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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ESH 0042	ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the civilizations and the cultural phases on the land of Turkiye.The curriculum covers the period extended from prehistoric ages until modern times, their effect and contribution to our lives.
Topics are evaluated through concrete data and geographical modeling through up to date commentaries and reflected by visual instruments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Acquire knowledge about the essential outlines about the cultural history of Türkiye
2	learn the categories and definitions of civilizations
3	become aware of the historical sites
4	render and evaluate historical knowledge from today's perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: The creation of the Mediterranean basin and fossillized humans in Turkey
2	Neolithic Age, Göbeklitepe, Çatalhöyük
3	Bronze Age, Homer and Troia
4	Hittite Civilisation and Hattusa
5	Phrygian Civilisation and Gordion
6	Lydian Civilisation and Sardes
7	Urartian Civilisation and Eastern Turkey
8	Miidterm
9	Ionian Civilisation and Science
10	Carian Civilisation and Seven Wonders of World
11	Lycian Civilisation and St. Nicholas
12	Roman Civilisation and Ephesus
13	Seldjuk Civilisation and Western Anatolia
14	Ottoman Modernism and Archeology
15	Final

Recomended or Required Reading

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton 1976
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia (10,000-323 BCE), Sharon R. Steadman-Gregory McMahon, Oxford 2011
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies, George Boys Stones-Barbara Graziosi-Phiroze Vasunia, Oxford 2009
Strabon, Antik Anadolu Coğrafyası-Geografika, Çev. Adnan Pekman, Istanbul 2005
Veli Sevin, Anadolu nun Tarihi Coğrafyası, Ankara 2001
George E. Bean, Eskiçağda Ege Bölgesi, Istanbul 1995
George E. Bean, Turkey-Beyond The Maeander, London 1989
Egon Friedel, Antik Yunan ın Kültür Tarihi, Ankara 2003
Nahit Bilgin, Antik Yunan Dünyası Felsefeden Ekonomiye, Istanbul 2004
Seton Lloyd, Türkiye nin Tarihi, Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara 1989

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, assignments

Assessment Methods

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

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Multiple choice and essay type questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance (70%) is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sukru.tul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	12	12
Preparation for final exam	1	14	14
			0
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.6	PO.14
LO.1	4
LO.2	4
LO.3	3
LO.4	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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