Department of Ancient History
Department Head: Professor V.I.Kuzishchin.
The main fields of research and specialization for students of the department are as follows:
History of Diplomacy and the Military History of the Ancient Middle East
History of Literature of the Ancient Middle East
Religion and Culture of Ancient Egypt
Woman in Ancient Egypt
Ethnogenesis and Linguogenesis of the Western Semites in the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C.E.
Hurrian Political Formations in the Ancient Middle East
History and Culture of Ancient China
Greek Polis
Way of Life and Mentality of the Ancient Greeks
History of State Institutions of Athenian Polis
History of Ancient Greek Coins
History and Culture of Greek Towns in the Northern Black Sea Region: Territories of Chersonese and the Bosporus in the Hellenistic Era, Cults in Northern Black Sea Towns, Features of the Political Organization of Bosporus Kingdom
Economy, Policy and Social Relations in Regions of the Hellenistic East
Functioning of the Roman Polis (Social and Political Structures)
Early Roman Religion
Political History of Rome in the 2nd Century B.C.E.
History of Early Christianity
Roman Agrarian Cadastres
History of Roman Law: Sources, History of Private and State Law, History of Agrarian Law
Geography of Ancient World
History of Ancient American Civilizations