COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION OF THE GREAT SELJUQ EMPIRE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 2013 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION OF THE GREAT SELJUQ EMPIRE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEREN UÇAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students to learn the Great Seljuk State's political, economic, social and cultural history and undestand the importance and place of this state in Turkish and world history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the primary sources on the history of the Seljuk
2   To be able to sort the political history of the Seljuk Empire in chronological order
3   To be able to compare Great Seljuk Empire to other Turkish-Islamic states
4   To be able to explain the importance of State of the Seljuk for Turks and World History
5   To be able to analyze the interaction of Turkish and Persian culture
6   To be able to interpret the institutions of the common culture founded in Anatolia, Iran and Azerbaijan between 10. and 14. centuries and the functioning of these institutions and their contributions to the next process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sources Of Seljuk History
2 Political situation in the eleventh century; Selçuk name and origin of the family, the establishment of the Great Seljuk State
3 Sultan Tuğrul Bey Period
4 Sultan Alp Arslan Period (1063-1072)
5 Malazgirt Victory And The Death Of Sultan Alp Arslan
6 Sultan Melikshah Period (1072-1092)
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Sultan Melikshah Period II
9 Sultan Berkyaruk Period (1095-1104)
10 Sultan Muhammad Tapar Period (1105-1118)
11 Sultan Sencer Period I (1118-1157) Until Katvan War
12 Sultan Sencer II: Katvan War And Later Sultan Sencer
13 State, Court and Palace organization in the Great Seljuks
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Uluçay, Çağatay (1997). Ilk Müslüman Türk Devletleri. Ankara: TTK Yayınları
Togan, Zeki Velidi (1991). Umumi Türk Tarihine Giriş. Istanbul: Enderun Yayınları
Turan, Osman (1996). Selçuklular Zamanında Türkiye. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Yayınları
Köprülü, Fuad (2005). Türkiye Tarihi (Anadolu Istilasına Kadar Türkler). Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları
Akdağ, Mustafa (2010). Türkiye nin Iktisadi ve Içtimai Tarihi. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Cahen, Claude (2011). Osmanlılardan Önce Anadolu. Istanbul. Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları
Kesik, Muharrem (2014). Selçuklular Tarihi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm,final, resit exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is expected of students to read course material before coming to class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceren.ucan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30-12:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

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