COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ROME AND BYZANTIUM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 5004 HISTORY OF ROME AND BYZANTIUM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

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 teach the the political, cultural and economic history of the Byzantine Empire that identifies the last periods of the Roman Empire that holds an important place in World History and help them understand the contribution of Byzantine to the Anatolian culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Chronology knowledge of the Roman Empire history after Christianism
2   To be able to explain the political and demographic balance of the Northern Mediterranean and the Balkans during the Middle Ages
3   To be able to summarize the process of division of Medieval Europe and the politicization of Christianity
4   To be able to list the characteristics of the social and economic life of Anatolia before the conquests
5   To be able to analize the unity and interaction of the Turks and the Byzantine in Anatolia between the 12. and 15. centuries.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Foundation of Rome and the Republic
2 Citizenship in Rome
3 War Between Carthage and Rome, Fall of Carthage
4 End of Republic
5 Roman Domination of the Mediterranean, and the Conquest of the Anatolia
6 Julius Caesar and His Followers
7 Slavery, Religion and State in Rome
8 General Revision, Course Assessment, Midterm Exam
9 Military System in Rome
10 Seperation of Byzantine from Rome
11 Period of Justinian
12 Relations of the Turks with the Rome and the Byzantine
13 The Relations of the Byzantine with the Seljukis and the Ottomans
14 Fall of the Byzantine
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Gregory, Timothy E. (2011). Bizans Tarihi. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
2. Ostrogorsky, George (1999). Bizans Devleti Tarihi. Ankara: TTK Yayınları
3. Cogito Bizans Özel Sayısı (2012). Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, cooperative learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recep.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

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