COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5026 BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA DAŞ

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the rise and development of the Byzantine Empire, the Byzantine administrative organization, and the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The development of the Byzantine Empire
2   The political history of the Byzantine Empire
3   The political-military history of the Byzantine Empire
4   The Byzantine administrative organization
5   The reasons of the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The latest periods of the Byzantine Empire and the characteristics of the Byzantine synthesis
2 Konstantinus and the foundation of Istanbul
3 The period of Justinianus
4 The period of Herakleios Dynasty
5 The Iconoclast movement in Byzantine
6 The period of Amorium Dynasty
7 The term examination
8 The period of Macedonia Dynasty
9 Byzantine, Turks, and the crusades in the 12th century
10 The period of Komnenoslar Dynasty
11 The 4th Crusade and its outcomes
12 The Emperor of Iznik Laskaris
13 The period of Palaiologoslar Dynasty
14 The end of the Byzantine Empire

Recomended or Required Reading

Bizans, Cogito, Yapı kredi yayınları, sayı 17, Kış 1999.
Daş, M.,Bizans ın Düşüşü, Istanbul 2006.
Demirkent, I.,Bizans Tarihi Yazıları, Istanbul 2005.
Dikici, R.,Şu Bizim Bizans, Istanbul 2007.
Levtchenko, M. V.,Kuruluşundan Yıkılışına Kadar Bizans Tarihi, çev. Maide Selen, Istanbul 1999.
Nicol, Donald, M.,Bizans ın son yüzyılları (1261-1453), çev. B. Umar, Istanbul 1999.
Ostrogorsky, G.,Bizans Devleti Tarihi, çev. F. Işıltan, TTK, Ankara 1999.
Cheynet, J.C.,Bizans Tarihi, çev. I. Yergüz, Ankara 2008.
Lemerle, P.,Bizans Tarihi, çev. G. Üstün, Istanbul 2004.
Nicol, D. M.,Bizans ve Venedik, Çev. G. Ç. Güven, Istanbul 2000.
Mango, C, Bizans Yeni Roma Imparatorluğu, YKY.,çev. G. Ç. Güven, Istanbul, 2008
Rice, T.T.,Bizans ta Günlük Yaşam, çev. B. Altınok, Istanbul, tarih yok.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Research

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

Term examination 40%
Final examination 60%

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
LO 2-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.das@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10:30-11:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555

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