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| TRH1015 | Islamic History | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Eyyüp YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | Assistant Professor Banu Çetin Ünal | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to comprehensively examine the period from the birth of Islamic history to the fall of the Abbasids within its historical context and to enable students to develop critical analysis skills regarding the political, religious, social, and cultural structures of Islamic societies. The course aims to introduce the historical process along with its primary sources, evaluate the role of these sources in historical writing, and provide knowledge and skills for the methodological analysis of historical data. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Periodization of Islamic history: The student can understand the period from the birth of Islamic history to the fall of the Abbasids within its historical context and summarize its main features. | 2 - 3 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Critical analysis skills: The student can evaluate the political, religious, social, and cultural structures of Islamic societies from a critical perspective. | | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Source evaluation skills: Students can identify historical sources, analyze their role in historical writing, and evaluate their reliability. | | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Methodological historical analysis: Students can examine and interpret historical data using a methodological approach and form their own historical conclusions. | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course examines the period from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad to the fall of the Abbasids, exploring the political, religious, social, and cultural structures of Islamic societies in light of historical sources and critical methods. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and Methodology | | | Week 2 | The Jahiliyyah Period - Society and Culture in the Arabian Peninsula | | | Week 3 | The Life of the Prophet Muhammad - The Meccan Period | | | Week 4 | The Medinan Period and the Establishment of the Islamic State | | | Week 5 | The Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (632-661) | | | Week 6 | The Umayyad Period (661-750) | | | Week 7 | The Abbasid Period - Founding and Rise | | | Week 8 | The Abbasid Period - Decline and Fragmentation | | | Week 9 | EXAM | | | Week 10 | The Emergence of Sects in the Islamic World | | | Week 11 | The Conversion of the Turks to Islam and Their Contributions to Islamic Civilization | | | Week 12 | The Crusades and the Islamic World | | | Week 13 | The Mongols and the Fall of the Abbasids (1258) | | | Week 14 | The Mamluks, Andalusia, and the New Structure of the Islamic World | | | Week 15 | General Assessment and Period Review | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Taberi, 2023; Tarih-i Taberi, (Çev. M. Faruk Gürtunca), İstanbul. | | | 2 | İbnü'l-Esîr. 1987; İslâm Tarihi El-Kâmil Fi't-Tarih Tercümesi, (Çev. Ahmet Ağırakça-Abdülkerim Özaydın), İstanbul.
| | | 3 | İbn Kesir. 1995; el-Bidaye ve'n-Nihaye: Büyük İslâm Tarihi, (Çev. Mehmet Keskin), İstanbul.
| | | 4 | Hamidullah, M. 1990; İslâm Peygamberi, (Çev. Salih Tuğ), İstanbul,
| | | 5 | Hodgson, M. G. S. 1993; İslâm'ın Serüveni: Bir Dünya Medeniyetinde Bilinç ve Tarih, (Çev. Komisyon), İstanbul.
| | | 6 | Watt, W. Montgomery. 2015; Hazreti Muhammed: Peygamber ve Devlet Adamı, (Çev. Erdem Türközü), İstanbul.
| | | 7 | Lapidus, I. M. 2025; İslam Toplumları Tarihi, (Çev. Yasin Aktay), İstanbul.
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| 1 | Baş, Eyüp (Ed.). 2023; İslam Tarihi: El Kitabı, Ankara. | | | 2 | Hasan İbrahim Hasan. 1992; Siyasî, Dinî, Kültürel ve Sosyal İslâm Tarihi, (Terc. İsmail Yiğit), İstanbul
| | | 3 | Hitti, P. 1980; Siyasî ve Kültürel İslâm Tarihi, (Terc. Salih Tuğ), İstanbul.
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 27/11/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 16/01/2025 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 12 | 48 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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