COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF AEGEAN GREEK

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Archeology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR FATIH HAKAN KAYA

Offered to

Archeology (Evening)
Archeology

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to make learn main phases of Greek civilization that occured since 2nd Millenium BC, to show basic battles and treaties of Greek world and in consequence to reflect to students social-politic and social-cultural daily life of Greek world

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. to demonstrate and exercise independence of mind and thought.
2   2. to know the Modern and ancient literature about course of Ancient Greek History.
3   3. to know main historical events (battles, treaties) which efect Greek civilization
4   4. to understand main imigrations and colonizations in ancient Greek history.
5   5. to learn main politic events and politic formations which appeared during ancient Greek
6   6. Students are expected to have the necessary knowledge and skills to assess the cause and effect relations caused by political and social developments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course. Main literatur sources. Ancient literaturs. Meeting, content and examination of course
2 Historical geography and geograohical boundaries of Greek civilization.
3 Aegean immigrations and Dorian invation. Dark Ages. Reading (O. Tekin, Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş).
4 Greek city-states in Eastern Greece and realitons between Greek and Phrygian, Lydian civilizations.
5 Ancient Greek colonization, colonies and new social structure of Greek society. Reading (A.M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi).
6 Reforms at Athens. Reading (A.M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi).
7 Greco-Persian Battles. Ionian Revolution, Attic-Delian League. Reading (J.K. Williams, The Empire of the Ancient Greece; O. Tekin, Eski Yunan Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları).
8 Mid-term exam
9 Peloponnesian War. Sicilian expedition. Revolt of the satraps of Eastern Greek. Reading (A.M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi; O. Tekin, Eski Yunan Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları).
10 Rise of Macedonian kingdom. Alexander Great and his successors. Reading (O. Tekin, Eski Anadolu ve Trakya: Ege Göçlerinden Roma Imparatorluğu'nun Ikiye Ayrılmasına Kadar).
11 Main political structure and character of Alexander Great's empire. Reading (J.K. Williams, The Empire of the Ancient Greece; A.M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi.)
12 Afterwards Alexander Great. Wars of the Diadochi. Reading (P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek Word).
13 Pergamonian, Bithynian, Pontic Cappadocian, Armenian and Commagenian Kingdoms. Collapse of Hellenistic Kingdoms and the power of Rome. Reading (P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek Word; O. Tekin, Eski Anadolu ve Trakya: Ege Göçlerinden Roma Imparatorluğu'nun Ikiye Ayrılmasına Kadar)
14 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. V.R.d'A. Desborough, The Last Mycenaeans and their Successors (1964).
2. G.L. Huxley, The Early Ionians (1972).
3. V.R.d'A. Desborough, The Greek Dark Ages (1972).
4. A.M. Mansel, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi (1983).
5. J. Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (1993).
6. O. Tekin, Eski Yunan Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları (1998)
7. A.M. Snodgrass, The Dark Age of Greece (2000).
8. I.S. Lemos, The Protogeometric Aegean (2002).
9. J.K. Williams, The Empire of the Ancient Greece (2003).
10. V. Sevin, Eski Anadolu ve Trakya Başlangıcından Pers Egemenliğine Kadar (2003).
11. P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek Word (2006).
12. O. Tekin, Eski Anadolu ve Trakya: Ege Göçlerinden Roma Imparatorluğu'nun Ikiye Ayrılmasına Kadar (2007).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Course
2. 2. Presentation

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

1. 1. LO 1-4 will be assessed with Mid-term and final exams
2. 2. LO 5-6 will be evaluated with the term paper report.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1. 70% of participation of the classes is necessary.
2. 2. Nonattendance in the course not to be regarded as a valid excuse of late homework.
3. 3. Report, mid-term, final exam and participation to activities will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Fatih Hakan Kaya
Dokuz Eylul University
Faculty of Literature
Department of Archaeology,
Campus of Tınaztepe - Buca Izmir, TR-35160 TURKEY
Tel: +90.232.3017746, Fax: +90.232.4534188,
E-mail: fatih.Kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 12 3 36
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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