COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE CLASSICAL AGE OF URBANIZATION AND THE GRECO-ROMAN CITIES IN ANATOLIA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5071 THE CLASSICAL AGE OF URBANIZATION AND THE GRECO-ROMAN CITIES IN ANATOLIA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT KILIÇ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

In this course, the urbanization phenomenon that occurred in Anatolia from the Archaic to the end of the Roman period will be discussed. In such a context, various activities of religious, political and socio-cultural organizations will be evaluated, as well as local elements that shaped the planning, landscape, architecture and art of Greco-Roman cities in Anatolia.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
2   define the stages of urban development in Anatolia.
3   evaluate the elements taken into consideration in the establishment of the city.
4   discuss the formation of urban organizations.
5   explain the elements that determine the religious, cultural, political and economic structure of the city.
6   distinguish urban planning, architecture and art styles.
7   identify official and private structures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The origin and spread of the classical city
2 The concept of polis: Size and distribution of poleis
3 Hippodamus and urban planning
4 Urbanization movements in the Archaic and Classical periods in Anatolia
5 The Hellenistic polis: Transformation of polis and urban identity
6 The urbanization movements in Hellenistic and Roman periods in Anatolia
7 Roman provincial cities: Provincial identity and Roman city system
8 Midterm Exam
9 Religion, politics, political institutions and economy in Greco-Roman cities
10 Greco-Roman art
11 Greco-Roman architecture
12 Geographical Separation 1: Western Anatolia cities
13 Geographical Separation 2: Southern Anatolian cities
14 Geographical Separation 3: Northern Anatolian cities
15 Geographical Separation 4: Central Anatolian cities
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akarca, A., 1987. Şehir ve Savunması, Ankara: TTK.
Andersen, H. D. (ed.), 1997. Urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th Centuries BC. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.
Bowman, A. K. and Wilson, A. (eds.), 2011. Settlement, Urbanization, and Population, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Cahill, N. D., 2000. "Lydian Houses, Domestic Assemblages, and Household Size", ed. D. C. Hopkins, Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Türkiye., The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 57: 173-185.
Colvin, S., 2004. The Greco-Roman East: Politics, Culture, Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Creekmore, A. and Fisher, K. D. (eds.), 2014. Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Crouch, D. P., 1993. Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities, New York: Oxford University Press.
Gates, C., 2015. Antik Kentler: Antik Yakındoğu, Mısır, Yunan ve Roma'da Kentsel Yaşamın Arkeolojisi, çev: Barış Cezar, Istanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları.
LinkMay, N. N. ve LinkSteinert, U. (eds.) 2014. The fabric of cities: aspects of urbanism, urban topography and society in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Leiden: Brill.
Naumann, R. 1975. Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, Çev: Beral Madra, Ankara: TTK.
Osborne, R. and Cunliffe, B. W. (eds.), 2005. Mediterranean Urbanization 800-600 BC, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Owens, E. J. 2000. Yunan ve Roma Dünyasında Kent, çev: C. Bilsel, Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi
Raja, R., 2012. Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces 50 BC - AD 250: Aphrodisias, Ephesos, Athens, Gerasa. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen.
Rapp, C., 2014. The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World: Changing Contexts of Power and Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rich, J. ve Wallace-Hadrill, A., 2000. Antik Dünyada Kırsal ve Kent, çev: L. Özgenel, Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2009. The Archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sey, Y. (ed.), 1999. Tarihten günümüze Anadolu'da Konut ve Yerleşme / Housing and Settlement in Anatolia: A Historical Perspective, Istanbul: Tepe Mimarlık Kültürü Merkezi.
Steele, J., 1992. Hellenistic Architecture in Asia Minor, London: Academy Editions.
Wycherley, R. E., 1986. Antik Çağda Kentler Nasıl Kuruldu, çev: N. Nirven ve N. Başgelen, Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-) Lecture
2-) Individual assignment
3-) Seminar

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1-) LO 1-3 with midterm exam,
2-) LO 4 with individual assignments,
3-) LO 1-6 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

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.154
LO.255
LO.3454
LO.43
LO.55
LO.6
LO.7