| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Evaluate the Mesopotamian and Egypt civilizations in the ancient world.
- Interpret the political developments.
- Evaluate the economical, social and cultural structure of ancient Egpyt
- Evaluate Persian and Near Eastern civilizations
- Evaluate the Hebrew civilization
- Evaluate the Phoenician culture.
- Explain the Anatolian and Roman civilizations.
- Interpret steppe cultures, Byzantine Empire, Great Seljuq Empire. Ottoman Empire Feodalizm, European Medieval History, Renaissance.
- Explain Russia and America, western influances and culturel changes, industrial revolution First World War, Second World War
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| Course Contents |
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TOPICS |
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1st Week |
What is history? Thinking about the past? Existence of the universe, paleontology and paleoantropology. What is fossil? Existence of the world and geological times .Writing: Existence of the world (It is written in the class, not rated) |
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2nd Week |
Unwritten records; paleolithic age, mesolithic age, neolithic age and pre.pottery neolithic age and pottery neolithic age, chalcolithic age.Project: The subjects will be hand out for the projects |
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3rd Week |
Written records; Sumerian Civilisation and Babylonian Civilization |
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4th Week |
Ancient Egypt civilisation; Early Dynasctic Period, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods. |
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5th Week |
Hattians, Hittites.Reading: Seeher, J. "Hititlerin Türkiye Kültür Mirası İçindeki Yeri" Hititler ve Hitit İmparatorluğu. Kunst.und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bonn 2002) |
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6th Week |
Minoan Civilization and Mycenaean Civilization.Projects oral presantations: The students will be presents their projects from the 6th week |
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7th Week |
Ancient Greek Civilization; politic and administrative status; Athens ve Sparta, Colonization |
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8th Week |
Midterm |
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9th Week |
Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Thales, Hippocrates, Anaximandras, Anaximenes, Heracleitos, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Epicurus and Oclides, Apollonius, Archimedes |
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10th Week |
Persian Civilization, Ancient Chinise Civilization, Ancient India (Maurya) |
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11th Week |
Roman Empire, social and administrative status. |
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12th Week |
Steppe cultures, Byzantine Empire, Great Seljuq Empire. Feodalizm, European Medieval History, Renaissance. St. Augustine, Bede, St. Anselmus, Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham |
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13th Week |
Islamic Golden Age, Islamic scholars; El.Kindi, Farabi, El.Hazen, İbni Sina, İbn.i Rüşd, El.İdrisi, İbnü'l.Heysem, Battani, El.Biruni, Ömer Hayyam, İbni Haldun.Ottoman Empire |
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14th Week |
Russia and America, western influances and culturel changes, industrial revolution First World War, Second World War. |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Gombrich, E. H., Genç Okurlar İçin Kısa Bir Dünya Tarihi (İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi, 19973)
McNeill, W., Dünya Tarihi (Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 19984)
Ribard, A., İnsanlığın Tarihi (İstanbul: Say Kitap, 1983)
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