Ancient history: to c 500 CE Palaeography (history of writing) History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE 2 History: earliest times to present day 2 Middle & Near Eastern archaeology 2 Middle Eastern history 2 Ancient (Classical) Greek 1 Ancient Greece 1 Ancient Rome 1 Byzantine Empire 1 Classical Greek & Roman archaeology 1 Classical history / classical civilisation 1 Classical texts 1 Historiography 1 Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 1 Material culture 1 Medieval history 1