COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT ANATOLIAN HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 2035 ANCIENT ANATOLIAN HISTORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT KILIÇ

Offered to

History
History (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to deal with the history of Anatolia from the beginning of the Paleolithic Age to the end of the Iron Age in the light of archaeological and epigraphic data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
2   have the scientific literature related to the content of the course.
3   define the main concepts and facts related to the subject.
4   explain the evolution of human.
5   learn the systems used in dividing prehistoric time into ages.
6   indicate the main settlements of Anatolia according to the time period they represent.
7   understand the cultural, political and socio-economic structure of Anatolia in the Bronze Age.
8   evaluate the development of Anatolian civilizations in the 1st millennium BCE and their effects on the Western world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Scope and Resources
2 The Evolution of Human in the Paleolithic Age and the Transition Process to the Neolithic Age
3 Neolithic and Chalcolithic Age
4 Bronze Age
5 Ancient Names of Anatolia - Languages and Peoples
6 The Assyrian Trade Colonies Period
7 Hittite History I: The Old and Middle Kingdom Periods
8 Midterm
9 Hittite History II: The Imperial Period
10 The Aegean Migrations
11 The Late Hittites
12 The Phrygians
13 The Lydians
14 The Urartians

Recomended or Required Reading

Akurgal, E., Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Istanbul: Net Turistik Yayınları.
Akurgal, E., Anadolu Kültür Tarihi, Ankara: Tübitak.
Alp, S., Hitit Çağı'nda Anadolu: Çiviyazılı ve Hiyeroglif Yazılı Kaynaklar. Ankara: Tübitak.
Brandau, B. ve Schickert, H., Hititler: Bilinmeyen Bir Dünya Imparatorluğu. (çev. N. Mertoğlu) Ankara: Arkadaş Yayınları.
Çilingiroğlu, A., Urartu Tarihi, Izmir: Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi.
Gurney, O.R., Hititler, Istanbul: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları.
Kınal, F., Eski Anadolu Tarihi. Ankara: TTK.
Lloyd, S., Türkiye'nin Tarihi: Bir Gezginin Gözüyle Anadolu Uygarlıkları. (çev. E. Varinlioğlu), Ankara: Tübitak.
Melchert, H. C. (ed.), Luviler: Anadolu'nun Gizemli Halkı, (çev. B. Baysal ve Ç. Çidamlı), Istanbul: Kalkedon.
Sevin, V., Eski Anadolu ve Trakya: Başlangıcından Pers Egemenliğine Kadar, Istanbul: Iletişim.
Ünal, A., Hititler Devrinde Anadolu (I-III), Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-) Lecture
2-) Seminar

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-) LO 1-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the midterm exam.
2-) LO 1-7: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1-) % 70 attendance is obligatory.
2-) Participation to the midterm and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kilic@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.353
LO.44
LO.54
LO.65
LO.743
LO.8

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