COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MIDDLE AGES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6108 HISTORY OF SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MIDDLE AGES II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEYHUN ŞAHIN

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   He acknowledges the Arabia, in which Islam emerged and developed.
2   He comprehends the causes of Islam s expansion to the Arabia.
3   He learns the causes of Islam s expansion to the lands under the sovereign of Sassanid Empire and to Central Asia.
4   He learns the effects of Islam s expansion to the lands under the sovereign of Sassanid Empire and to Central Asia.
5   He 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 Islam's Expansion in Iran Lands
2 Islam's Expansion in the Central Asia
3 Relations with Iran during the Period of the Prophet Muhammad
4 Relations with Iran during the Period of the Righteous Caliphs
5 Islam's Expansion to Iran and the Collapse of Sassanid Empire
6 Meeting of Muslims with Turks and Islam's Expansion to the Central Asia
7 Islamic Expeditions to Transoxiana during the Period of Righteous Caliphs
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Causes of Conquests
10 Effects of Conquests
11 Islam's Expansion in the Khorasan Region during the Period of Umayyad
12 Islam's Expansion in the Transoxiana Region during the Period of Umayyad
13 Kutaibah b. Muslim's Campaigns to the Central Asia
14 Conquest of Spian
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari
Al Baladhuri, Ansab al-Ashraf
Al Baladhuri, Kitab Futuh al-Buldan
Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi t-tarih
Ibn Hişam, Hz. Peygamber'in Hayatı, Istanbul, 2021.
A. Aktan, Islam Tarihi, Ankara, 2017.
A. Akbulut, Sahabeler Dönemi Iktidar Kavgası, Istanbul, 2019.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, Q&A, homework.

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, a presentation and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

seyhun.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 15:00-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 15 210
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 284

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13
LO.245
LO.34
LO.45
LO.53