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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) ELVİN YILDIRIM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant Dr. HAKAN ENGİN

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The historical and cultural process of the Near Eastern Civilizations from the beginning to the Middle Ages is learned.
Course Content The social structure, political history and cultures of the region will be discussed in chronological order. The internal dynamics of the Near East, as well as its relations with the regions and civilizations it is connected to, will be explained together.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Subcultural divisions and chronology of the Near East
2Early Cultures and the Near East in the Paleolithic Period
3Near East in the Neolithic Period
4Kalkolitik Dönemde Yakındoğu, ilk büyük kentler
5Early Bronze Age: City States
6Middle and Late Bronze Age: Early States I
7Middle and Late Bronze Age: Early States II
8Iron Age: First Empires I Iron Age: First Empires II
9MIDTERM
10Empire of Alexander the Great
11Near East under the rule of the Roman Empire
12Cultural and Commercial Relations with Neighboring Regions general evaluation
13Near Eastern Religions
14General evaluation

Resources

1- M. Roaf, Mezopotamya ve Eski Yakındoğu, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.
2- A. Kuhrt, Eskiçağda Yakındoğu, Türkiye İş Bankası yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
3- C. K., Maisels, Uygarlığın Doğuşu, Ankara, 1999.