COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF THE FAR EAST

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF THE FAR EAST
2	Course Code:	TRH3079
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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:	Prof. Dr. MEHMET TEZCAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sezai SEVİM
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Mehmet TEZCAN 2006tezcan@gmail.com, tezcanmehmet@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 2941778 Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, 16059 - Görükle Yerleşkesi, Nilüfer-BURSA
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To present to the students a survey of history, culture and social structures of the Far East from the 2th millennium BC to present thematically as well as cronologically and to show them some historical developments that defined the Far East at the beginning of the Modern Period.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	They, will learn histories, religions, some foundations, cultures and ideas of China, Japan, Korea and India Subcontinent.;
2	will be able to understand the history comparatively, learning histories of those countries. ;
3	will be able to understand historical dinamics in Far East that defined the Modern World to the present.;
4	will be able to comprehend historical origins of some political and religious facts.;
5	will learn how come to light so-called nation-states and ideas of colonialism, modernization, imperialism. ;
6	will be bale to understand that some inventions in Modern World came out in Far East at one time.;
7	will be able to think about how a globalized World will be formed in the future.;
8	will be able to criticize historically the films, memories, historical documents etc.;
9	will have information about how international relations in history and present were formed.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Idea of “Far East”, the Geography and Climate
2	China in the Antiquty and first civilizations of China: Shang and Zhou dynasties; the Warring State Period and the Era of Philosophers: Lao Tzu, Konfucius, Menzi and Sunzi
3	Unification of China and the Era of Empires: Qin, Han and Wei Dynasties
4	Silk Road in East Asia and Expansion of the Great Religions: Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism
5	First Civilizations in India Subcontinent, and First Empires: Harappan Culture, Mauryan, Kushan and Gupta Periods
6	Relations with the Nomads and Opening of China to the World: Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) Dynasties, nomadic hegemonies in China: Chitans (Liao) and Jurcets (Kin)
7	Korea in first periods: Silla (57 BC-AD 935) and Koryo (935-1392)
8	Middle Ages and Islamic States Period in India: Ghaznavids, Gurids, Delhi Sultanate and Timurids
9	First state in Japan: Kofun and Heian, 250-1185), Buddhism in Japan: Shintoism and Zen Buddhism, Feudal Periods / Samurai Era: Kamakura (1185-1333) and Tokugawa Shogun Periods (1600-1868)
10	The Mongol Empire and Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
11	China and its neighbor countries during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644): Japan, Korea and South eastern Asia, Jesuit missionaries in China, expansion of Islam
12	India and South eastern Asia during the Age of Discovery (1450-1680): Empire of Babur (Mughals, 1526-1857), European Powers and the Age of European Companies (1765-1857), British India (1858-1947)
13	China and Central Asia during the Qing Dynasty (Manchus, 1644-1912), Opium Wars (1839-1842, 1856-1860), Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864); a shorth history of South east Asian countries (Indo-China)
14	Meiji Period in Japan (1868-1912) and Japanese Modernization, Sino-Japan (1894-95) and Russo-Japanese (1904-05) Wars, Revolution of Mao Zedong in China (1949)

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Armaoğlu, F. (1997). 19. Yüzyıl Siyasî Tarihi (1789-1914), Ankara: TTK. Bauer, S. W. (2013). Ortaçağ Dünyası. Roma İmparatoru Büyük Constantinus’un Hıristiyanlığı Kabul Etmesinden I. Haçlı Seferine, trans. M. Moralı, İstanbul: Alfa. Bayur, Y. H. (1987). Hindistan Tarihi, Cilt I-III, Ankara: TTK. Blunden, C. and Elvin, M. (1989). Çin, Türkçeye transl. S. Esenbel and L. Köker, İletişim Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi, VII. Cilt, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Bosworth, C. E. (1980). İslâm Devletleri Tarihi (Kronoloji ve Soykütüğü elkitabı), transl. E. Merçil and M. İpşirli, İstanbul: Oğuz. Cliff, N. (2011). Son Haçlılar. Vosco da Gama’nın Hiristiyan ve İslam Dünyası Arasındaki Mücadelede Dönüm Noktası Kabul Edilen Yolculukları, transl. D. Güzelgülgen, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. Eberhard, W. (1957). En Eski Devirlerden Zamanımıza Kadar Uzak Doğu Tarihi, Ankara: TTK. Eco, U. (Ed.) (2015). Ortaçağ: Keşifler.Ticaret.Ütopyalar, transl. L. T. Basmacı, İstanbul: Alfa. Gazi Zahîreddin Muhammed Babur (2006). Baburnâme (Vekayi), Doğu Türkçesinden Çeviren: R. R. Arat, Önsöz ve Tarihi Özet: Y. H. Bayur, İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi. Holcombe, C. (2016). Doğu Asya Tarihi. Çin Japonya Kore. Medeniyetin Köklerinden 21. Yüzyıla Kadar, transl. M. M. Özeren, İstanbul: Dergâh. Holt, P.M., Lambton, A.K.S., Lewis, B. (1997). İslâm Tarihi Kültür ve Medeniyeti, 2-3 Ciltler, transl. H. Aktaş et al. (India subcontinent and South east Asia chapters), İstanbul: Kitabevi Milner-Gulland, R. and Dejevskiy, N. (1993). Rusya ve Sovyetler Birliği Tarihi, transl. M. Çulhaoğlu, İletişim Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi, Vol.VIII, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Önalp, E. (2010). Osmanlının Güney Seferleri. XVI. Yüzxyılda Hint Okyanusu’nda Türk – Portekiz Mücadelesi, Ankara: Berikan Yayınevi. Parker, G. (2014). Cambridge Savaş Tarihi, transl. F. Tayanç and T. Tayanç, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası. Ponting, C. (2011). Yeni Bir Bakış Açısıyla Dünya Tarihi, transl. E. B. Özbilen, İstanbul: Alfa. Potyemkin, V.(Ed.) (2009). Uluslararası İlişkiler Tarihi – Diplomasi Tarihi-, transl. A. Tokatlı, Vol. 1-2, İstanbul: Doğa Basın Yayın. Stein, B. (2015). Hindistan Tarihi, İngilizce Bakısını Derleyen ve Yeniden Düzenleyen: D. Arnold, transl. M. Günay, İstanbul: İnkılâp. Uçarol, R. (2000). Siyasi Tarih (1789-1999), İstanbul: Filiz Kitabevi. Wills, J. E. (2002). 1688. Bir Dünya Tarihi, transl. A. Çakıroğlu, İstanbul: aykırı. Yıldız, H. D. (Ed.) (1989). Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük İslâm Tarihi, Vol.9, İstanbul: Çağ Yayınları (“Timurids Empire” ve “Turkic States in India” chapters).
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	10	7	70
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			114
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High