COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE AEGEAN REGION FROM PROTOHISTORIC TO LATE ANTIQUITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 6004 HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE AEGEAN REGION FROM PROTOHISTORIC TO LATE ANTIQUITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the history of the Aegean world, the Western Anatolia, the Cyclades and Mainland Greece. The cultural history of region focusing on material findings will be real asset for the field of museology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the infrastructure of the Aegean region i.e., data coming from the geography that does not change despite changing cultures, natural environment and potentiality.
2   Students aim to learn the earliest periods of the Aegean History, that are parallel to human history, and the environment and circles of life developed by human activity
3   Students analyze material data of Aegean cultures
4   Students analyze the literary sources of Aegean cultures
5   Students learn about the human dimension of Aegean cultures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explaining the general geographical features of Aegean Region, mainland and islands
2 Western Anatolia in Minoan (Linear A) and Mycenaean (Linear B) texts.
3 Western Anatolia in Hittite texts 1; Arzawa.
4 Estern Anatolia in Hittite texts 2; Ahhiyawa, Millawanda.
5 Western Anatolia in Hittite texts 3; Lukka, Karkişa.
6 Introduction to the Western Anatolian Historical Geography.
7 Ancient Troad Region.
8 Midterm exam
9 Ancient Aiolis Region.
10 Ancient Ionian Region.
11 Ancient Carian Region.
12 Ancient Lycian Region
13 Ancient Lydian Region.
14 Ancient Mysian Region
15 Ancient Phrygian Region.
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, Eric H.Cline, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012
-Tunç Çağı'nı Sona Erdiren Halklar- Deniz Kavimleri, Barış Gür, Arkeoloji ve sanat yayınları, Istanbul 2012
-Antik Anadolu Coğrafyası/Geographika, Strabon, çeviren:Adnan Pekman, Arkeoloji ve sanat yayınları, Istanbul 2012
-Antik Çağda Anadolu, Elmar Schwertheim, Çeviri: Nuran Batu, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Library work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

essay type questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 2 30 60
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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