COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ANCIENT ASIA II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5044 HISTORY OF ANCIENT ASIA II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Anatolian Civilizations and to discuss historical problems of these cultures from Stone age to Byzantine period according to historical texts and archaeological data

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   list a comparative chronology of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia
2   define main forms of art of Mesopotamia, Egypy and Anatolia
3   define main forms of art of Mesopotamia, Egypy and Anatolia
4   know literature on this cultures and use it in a study

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ancient Near Eastern History and presentation of relevant resources. General geography and chronology of Ancient Near Eastern
2 Geography of Mesopotamia. Prehistory of Mesopotamia: Hassine, Samarra, Halaf and Ubaid cultures
3 Date of eras in the prehistoric era, Uruk and Jamdat Nasr cultures. Uruk urban revolution model.
4 Historic Ages: Early Dynastic Period (Sumerian civilization)
5 Akkad and III. Ur of the Dynastic Period. (Political and cultural events)
6 BC 2 A thousand years of Mesopotamian Civilization: soot Larsa, Assyria, Babylon, Mari. (M.Ö.1900-1600) by Murshili conquest of Babylon in 1595.
7 Late Neo-Assyrian and Babylonian periods
8 Chronology of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean region. Eastern Mediterranean Prehistory (Natufy and Jericho examples)
9 BC 3 Thousand years and 2 Thousand years communities and states (Ebla, Mari, Amurri examples)
10 Early Prehistory of Iran. Proto-Elamite and Elamite period. (3200-539 BC) (especially in connection with the Mesopotamian civilization and politics will be discussed).
11 Iran: BC Civilizations between 850-MS651 year: Manna, Med, Achaemenid, Selevkid, Part and Sasser Persians.
12 Early Prehistory of Iran. Proto-Elamite and Elamite period. (3200-539 BC) (especially in connection with the Mesopotamian civilization and politics will be discussed
13 Iran: BC Civilizations between 850-MS651 year: Manna, Med, Achaemenid, Selevkid, Part and Sasser Persians.
14 reviews

Recomended or Required Reading

Kurth, Amelie. The Ancient Near East: c.3000-330 BC. London: Routledge 1995.
Bottero, Jean. Eski Yakındoğu Sümer den Kutsal Kitap a Ankara: Dost 2005.
Bottero, Jean. Mezopotamya da Yazı, Akıl ve Tanrılar Ankara: Dost 2012.
Van De Mieroop, Marc. Antik Yakındoğu nu Tarihi I. 3000-323 Ankara: Dost 2006.
Freeman, Charles. Mısır, Yunan ve Roma Antik Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Ankara: Dost 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Mid-term and Final

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

TBA

Assessment Criteria

Final and Mid-term

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Department of Museology, Phone: 3018715

Office Hours

Mondays Hours 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1334
LO.2334
LO.3334
LO.434