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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient History (Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia) | TAR 105 | Turkish | Compulsory | 1. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | Lecture/Presentation |
| Course Coordinator | Doç. Dr. Pınar PINARCİK |
| Instructor(s) | Doç. Dr. Pınar PINARCİK (Güz) |
| Goals | The objective of this course is to examine the political, social, economic, and cultural structures of the civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Anatolia from the dawn of human history through a holistic perspective. It aims to enable students to grasp the interactions between these ancient regions and to develop the analytical skills necessary to understand the foundations of modern civilization. |
| Course Content | The core content of this course encompasses the historical development, religious beliefs, legal systems, and artistic legacies of Mesopotamian states such as Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria; the Egyptian civilization; and Anatolian civilizations including the Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians, Lydians, and Neo-Hittite City-States, spanning from Prehistory to the Hellenistic Period. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Defines the fundamental chronological phases and significant historical events in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Anatolia. |
| 1 | Students can analysis and synthesis of cultural |
| 1 | Students can analysis and synthesis of cultural |
| 2 | Students will learn the process of the rise of civilization and development |
| 2 | Students will learn the process of the rise of civilization and development |
| 2 | Analyzes the political organizations and social stratification structures of ancient societies through a comparative perspective. |
| 3 | Evaluates the legacy left to the modern world by ancient cultures in the light of written documents and archaeological findings. |
| 3 | Students will explain the stages of development and archeology |
| 3 | Students will explain the stages of development and archeology |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction to Ancient History: Sources and Chronology | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 2. Week | The Dawn of Mesopotamia: Sumerian City-States and Writing | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 3. Week | The First Empires: Akkadians | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 4. Week | Old and Neo-Babylonian Periods: The Code of Hammurabi | Research, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 5. Week | Assyrian Trade Colonies and First Contacts with Anatolia | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 6. Week | Egypt, The Gift of the Nile: Archaic and Old Kingdom Periods | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 7. Week | Middle and New Kingdom Egypt: Religious Reforms and Architecture | Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 8. Week | Middle and New Kingdom Egypt: Religious Reforms and Architecture | Practice |
| 9. Week | Late Bronze Age Diplomacy and the Treaty of Kadesh | Research, Other Activities |
| 10. Week | The Imperial Process in Anatolia: The Hittite State (Political History) | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 11. Week | Hittite Social Life, Law, and Religious Structure | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 12. Week | Phrygians and Lydians | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 13. Week | Neo Hittite City-States and Cultural Interaction | Research, Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation) |
| 14. Week | The Legacy of the Ancient World and General Evaluation | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The students gain the ability to produce scientific knowledge and analyze a history of the discipline of history method. | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | The students gain information about past and present historiographical and schools in the world and in Turkey, they recognize new schools and evaluate the effects of date. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | The students understand and penetrate historically, developing the ability to identify problems, deeply into every aspect of historical events. | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | The students will have the ability to comprehend current events and processes the relationship between the past. They will be able to relate to local and oral history research through the unique a relationship between what is universal is the winner. | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | The students gain the ability to present historical texts, analyze, criticize, and is capable of analyzing and summarizing the subject as a foundation sources, making transcription, reporting, and notification scientific meetings etc. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Historical problems, academic / ability to approach the objective of making winning the reasoning and analytical thinking skills are developed by the students. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | The students obtain information at a basic level Ancient and Islamic history, Islam before and after the Turkish history, Ottoman and Republican history, such as European and World history about all periods of history, learn the basic problems and within these periods can be compared. | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | The students can use acquired knowledge and skills in the field of history, social sciences, studies conducted in conjunction with other areas. | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | The students get knowledge of the interpretation about Ottoman, European and World History and have the skills to make comparison and analysis. | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | The students gain the habit of using the library and archives and the ability, learn ways of doing research on a topic and use them in other areas of life. | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | The students Specific analyze tools for working with documents that are required for certain periods, historical texts (paleography, epigraphy, etc.), inscriptions and epitaphs, and gain the skills to use source texts in various languages. | ✔ | |||||
| 12 | The students adopt the importance of lifelong learning and folllow developments in contemporary issues and develop self; they get scientific ethics and consciousness of responsibility. | ✔ | |||||
| 13 | The students gain the skills to use and the information bibliographical repertoires, archival inventories, information retrieval tools, such as electronic references. By using internet technologies in the field of information and knowledge creation, editing, forwarding, storage, and sharing presentations is capable of (They capable of knowledge creation, editing, forwarding, storage, and sharing presentations by using internet technologies in the field of information). | ✔ | |||||
| 14 | The students capable of independent decision-making and individual study skills. They gain confidence to express their ideas and criticism in a constructive manner, oral and written and a clear and concise manner. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| Güz Dönemi | |||
| Responsible Personnel | Grup | Evaluation Method | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doç. Dr. Pınar PINARCİK | Vize | 40.00 | |
| Doç. Dr. Pınar PINARCİK | Final | 60.00 | |
| Toplam | 100.00 | ||
| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Research | 14 | 1 | 14 | |
|
Sınavlar |
Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| Homework Preparation | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total Workload | 76.5 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
