COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EAST MEDITERRANEAN IN THE LATE ANCIENT ERA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKT 6065 EAST MEDITERRANEAN IN THE LATE ANCIENT ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Comparative History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BINNUR GÜRLER

Offered to

Comparative History

Course Objective

During ancient times, cultural, economic and political point of view, a region important and decisive is the source of structural changes in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in Late Antiquity to assess.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand historical events in the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity
2   material culture of Late Antiquity to define the eastern Mediterranean.
3   Late Antiquity and beliefs to understand the social structure in the Eastern Mediterranean
4   Late Antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean cities, trade and become familiar with the relationship

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Eastern Roman Empire and Constantinople
2 Barbarians and the Roman Army
3 The Church and Society
4 cultural environment.
5 Cities Change and the End of the Ancient Ages
6 Eastern Mediterranean: Settlement and Change
7 Procopius
8 separation between East and West
9 Visual Arts
10 Literature
11 Social and cultural changes
12 European interaction
13 evaluation of Chronology
14 Terms, and the debate about definitions

Recomended or Required Reading

Peter Brown, The World of late Antiquity, London 1971.
W.T. Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford 1997.
Referanslar:
A.H.M.Jones, The Later Roman empire: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey, 3 cilt, Oxford 1964.
M.F.Hendy, Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450, Cambridge 1985.
R.Cormark, Writing in Gold: Byzantine Society and its Icons, Oxford 1985.
Averil Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600, 1993
Hugh Kennnedy, "From Polis to Madina: urban change in late Antique and early Islamic Syria", Past and Present 106 (1985:3-27).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual presentation of course material mainly transferred to the students, after the discussion and evaluation will be done

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

1 LO 1-2: Search assessed by the examination questions will be asked.
2 LO 3-4: In the final assessed with questions to ask.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of the courses required to attend.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

binnur.gurler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Reading 4 10 40
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 249

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.15545
LO.25545
LO.35545
LO.45545

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