of the ‘empire’

  • Relations with foreign powers, including the Mitanni

  • The role of the image of the ‘warrior pharaoh’

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