COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE OTTAMAN CITIES AND RESIDENTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6107 THE OTTAMAN CITIES AND RESIDENTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR BAHAR ARSLAN

Offered to

History

Course Objective

In this course will be examined the Anatolian provinces organized by the Roman administration from the beginning of the reign of Augustus to the end of the Severan dynasty and their reorganization in the late antiquity. In this context, it will be tried to determine the areas in which settlements of the Roman imperial period are concentrated depending on the topography, supported by map studies. Also, by examining the major provincial cities, boundaries, developing landscapes, infrastructure and defenses will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To able to define the concept of provincia,
2   To able to explain the principles of the determination of province borders,
3   To able to analyze the formation of provinces in Anatolia from the last quarter of the 1st century BCE until the first half of the 3rd century CE,
4   To able to distinguish the province organization in the late antiquity,
5   To able to interpret the relations between provinces,
6   To able to explain the urban areas,
7   To able to resolves the measures taken for purveyance and defense in the provinces.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The formation of the states
2 The topography and the urban areas
3 The strategic crossing points, rivers and bridges
4 Fortifications and garrisons of the provinces
5 Infrastructure: City gates, roads, aqueducts and sewers
6 The borders and boundary policies of the Roman empire s provinces in Anatolia
7 Asia
8 Midterm
9 Phrygia and Galatia
10 Pisidia
11 Lycaonia and Isauria
12 Cappadocia
13 Lycia, Pamphylia and Cilicia
14 Bithynia and Pontus, Paphlagonia, Armenia Minor

Recomended or Required Reading

Blanton, R. E., 2000. Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Settlement Patterns of the Coast Lands of the Western Rough Cilicia. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
Borgia, E., 2017. Cilicia and the Roman Empire: reflections on Provincia Cilicia and its Romanisation , Studia Europaea Gnesnensia 16: 295-318.
Dmitriev, S., 2005. The History and Geography of the Province of Asia during Its First Hundred Years and the Provincialization of Asia Minor , Athenaeum. Studi di letteratura e storia dell antichità, 93: 71-133.
French, D., 1991. Roads in Pisidia , E. Schwertheim (ed.), Forschungen in Pisidien, 167-175.
Gwatkin, W. E., 1930. Cappadocia as a Roman Procuratorial Province. Columbia: The University of Missouri.
Hellenkemper, H. and Hild, F., 2004. Lykien und Pamphylien. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Hoff, M. C. and Rhys, F. T. (eds.), 2013. Rough Cilicia: New Historical and Archaeological Approaches. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Lenski, N., 1999. Relations between Coast and Hinterland in Rough Cilicia , La Cilicie: Espaces et Pouvoirs Locaux Table Ronde Internationale, Istanbul, 2-5 Novembre 1999, Varia Anatolica XIII, 2001, 417-423.
Mitchell, S. 1980. Population and the Land in Roman Galatia , ANRW II.7.2: 1053-1081.
Mitchell, S., 1984. The Greek city in the Roman World. The case of Pontus and Bithynia , Proceedings of the VIIIth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Athens 1982, 120-133.
Mitchell, S., 1993. Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Mitchell, S., Katsari, C. and Braund, D. (eds.), 2005. Patterns in the economy of Roman Asia Minor. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales.
Mitford, T. B., 1980. Roman Rough Cilicia , ANRW., II.7.2: 1230-1261.
Strobel, K., 2008. New perspectives on the Historical Geography and Topography of Anatolia in the II and I Millenium B.C. Firenze: LoGisma.
Wilson, D. R., 1960. The Historical Geography of Bithynia, Paphlagonia and Pontus in the Greek and Roman Periods: A New Survey with Particular References to Surface Remains still Visible , B. Litt. Thesis, Oxford University.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Individual assignments
Seminars

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 with midterm exam,
LO 4-5 with individual assignments,
LO 1-7 with final exam will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at least 70 % to the lessons is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kilic@deu.edu.tr
phone: 3018735

Office Hours

by appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 2 14 28
Preparing presentations 2 14 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13
LO.233
LO.3
LO.43
LO.54
LO.625
LO.72

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