COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPERATIVE MIDDLE AGE HISTORY AND CIVILAZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6073 COMPERATIVE MIDDLE AGE HISTORY AND CIVILAZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEYHUN ŞAHIN

Offered to

History

Course Objective

Aim of the course which search political, religious, economic and social structures of European and Islamic World in the middle age, is to represent basic sources and explanations about Eastern and Western civilizations in the middle age, to evaluate and teach socio-cultural and economic events which determine these civilizations as much as political history, to explain and semtinize transition dynamics and formations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn sources about Eastern and Western civilizations in the middle age
2   To define medieval process and development of Eastern and western civilizations in this process
3   To learn basic concepts and events about medieval Eastern and Western civilizations
4   To interpret historical, economic and social developments of medieval Eastern and Western societies
5   To evaluate the place and importance of medieval Eastern and Western culture and civilization in the world history

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Descriptions of concepts of East and West at historical, sociological and intellectual area
2 Political Structures in Europe after collapse of the Roman Empire
3 Empires and Kingdoms in the medieval Europe I (Merovingian, Carolingian, The Holy Roman Empire)
4 Empires and Kingdoms in the medieval Europe II (English and French Kingdoms, Papacy, Byzantine Empire
5 States which leave a trace in the Islamic World I (Umayyads, Abbasids, Karakhanids, Ghaznavids)
6 States which leave a trace in the Islamic World II (Seljuks, Eyyubis, Memluks)
7 Feudal System in Europe: Similarities and differences of Eastern and Western Feudalism
8 Midterm
9 Reasons, occurrence and results of the Crusades
10 The effects of the Crusades to Muslim and Christian World
11 East West trade in the middle age
12 Science at the medieval Eastern and Western civilizations
13 Contact and interaction between Western and Islamic World in the middle age
14 Prejudgments between Europe and Islamic Worlds
15 General evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Baltrusaitis, Jurgis, Düşsel Ortaçağ, Çev. M. A. Kılıçbay, Imge Kitabevi, Ank., 2001.
Bloch, M., Feodal Toplum, Çev. M. A. Kılıçbay, Opus Yay., 3.b., Ank., 1998.
Cahen, Claude, Islamiyet, çev. N. Erendor, Istanbul, 1990.
Çağatay, Neşet, Islam Tarihi, TTK, Ankara, 1993.
Çetin, Kenan, Selçuklu Medeniyeti Tarihi, Istanbul, 2011.
Daş, Mustafa, Bizans ın Düşüşü, Yeditepe Yay., Istanbul, 2006.
Duby, Georges, Ortaçağ Insanları ve Kültürü, Çev. M. A. Kılıçbay, Imge Kitabevi, 2.b., Ank., 1995.
Gimpel, J., Ortaçağda Endüstri Devrimi, TÜBITAK Yay., 1997.
Guryeviç, A., Ortaçağ Avrupası'nda Birey, Afa Yay., 1995.
Le Goff, Jacques, Ortaçağ Batı Uygarlığı, Çev. Uğur-Hanife Güven, Dokuz Eylül Yay., Izmir, 1999.
Le Goff, Jacques, Ortaçağda Entelektüeller, Çev. M. A. Kılıçbay, Ayrıntı Yay., Ist., 1994.
Ortaçağ Aydınlığı, Doğu Batı, y. 8, sa.33, Ağustos.
J. Harris, Bizans ve Haçlılar, istanbul, 2023.
C. cahen, Doğu-Batı, Istanbul, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

TBA

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

TBA

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is necessary at least by 70 percent. Midterm and final will be taken into consideration.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

seyhun.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 15:00-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Midterm 1 30 30
Final 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.145
LO.24
LO.3
LO.43
LO.52

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