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The world’s earliest poetry, cities, and empires all hail from the ancient Near East, but the remains of its remarkable cultures are under direct threat by the current conflicts in the Middle East. Digital technologies can help us to study, preserve, and recreate the artifacts that remain, and this class combines the use of such technologies with the study of the ancient world, offering students the chance to critically engage with modern scholarship methods and create their own digital resources, as well as gain familiarity with key themes and features of the ancient Near East, including urbanization, internationalism, and literature.