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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | TRH201 | Ancient History | Compulsory | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | This course aims to explain changes in Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age, the importance of the Assyrian Trade Colonies Age, the place and importance of the Hittites in Anatolia. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatih Mehmet EŞKİ | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | It teaches reseurces which are associadet with History of Ancient Anatolia, | | 2 | It recognizes historical geography of Anatolia and realizes geopolitical importance of Anatolia, | | 3 | It comprehends that: Anatolia also had rich cultures in Ancient History, | | 4 | It searchs the process of the occurence of the first documents in Anatolia, | | 5 | It compares with Anatolian History, Asia Minor History and Mediterranean History, | | 6 | It realizes cultural origins of Ancient Anatolian Society. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | This course examines the political, socio-economic and religious status of the Middle Bronze Age Anatolia. In this context, the age of Assyrian Trade Colonies and its importance, the first meeting of Anatolia with writing, the origin of the Hittites, the emergence of the Hittites to the historical scene, the Hittite geography, the Old Kingdom and the Imperial Period, the state administration in the Hittites, the army, the military organization, language, literature, writing, law, religion, art, economy, commerce, important archaeological finds centers of the Hittites, the Late Hittite Principalities. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | The Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies | | | | 2 | The Age of Assyrian Trade Colonies: Kültepe, Kanesh | | | | 3 | The first traces of the Hittites, the discovery of the Hittite world and the origin of the Hittites | | | | 4 | Foundation of the Hittite State and Hattusili I | | | | 5 | Old Kingdom Period
| | | | 6 | Transformation to empire | | | | 7 |
The weakening and fall of the empire | | | | 8 | Midterm Exam | | | | 9 | Hittite state organisation and army and law | | | | 10 | Writing, literature, language, aconomy and trade in Hittites | | | | 11 | Religion, art and society of Hittites | | | | 12 | Hittite architecture, sculpture and art of sealing | | | | 13 | Provincial states in late Hittite | | | | 14 | Provincial state civilisations in late Hittite | | | | 15 | General oveerviev | | | | 16 | Final Exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Veli Sevin, Anadolu Arkeolojisi, İstanbul 2003.
Ekrem Akurgal, Hatti ve Hitit Uygarlıkları, 2015
Birgit Brandau ve Hartmut Schickert, Hititler : Bilinmeyen Bir Dünya İmparatorluğu, 2015. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
| | Workload Calculation | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Homework | 5 | 14 | 70 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | | LO2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | LO3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | LO4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | LO5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | LO6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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