COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MIDDLE AGES I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6089 HISTORY OF SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MIDDLE AGES I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERKAN GÖKSU

Offered to

History

Course Objective

To understand correctly the success of Islam s expansion to Arab peninsula in a 23-year period since 610; and to learn the causes and effects of Islam s expansion in the period of the Righteous Caliphs and Umayyad.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   acknowledges the Arabia, in which Islam emerged and developed.
2   comprehends the causes of Islam s expansion to the Arabia.
3   learns the causes of Islam s expansion to the lands under the sovereign of Sassanid Empire and to Central Asia.
4   learns the effects of Islam s expansion to the lands under the sovereign of Sassanid Empire and to Central Asia.
5   comprehends the dynamics of the History of Islamic expansion and learns the effects of Muslims in the Middle Age.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Causes of Islamic expansion
2 Results of Islamic expansion
3 Relations with Byzantium during the Period of the Prophet Muhammad
4 Relations with Byzantium during the Period of Khulafa-i Rashidun
5 Islam s Expansion in Syria
6 Islam s Expansion in Egypt
7 Islam s Expansion in North Africa
8 Midterm Exam
9 Relations with Byzantium during the Period of Umayyads
10 Constantine siege in Umayyads period
11 Islamic navy is in Mediterranean
12 Conquest of Cyprus
13 Conquest of Spain
14 Course review

Recomended or Required Reading

1. al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari
2. Al Baladhuri, Ansab al-Ashraf
3. Al Baladhuri, Kitab Futuh al-Buldan
4. Ibn al-Athir, al-K mil fi t-tar kh

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, presentation, research, Q&A, assignment.

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

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Assessment Criteria

The evaluation will be based upon a mid-term exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erkan.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

TBA

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.12
LO.233
LO.344
LO.45
LO.5