COURSE SYLLABUS

ANCIENT HISTORY (MESOPOTAMIA-EGYPT-ANATOLIA)

1	Course Title:	ANCIENT HISTORY (MESOPOTAMIA-EGYPT-ANATOLIA)
2	Course Code:	TRH1005 BH
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. KAMİL DOĞANCI
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Kamil Doğancı e-mail: kamil@uludag.edu.tr Tel: (224) 2941864 Adres: Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, E Blok, Oda No: 36 16059 - Görükle Yerleşkesi, Nilüfer-BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to give information about the political, social and cultural history of the ancient Near East, from prehistory to the end of the Iron Age (ca. 330 BC). Near Eastern is understood here in its widest geographical extent, including primarily the Mesopotamian lowlands, Iranian and Syro-Anatolian highlands, as well as the Levantine coast.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	With this course, the student learns about Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Anatolian civilizations.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Be able to use the main sources of ancient history.;
2	Comprehend the process of the rise and fall of the ancient Near East civilizations.;
3	Be able to explain how the history of the past influences the political and social institutions of the present.;
4	Outline major developments in a historical timeframe and also map them in a geographical framework.;
5	Define visual materials remaining from the ancient Anatolian civilizations.;
6	Identify historical and geographical boundaries of the ancient Eastern history.;
7	Define the cultural, social and economic structures of ancient Mesopotamian states.;
8	Define the museums containing important collections of ancient Eastern civilizations.;
9	Be able to examine the historical events in an objective viewpoint.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Near East in the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic Age.
2	Ancient Egypt Land and Climate: Impact on civilization. Source Material, Inundation of the Nile, Agriculture, Neighboring Lands, Natural Resources
3	Ancient Egypt Political History: Predynastic Egypt, Archaic Period, The Old Kingdom, The First Intermediate Period, The Middle Kingdom, The Second Intermediate Period
4	Ancient Egypt Political History: The New Kingdom, The Third Intermediate Period, The Late Period, The Ptolemaic Period, The Roman Period
5	Ancient Egypt Religion of the Living: The Gods and Goddesses, Temples, Priests, Religious Rituals
6	Ancient Eygpt Everyday Life: Habitation and Population, The Family, the Home, Food and Drink, Medicine
7	Ancient Mesopotamia Third Millennium: Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods, Neo-Sumerian Period
8	Ancient Mesopotamia Second Millennium: Old Babylonian Period, Old Assyrian Period, Middle Babylonian Period, Middle Assyrian Period
9	Ancient Mesopotamia First Millennium: Neo-Assyrian Period, Neo-Babylonian Period
10	Ancient Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Culture: Scripts and Languages. Archives, Monuments and Canons. Religion. Government
11	Ancient Anatolia The Hittites, Urartu, Syro-Hittite States
12	Ancient Anatolia Phrygia, Lydia, Urartu
13	Ancient Anatolia Anatolian Culture: Scripts and Languages. Religion, Government. Monuments, Family, Everyday Life.
14	Overall Assessment and Discussion

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	M. Mieroop, Antik Yakındoğu’nun Tarihi, çev: Sinem Gül, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2006. Amelie Khurt, Eski Çağ’da Yakındoğu, cilt:1-2, çev: Dilek Şendil, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010. Michael Roaf, Mezopotamya ve Eski Yakındoğu: Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi, Cilt: 9, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996. Jaromir Malek-John Baines, Eski Mısır: Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi, Cilt: 2, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1986. Kemalettin Köroğlu, Eski Mezopotamya Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	One midterm and one final exam each semester.
Information	In addition, given homework and presentations are taken into consideration.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High