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Masters With Thesis
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TRH5550@3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of HISTORY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Osman EMİR
Co-LecturerDr. İlhami Tekin CİNEMRE
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To evaluate the historical period in the Antiquity, ancient Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Aegean, Rome and Persian Civilizations.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : summarize the sources of the Antiquity3,71,3,
PO - 2 : describe the sources of the Antiquity4,51,3,
PO - 3 : use their knowledge in their research about the topic6,81,3,
PO - 4 : present before an audience the results and outcome of this lesson1,21,3,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Evaluation of every historical materials belonging to ancient civilization from archaeological remnants to writing (from the Hellenistic period to the Roman and Persian empires).
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1The Homeric period in Old Hellas and Homeros' works: Iliad and Odyssey
 Week 2Beginning of "Historia" among the Greeks and its characteristics
 Week 3Herodotos and his work "Historia"
 Week 4Ksenophontes and the "Anabasis"
 Week 5Sources for the period of Alexander the Makedonian and their characteristics, the beginning of the Tradition of Chronicle Writing
 Week 6Written Sources for the Hellenistic period
 Week 7Aristoteles' and Platon's influences
 Week 8Historiography in Roman Empire, First Historical Sources and Roman Historians
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Historiography in China and First History Books
 Week 11Geographical Sources: Strabo's Geographica and Ptolemy's Geography
 Week 12Epigraphical Sources in Hellas and Coinage
 Week 13Thukydides and earlier historians
 Week 14Plinius the elder and Tacitus
 Week 15Ammianus Marcellinus and his "Gesta"
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Tosun, M., K. Yalvaç 1989; Sumer, Babil, Assur Kanunları ve Ammi-Şaduka Fermanı, TTK, Ankara.
 
Recommended Reading
1Günaltay, Ş. 1987; Yakın Şark IV 1.Bölüm: Perslerden Romalılara Kadar Selefkoslar, Nabatiler, Galatlar, Bitinya ve Bergama Krallıkları, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınevi, Ankara.
2Atlan, S. 1970; Roma Tarihi'nin Ana Hatları, Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, İstanbul.
3Demircioğlu, H. 1993; Roma Tarihi: 1.Cilt Cumhuriyet 1.kısım Menşelerden Akdeniz Havzasında Hakimiyet Kurulmasına Kadar, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara.
4İplikçioğlu, B. 1997; Eski Batı Tarihi 1: Giriş, Kaynaklar, Bibliyografya, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara.
5Sevin, V. 2001; Anadolunun Tarihi Coğrafyası, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara.
6Arslan, M. 2007; Mitradates VI: Eupator, Odin Yayıncılık, İstanbul.
7Howgego, C. 1998; Sikkelerin Işığında Eskiçağ Tarihi, Çeviren: O. Tekin, homer kitabevi, İstanbul.
8Carradice, I., M. Price 2000; Hellen Dünyasında Sikke, Çeviren: O. Tekin, homer kitabevi, İstanbul.
9Wiesehöfer, J. 2003; Antik Pers Tarihi, Çeviren: M. Ali İnci, telos yayıncılık, İstanbul.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 15.04.2025 0,8 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 15 01.06.2025 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 11.06.2025 1,6 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 8 14 112
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Arasınav 2 1 2
Ödev 8 2 16
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 16 1 16
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load200