Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
East-West Relations in the First Millennium ARK432 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet BİLİR
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To understand the Aegean Sea and the mutual relations that divide the East and the West from each other in Eastern Mediterranean geography in 1th Millenium BC. Teaching political history of the period. To explain the mutual interaction in archaeological data.
Course Content Economic and political structure in 1th Millenium BC. The role of trade in East-West relations. The influence of art in the East. Understanding issues such as the role of eastern civilizations in the development of Greek culture.
Learning Outcomes - Description of art objects produced in the 1st half of the first millenium BC
- To identify the multicultural effects of the cultural objects of the first millenium BC.
- Understanding the role of commerce on cultural transfer
- Identify the commercial routes during the first millenium BC
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Economical and political structure in the first millenium BC
2. Week The role of the Phoenicians in the development of Mediterranean Cultures
3. Week Northern Syria and Assyrian influences on Mediterranean and Aegean art
4. Week Influences of Late Hittite Art on Mediterranean and Aegean Cultures
5. Week The art of the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus
6. Week Greek art in Egypt. Influence of Egypt in Greek art
7. Week The role of Eastern culture in early Greek art
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Influences of Persian Art in Anatolian Culture
10. Week Eastern elements in Etruscan Art
11. Week Influences of Phrygian Art in Greek Culture
12. Week Influences of Urartian Art in Greek Culture
13. Week The role of trade in interaction between Lydian art and Greek art
14. Week Alexander the Great and Hellenism
Recommended Sources
J.M. Cook, The Greeks in Ionia and the East, London 1970
J. Boardman, The Greek sculpture: The late Classical Peirod and and Sculpture in Colonies and Overseas, London 1995
T.J. Dunbabin, The Greeks and and Their Eastern Neighbours, Chicago 1979
A.G. Woodhead, , The Greeks in the West, London 1962
V.R. Desborough, The Greek Dark Ages, London 1972
D. Harden, The Phoenicians, London 1963; M. Grand, The Etruscans, London 1980
E. Akurgal, Phrygische Kunst, Ankara 1955
E. Akurgal, Orient und Okzident, Barcelona 1966
M.I. Finley, The Ancient Economy, London 1973
A. Möller, Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece, New York 2000
V. Karageorghis, The Civilisations of the Aegean and their Diffusion in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, Larnaca 1996
D.P.S. Peacock, Pottery and Early Commerce: Characterization and Trade in Roman and Later Ceramics, London 1977
C. Roebuck, , Economy and Society in the Early Greek World, Chicago 1979
J.C. Waldbaum, “Early Greek Contacts with the Southern Levant, c. 1000-6000 BC: The Eastern Perspective”, BASOR 293, 1994, s. 53-66.
J.C.Waldbaum- J. Magness, “The Chronology of Early Greek Pottery: New Evidence from Seventh Century BC Destruction Levels in Israel”, AJA 101, 1997, s. 23-40
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY1 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 -
PY3 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY4 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY5 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY6 5 5 5 5 5 -
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 -
PY8 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY9 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY10 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY11 4 4 4 4 4 -
PY12 5 5 5 5 5 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 2 28
Preparation, After Class Study 14 0.5 7
Research 1 3.9 3.9
Verbal Expression 14 1 14
Visual Presentation 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Classroom Activities 14 0.4 5.6
Total Workload 76.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0