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| TRH6820 | Sasanian History | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İlhami Tekin CİNEMRE | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Osman Emir | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To analyse the history of the Sassanids in terms of political, religious and economic aspects; to understand their relations with Rome; to interpret Caucasian politics and geographical concerns through maps |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | can learn the sources of Sassanid history | 1,2 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | can interpret the Roman politics of the Sassanids | 2,4,5 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | can comprehend the religious world of the Sassanids | 1,12 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | can discuss the importance and effects of Sassanid history | 2,12 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | can understand the economic structure of the Sassanids | 1,4,8 | 1, | | 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 | | |
| The period between the foundation and the fall of the Sassanids was about 4 centuries. In this context, political, religious, and economic concerns and bilateral relations will be discussed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Sources of Sassanid history: Religious sources | | | Week 2 | Sources of Sassanid history: Political sources, Reliefs | | | Week 3 | Geography of the Sassanids | | | Week 4 | Foundation of the Sassanids | | | Week 5 | Sassanids and Anatolia | | | Week 6 | 3rd-century Sassanids and the surrounding world | | | Week 7 | 4th-century Sassanids-Romans and the Caucasus | | | Week 8 | The "eternal peace and wars" of the Sassanids | | | Week 9 | Exam Week | | | Week 10 | The religious world of the Sassanids | | | Week 11 | Zurvanism | | | Week 12 | Sassanid coins | | | Week 13 | Student presentation, discussion of the subject, and criticism | | | Week 14 | Islam and Sassanids | | | Week 15 | Fall of the Sassanids | | | Week 16 | Final Exams | | | |
| 1 | Daryaee, Touraj, (2009), Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, London: Tauris. | | | |
| 1 | ?ahresta?n?ha? ? ?ra?n?ahr, (2002), (Trans. Touraj Daryaee), Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers. | | | 2 | Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008), Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran, London: I.B. Tauris. | | | 3 | Chaumont, Marie-Louise, (1968), ?Les Grands Rois Sassanides d?Arménie?, Iranica Antiqva, Vol. VIII, Leiden: Brill, pp.81-93. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10.05.2023 | 90 | 25 | | Presentation | 13 | 01.06.2023 | 50 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 20.06.2023 | 90 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 10 | 5 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 216 |
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