COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT ANATOLIAN CULTURES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 2004 ANCIENT ANATOLIAN CULTURES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RECEP YILDIRIM

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inform students about the products, thoughts and art lives of Ancient Anatolian societies they formed in material and moral area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to list the sources about Ancient Anatolian societies
2   To be able to summarise the first village and town settlement places
3   To be able to list the features and important structures of Ancient cities
4   To be able to tell the names and properties of the structures in Anatolia that take place among the Seven Wonders of the World
5   To be able to comment on the importance and benefits of the museums
6   To be able to become conscious of the protection of antiquities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Justification and Importance of Course - Course Rules and Requirements, Sources of the History of Ancient Anatolia, Scope of the History of Ancient Anatolia
2 Museums in Anatolia and Exhibition Purposes
3 Çatalhöyük from Neolithic Period Centres and its Importance
4 An Establishment of an Early Bronze Period: The Importance of Alacahöyük
5 Capital of the Hittites: Hattusas (Boğazköy)
6 Late Hittite Centers and Cultural Interaction
7 Urartu Center Tuşpa (Van), and Urartian Art Works
8 Midterm Exam
9 Phrygian Necropolis and Gordian Midas Monument
10 Lydia Culture Example: The Treasure of Karun
11 The Importance of Ephesus and Miletus; The Philosophers of Nature
12 Funerary Monuments of Lycia
13 Hellenistic Period, the Kingdom of Kommegene and Mount Nemrut
14 Bergama Zeus Altar- Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Akurgal, Ekrem (1998). Anadolu Kültür Tarihi. Ankara: TÜBITAK Yayınları.
2 Akurgal, Ekrem (2003). Anadolu Uygarlıkları. Istanbul: Net Turistik Yayınları.
3 Iplikçioğlu, Bülent (1994). Eskiçağ Tarihinin Ana Hatları. Istanbul: Bilim Teknik Yayınevi.
4 Yıldırım, Recep (1996). Eskiçağ'da Anadolu. Izmir: Meram Yayıncılık.
5 Tekin, Oğuz (2007). Eski Anadolu ve Trakya, Iletişim Anadolu Uygarlıkları. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
6 Sevin, Veli (2003). Eski Anadolu ve Trakya, Başlangıcından Pers Egemenliğine Kadar.Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
7 Bayburtluoğlu, Cevdet (2004). Lycia. Istanbul. Suna ve Inan Kıraç Vakfı Yayınları.
8 Umar, Bilge (1995). Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Anıtlar. Istanbul: Inkılâp Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recep.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65