COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ASIA MINOR I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKT 5055 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ASIA MINOR I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Comparative History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Comparative History

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Anatolian Civilizations and to discuss historical problems of these cultures from Stone age to Byzantine period according to historical texts and archaeological data

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   list a comparative chronology of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia
2   define main forms of art of Mesopotamia, Egypy and Anatolia
3   define main forms of art of Mesopotamia, Egypy and Anatolia
4   know literature on this cultures and use it in a study
5   understand importance of acculturation in the Middle East and its role in history of civilization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: course objective, methodology and literature
2 Middle East from paleolithic age to 3th millennium B.C. I
3 Middle East from paleolithic age to 3th millennium B.C. II
4 Mesopotamian Civilisations: Sumer and Akad
5 Mesopotamian Civilisations: New Sumer, Old Assyria, Old Babilonia
6 Egyptian Civilisation I
7 Egyptian Civilisation II
8 Mid-term exam
9 Anatolia during Assyrian Trade Colonies
10 Old Hittite
11 Anatolia during Hittite Empire
12 Genel Değerlendirme
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Kurth, Amelie. The Ancient Near East: c.3000-330 BC. London: Routledge 1995.
Bottero, Jean. Eski Yakındoğu Sümer den Kutsal Kitap a Ankara: Dost 2005.
Bottero, Jean. Mezopotamya da Yazı, Akıl ve Tanrılar Ankara: Dost 2012.
Van De Mieroop, Marc. Antik Yakındoğu nu Tarihi I. 3000-323 Ankara: Dost 2006.
Freeman, Charles. Mısır, Yunan ve Roma Antik Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Ankara: Dost 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Final and Mid-term

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Department of Museology, Phone: 301871

Office Hours

Mondays Hours 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.53323

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