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Pyramid Schemes: What Can Ancient Egyptian Civilization Teach Us?

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Brief Introduction

This course examines the quintessential example of the "exotic, mysterious ancient world"

Course Summary

This course explores the ancient Egyptian civilization and its use of pyramid schemes, with a focus on what lessons we can learn from their successes and failures in the modern world.

Key Learning Points

Understand the history and cultural significance of pyramid schemes in ancient Egypt
Learn how pyramid schemes were used for economic and political gain
Explore the ethical implications of pyramid schemes in the modern world

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- India: ₹4,50,000
- Spain: €34,000
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- Spain: €50,000
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Learning Outcomes

Understand the significance of pyramid schemes in ancient Egypt
Analyze the use of pyramid schemes for economic and political gain
Evaluate the ethical implications of pyramid schemes in the modern world

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic understanding of ancient Egyptian civilization
Interest in economic and political history

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online
Self-paced

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How much of your impression of the ancient world was put there by Hollywood, music videos, or orientalist musings out of the West? How accurate are these depictions? Does it matter? This course examines the quintessential example of the "exotic, mysterious ancient world"—ancient Egypt—to interrogate these questions. Who has used ancient Egypt as a construct, and to what purpose? Did you know that pyramids, mummies, King Tut, and Cleopatra represent just the (overhyped) tip of a very rich civilization that holds plenty of life lessons for today? Combine the ancient Egyptians' explanations of the world's natural forces with all the social complexity of human interaction and you have a fully formed society—about four millennia of accumulated experience! Can investigating the real ancient Egypt unpack our current misconceptions about the land of the pharaohs? Hardly morose, tomb-building zombies, the Egyptians embraced life in all its messy details. Piety and corruption, imperialism and isolationism, divinity and mortality all played significant roles in life along the Nile. What can we learn about the nature of politics and society in our time by seeing the parallels between the ancient past and today? We explore archaeology, modern Egyptomania, repatriation, new digital visualization technologies, and international politics. What was ancient Egyptian racism? What is archaeological racism? Who owns the past? Who needs it? We take excursions into Egyptian art, history, politics, religion, literature and language (hieroglyphs), plus examine the evolution of Egyptology as a discipline.

Summary of User Reviews

Discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian civilization and learn about pyramid schemes in this informative course from Harvard Online Learning. Users have praised the course for its engaging content and expert instructors.