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Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
East-West Relations in the First Millennium ARK432 Turkish Compulsory 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Ahmet BİLİR
Instructor(s)
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
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Description of art objects produced in the 1st half of the first millenium BC
2 To identify the multicultural effects of the cultural objects of the first millenium BC.
3 Understanding the role of commerce on cultural transfer
4 Identify the commercial routes during the first millenium BC
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
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
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students will be able to have archaeological up-to-date information and application methods ✔
2 Students will be able to apply theoratical and practicaal knowledge in the field of study ✔
3 Students will be able to distinguish and analyze stylistic and chronological problems of archaeological data and material ✔
4 Students will be able to document the archaeological data within the visual and verbal framework also with the help of digital documentation sources. ✔
5 Students will be able to make independent decisions and studies during the analysis of the archaeological problems ✔
6 Students will be able to have responsibility the resolving the problems in the archaeological projects ✔
7 Students will be able to interpret the archaeological data and use various data history, geography, sociology, economics, anthropology, and architecture in order to solve or discuss a problem concerning archaeology ✔
8 Students will be able to become concious of the requirement of being aware of the current developments and results of archaeology; follow Turkish and Foreign literature (via library and informatics) and attain these as a lifelong learning habit. ✔
9 Students will be able to follow the foreign literature and to get across with colleagues ✔
10 Students will be able to utilize contemporary techniques and equipments for archaeological applications. ✔
11 Students will be able to make disciplinary or interdisciplinary teamwork ✔
12 Students will be able to protect archaeological material and have it recognized by the public within the interrelation tourism and environment. ✔
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
PY1 4 4 4 4
PY2 5 5 5 5
PY3 4 4 4 4
PY4 4 4 4 4
PY5 4 4 4 4
PY6 5 5 5 5
PY7 5 5 5 5
PY8 4 4 4 4
PY9 4 4 4 4
PY10 4 4 4 4
PY11 4 4 4 4
PY12 5 5 5 5
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • 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
ECTS credits and course workload
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 0.5 7
Research 1 3.9 3.9
Interview 14 1 14
Presentation (Preparation) 14 1 14
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Classroom Activities 14 0.4 5.6
Total Workload 76.5
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0
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